Component mounting system, component mounting device, and board transport method
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsJoy Poothokaran, Kazuyuki Nagase, Michiaki Mawatari
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Abstract
A component mounting system includes a board transport line for transporting a board from an upstream to a downstream and a work station disposed in the board transport line and performing component mounting work. The board transport line transports a board introduced in the downstream of the work station to the work station, and transports the board from the work station to the downstream when mounting of a component on the board is completed in the work station.
Claims10
A component mounting system comprising:
- a board transport line configured to transport a board from an upstream side to a downstream side;
- and
- a plurality of work stations disposed in the board transport line and configured to perform component mounting on the board,
- wherein the board transport line is configured to:
- transport a board from the downstream side to a work station in the upstream side in a first reverse transportation mode;
- and
- transport the board from the work station to the downstream side in a normal transportation mode when the mounting of a component on the board is completed in the work station,
- wherein when mounting of the component is completed in the work station, the first reverse transportation mode is automatically switched to the normal transportation mode.
A component mounting device comprising:
- a board transporter constituting a board transport line for transporting a board from an upstream side to a downstream side;
- and
- a component mounting head configure to mount a component onto the board in a work station in the middle of the board transport line,
- wherein the board transporter comprises:
- a first operation mode in which a board received from the upstream side is transported to the work station and the board is transported in the downstream side when mounting of the component on the board is completed in the work station, and
- a second operation mode in which a board in the downstream side is transported to the work station in the upstream side,
- wherein when mounting of the component is completed in the work station, the first reverse transportation mode is automatically switched to the normal transportation mode.
A board transport method in a component mounting device including a board transporter constituting a board transport line for transporting a board from an upstream side to a downstream side, and a component mounting head mounting a component on the board in a work station in the middle of the board transport line, the method comprising:
- transporting a board in the downstream side to a work station in the upstream side by the board transporter in a reverse transportation mode;
- transporting the board toward a stop position which is set in the work station in the upstream side by the board transporter;
- when the board overpasses the stop position, transporting the board toward the downstream side and stopping the board at the stop position by the board transporter;
- and
- transporting the board from the work station to the downstream side in a normal mode when the mounting of a component on the board is completed in the work station in a normal transportation mode,
- wherein when mounting of the component is completed in the work station, the first reverse transportation mode is automatically switched to the normal transportation mode.
A component mounting system comprising:
- a board transport line configured to transport a board from an upstream side to a downstream side;
- and
- a plurality of work stations disposed in the board transport line and configured to perform component mounting on the board,
- wherein the board transport line is configured to:
- transport a board from the downstream side to a work station in the upstream side in a first reverse transportation mode;
- and
- transport the board from the work station to the downstream side in a normal transportation mode when the mounting of a component on the board is completed in the work station,
- wherein the board transport line comprises a first component mounting device and a second component mounting device aligned in an order, and the board transport line is further configured to transport the board from the downstream side to the first component mounting device in the upstream side by passing through the second component mounting device in a second reverse transporting mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.