Component pickup method
AssigneeFuji Corporation
InventorNoriaki Iwaki
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Abstract
A method for suitably picking up a component supplied in a lined up state. The component that is at pickup position is held using component holding device; and while holding the component with the component holding device, the component holding device is moved specified distance in a direction towards a component adjacent to the held component, then the component holding device is moved specified distance in a direction opposite to the first direction, and then the component holding device is raised.
Claims6
A component pickup method for holding and picking up a component supplied in a feeder lined up in a single line using a component holding device, the component pickup method comprising:
- lowering the component holding device in a vertical direction to contact the component;
- holding the component that is at a pickup position along the single line using the component holding device;
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- while holding the component with the component holding device, moving the component holding device a first specified distance in a first direction along the single line towards a component adjacent to the held component, then moving the component holding device a second specified distance in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and then raising the component from the feeder with the component holding device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.