Bulk feeder and feeder management device
AssigneeFuji Corporation
InventorsYusuke Yamazaki, Toru Takahama
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Abstract
A bulk feeder includes a feeder main body, a bracket provided to be vibratable with respect to the feeder main body, a track member provided detachably with respect to the bracket, an excitation device configured to apply vibration to the track member via the bracket, a locking target member provided in a first one of the track member and the bracket, and a lock member provided in a second one of the track member and the bracket and configured to switch between a locked state in which the lock member is locked to the locking target member to restrict a relative movement of the track member with respect to the bracket, and a released state in which lock between the lock member and the locking target member is released.
Claims10
A bulk feeder comprising:
- a feeder main body;
- a bracket provided to be vibratable with respect to the feeder main body;
- a track member provided detachably with respect to the bracket and formed with a conveyance path through which multiple components are conveyed and a supply region that communicates with the conveyance path and opens upward to collect the multiple components;
- an excitation device configured to apply vibration to the track member via the bracket so that the multiple components are conveyed along the conveyance path;
- a locking target member provided in a first one of the track member and the bracket;
- and
- a lock member provided in a second one of the track member and the bracket and configured to switch between a locked state in which the lock member is locked to the locking target member to restrict a relative movement of the track member with respect to the bracket, and a released state in which lock between the lock member and the locking target member is released,
- wherein the locking target member is a pair of pins protruding in a width direction and a horizontal direction of the feeder main body and provided at positions different from each other in a front-rear direction of the feeder main body.
A feeder management device for a bulk feeder, in which the bulk feeder includes
- a feeder main body,
- a bracket provided to be vibratable with respect to the feeder main body,
- a track member provided detachably with respect to the bracket and formed with a conveyance path through which multiple components are conveyed and a supply region that communicates with the conveyance path and opens upward to collect the multiple components, and
- an excitation device configured to apply vibration to the track member via the bracket so that the multiple components are conveyed along the conveyance path,
- the feeder management device comprising:
- a measurement section configured to measure a frequency or an amplitude of vibration of the bracket when the excitation device excites the track member;
- and
- a lock determination section configured to determine whether lock of the track member with respect to the bracket is suitable based on a result measured by the measurement section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.