US 2006/0164794 A1 · Part inserting head device, part inserting device, and part inserting method

Abstract

In a component insertion apparatus, there are provided a component insertion apparatus and a component insertion method capable of realizing productivity improvement by simplifying apparatus construction, downsizing the apparatus and further reducing the time required for component insertion. In a component insertion head, by grasping of a device portion of a component by a device chuck, a lead wire is stretched on a fulcrum given by a grasping position of the lead wire by a transfer chuck so that the device portion comes to be placed at a component insertion position, by which correction of insertion posture of the component is performed, and the lead wire of the component that has been corrected in its insertion posture is inserted into an insertion hole of a board.

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Dependent claims

A component insertion head apparatus for inserting a plurality of components which are to be fed and in each of which a lead wire is formed at each device portion, the components including a first component and a second component lower in rigidity of the device portion than the first component, into a lead-wire insertion hole formed at a component insertion position in a board by grasping the components one by one at a component grasping position, the component insertion head apparatus comprising:

a grasping unit for releasably grasping the device portion of each of the components at the component grasping position;
and
a grasping unit control section for controlling grasping operation of the device portion of each of the components while controlling grasping pressure of the grasping unit and which is operable to control of each grasping pressure so that the grasping pressure for the second component becomes lower than the grasping pressure for the first component.

A component insertion method for inserting a plurality of components in each of which a lead wire is formed at each device portion, the components including a first component and a second component lower in rigidity of the device portion than the first component, into a lead-wire insertion hole formed at a component insertion position in a board by grasping the components one by one at a component grasping position and inserting each lead wire into the insertion hole so that the first component and the second component are inserted into the board and compositely mounted thereon, the component insertion method comprising:

grasping the component releasably at the component grasping position so that a grasping pressure for the second component becomes lower than a grasping pressure for the first component;
along with the grasping of the component, performing positional alignment in a direction extending along a surface of the board between the lead wire of the component and the insertion hole of the board;
and
thereafter, inserting the lead wire of the grasped component into the insertion hole of the board.

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Part inserting head device, part inserting device, and part inserting method

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