Method, system and device for providing information to an smt system operator
AssigneeMycronic AB
InventorsNils JACOBSSON, Roger JONASSON
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Abstract
A method and a system for providing operator information in an Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system comprising an SMT information database, a SMT pick and place machine and an identity tag scanner, the method comprising: receiving a bin in said SMT pick and place machine, wherein said bin is adapted to comprise vertically oriented bin load units, wherein said bin load unit has an pallet identity tag attached to the bin load units upwards facing surface; starting SMT production on said SMT pick and place machine; scanning individual identity tags attached to bin load units comprising component tape reels to obtain bin load units IDs.
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A method for providing operator information in an Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system comprising an SMT information database and a SMT pick and place machine, the method comprising:
- receiving a bin, said bin is comprising a plurality of slots or compartments each configured for carrying/holding a bin load unit each comprising or constituting a component tape reel, wherein said bin comprises an alphanumerical display controller unit and a alphanumerical display;
- scanning barcode(s) or RFID tag(s) attached to the bin or bin load units to thereby recognize and register the bin load units placed in the bin;
- communicating data representing the identities of said bin load units placed in the bin via a communications network to the SMT information database so that information on the content of the bin to is available in the SMT information database;
- receiving, from said SMT information database via a communications network, display data relating to an SMT job;
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- presenting said display data on said alphanumerical display.
A bin configured to be used in a Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system comprising an SMT information database and a SMT pick and place machine, wherein said bin is adapted to be received in a SMT pick and place machine operating in a started SMT production, the bin comprising:
- an alphanumerical display controller unit and an alphanumerical display, wherein said controller is configured to:
- recognizing bin load units placed in the bin by registering scanned barcodes or RFID tags;
- communicating, via a communications network, data representing the identities of said bin load units placed in the bin to the SMT information database so that information on the content of the bin is available in the SMT information database;
- receiving, from the SMT information database via a communications network, display data relating to an SMT job;
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- presenting said display data on said alphanumerical display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.