Component replenishment work assist apparatus and component mounting apparatus

A component replenishment work assist apparatus assisting a component replenishment work of installing a second cassette containing a replenishment carrier tape onto a plurality of cassette attachment parts, for a component mounting apparatus including:

• a first cassette and the second cassette that are cassettes each having a space that accommodates a roll body of a carrier tape enveloping components, an opening that allows at least the roll body to be loaded into and unloaded from the space, and an RFID tag;
• a component supply unit conveying a carrier tape from the roll body of the first cassette to supply components to a component pick-up position, the component supply unit conveying, following the carrier tape, a carrier tape from the second cassette to supply components to the component pick-up position;
• a mounting head picking up a component at the component pick-up position and mounting the component on a substrate;
• a cassette base including the plurality of cassette attachment parts juxtaposed in a direction orthogonal to a direction of conveyance of the carrier tape by the component supply unit, to each of which the first cassette and the second cassette are attached such that they are arranged, with their respective openings facing each other, in series along the direction of conveyance, with the second cassette lying upstream in the direction of conveyance;
• and a wireless communicator disposed on each of the cassette attachment parts in one-to-one correspondence to communicate with the RFID tags of the first cassette and the second cassette attached to one of the cassette attachment parts, the component replenishment work assist apparatus comprising:
• a component replenishment instruction part instructing of a component to be replenished;
• a replenishment cassette detector detecting that a second cassette has been attached to the cassette attachment part;
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• a replenishment cassette determiner that when the replenishment cassette detector detects attachment of a second cassette, reads, through the wireless communicator of the cassette attachment part, attachment of the cassette to which has been detected, component information stored in the RFID tag of the second cassette and component information stored in the RFID tag of the first cassette, and compares them to determine whether a proper second cassette has been attached.

A component mounting apparatus comprising:

• a first cassette and a second cassette that are cassettes each having a space that accommodates a roll body of a carrier tape enveloping components, an opening that allows at least the roll body to be loaded into and unloaded from the space, and an RFID tag;
• a component supply unit conveying a carrier tape from the first cassette to supply components to a component pick-up position, the component supply unit conveying, following the carrier tape, a carrier tape from the second cassette to supply components to the component pick-up position;
• a mounting head picking up a component at the component pick-up position and mounting the component on a substrate;
• a cassette base including the plurality of cassette attachment parts juxtaposed in a direction orthogonal to a direction of conveyance of the carrier tape by the component supply unit, to each of which the first cassette and the second cassette are attached such that they are arranged, with their respective openings facing each other, in series along the direction of conveyance, with the second cassette lying upstream in the direction of conveyance;
• a wireless communicator disposed on each of the cassette attachment parts in one-to-one correspondence to communicate with the RFID tags of the first cassette and the second cassette attached to one of the cassette attachment parts;
• a memory storing set-up information related to arrangement of components on the cassette base;
• a replenishment cassette detector detecting that a second cassette has been attached to the cassette attachment part;
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• a replenishment cassette determiner that when the replenishment cassette detector detects attachment of a second cassette, identifies the cassette attachment part to which the second cassette has been attached, reads, through the wireless communicator, component information stored in the RFID tag of the second cassette, and refers to the set-up information, to thereby determine whether a proper second cassette has been attached.

A component mounting apparatus comprising:

• a first cassette and a second cassette that are cassettes each having a space that accommodates a roll body of a carrier tape enveloping components, an opening that allows at least the roll body to be loaded into and unloaded from the space, and an RFID tag;
• a component supply unit conveying a carrier tape from the first cassette to supply components to a component pick-up position, the component supply unit conveying, following the carrier tape, a carrier tape from the roll body of the second cassette to supply components to the component pick-up position;
• a mounting head picking up a component at the component pick-up position and mounting the component on a substrate;
• a cassette base including the plurality of cassette attachment parts juxtaposed in a direction orthogonal to a direction of conveyance of the carrier tape by the component supply unit, to each of which the first cassette and the second cassette are attached such that they are arranged, with their respective openings facing each other, in series along the direction of conveyance, with the second cassette lying upstream in the direction of conveyance;
• a wireless communicator disposed on each of the cassette attachment parts in one-to-one correspondence to communicate with the RFID tags of the first cassette and the second cassette attached to one of the cassette attachment parts;
• a replenishment cassette detector detecting that a second cassette has been attached to the cassette attachment part;
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• a replenishment cassette determiner that when the replenishment cassette detector detects attachment of a second cassette, reads, through the wireless communicator of the cassette attachment part, attachment of the cassette to which has been detected, component information stored in the RFID tag of the second cassette and component information stored in the RFID tag of the first cassette, and compares them to determine whether a proper second cassette has been attached.