Component mounting machine

A component mounting apparatus comprising:

• a component delivery unit;
• a chuck provided on said component delivery unit;
• a component transfer unit for receiving and holding a component held by said chuck, the component having a lead terminal extending downwardly;
• a head for receiving and holding the component held by said component transfer unit, and for moving the lead terminal above a through-hole of a substrate in which the lead terminal is to be inserted;
• and
• a pusher for pressing down the component held by said head toward the substrate;
• said head including:
• a main head body;
• a manipulator connected to said main head body and operable to move in a vertical direction;
• an insertion nail provided at a bottom portion of said main head body;
• an opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing said insertion nail;
• and
• a turning mechanism for moving said insertion nail in forward and backward directions, wherein said turning mechanism comprises a plurality of cam plates, each of said cam plates having a cam surface and being operable to be detachably mounted to said main head body, said cam plates having differently-shaped cam surfaces corresponding to different paths of movement of said insertion nail such that when a first one of said cam plates is detachably mounted to said main head body, said turning mechanism is operable to move said insertion nail in forward and backward directions along a first one of said different paths of movement corresponding to said first one of said cam plates,
• said pusher being operable to hold in a standby position above the component before coming in contact with and pressing down the component toward the substrate, and said pusher being operable to set the standby position according to the height of the component held by said head.

A component mounting apparatus comprising:

• a component delivery unit;
• a chuck provided on said component delivery unit;
• a component transfer unit for receiving and holding a component having a lead terminal held by said chuck;
• a head for receiving the component held by said component transfer unit;
• a vertically-moving mechanism for moving said head;
• a table disposed below said head for supporting a substrate;
• and
• an anvil mechanism disposed under said table,
• said head including:
• a main head body;
• a manipulator connected to said main head body and operable to move in a vertical direction;
• an insertion nail provided at a bottom portion of said main head body;
• an opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing said insertion nail;
• and
• a turning mechanism for moving said insertion nail in forward and backward directions, wherein said turning mechanism comprises a cam plate detachably mounted to said main head body;
• said anvil mechanism including:
• a mounting base provided with two slant surfaces opposed to each other;
• a fixed blade mounted on a first slant surface of said slant surfaces of said mounting base;
• and
• a movable blade mounted on a second slant surface of said slant surfaces of said mounting base, wherein said fixed blade is fixed to said first slant surface of slant surfaces of said mounting base after said fixed blade is slid and set in position.

A component mounting apparatus comprising:

• a component delivery unit having an annular shape;
• a plurality of chucks provided along an outer peripheral surface of said component delivery unit, said chucks being adapted to hold components;
• a plurality of component supply units provided on an external side of said plurality of chucks;
• a chain of taped components supplied by said plurality of component transfer units;
• a plurality of component transfer units for receiving and holding said components held by said chucks;
• and
• a head for receiving said components held by said component transfer units;
• wherein said chain of taped components consists of said components, each of said components having an element and at least two lead terminals connected to said element, said components being spaced and taped at regular intervals;
• wherein said component supply units supply said chain of taped components to said chucks so that said components are positioned with an element side up and a lead terminal side down, and so that said components are aligned in a single row.

A component mounting apparatus comprising:

• a component delivery unit;
• a chuck provided on said component delivery unit and operable to hold a component;
• a component transfer unit for receiving and holding the component held by said chuck;
• and
• a head for receiving the component held by said component transfer unit, said head including:
• a main head body;
• a manipulator connected to said main head body and operable to move in a vertical direction;
• an insertion nail provided at a bottom portion of said main head body;
• a first opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing said insertion nail;
• and
• a first turning mechanism for moving said insertion nail in forward and backward directions, wherein said turning mechanism comprises a cam plate detachably mounted to said main head body;
• said component transfer unit including:
• a transfer chuck for receiving and holding the component held by said chuck on said component delivery unit;
• a second turning mechanism for rotating said transfer chuck;
• a shifting mechanism for shifting said transfer chuck toward an inside and an outside of a rotational arc of said transfer chuck;
• and
• a second opening/closing mechanism for opening or closing said transfer chuck after said transfer chuck is shifted to the inside or the outside of the rotational arc of said transfer chuck by said shifting mechanism,
• wherein a rotary axle of said second turning mechanism, a driving axle of said shifting mechanism, and an opening/closing axle of said second opening/closing mechanism are coaxial.

A component mounting apparatus comprising:

• a component delivery unit;
• a chuck provided on said component delivery unit and operable to hold a component;
• a component transfer unit for receiving and holding the component held by said chuck;
• a head for receiving the component held by said component transfer unit, and for mounting the component on a substrate positioned on a positioning table;
• a rail for guiding the substrate on said positioning table;
• and
• a transfer mechanism for transferring the substrate to said positioning table while being guided by said rail, said head including:
• a main head body;
• a manipulator connected to said main head body and operable to move in a vertical direction;
• an insertion nail provided at a bottom portion of said main head body;
• an opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing said insertion nail;
• and
• a turning mechanism for moving said insertion nail in forward and backward directions, wherein said turning mechanism comprises a cam plate detachably mounted to said main head body;
• said transfer mechanism including:
• a shaft holder;
• a transfer shaft operable to move freely in and out from said shaft holder toward said positioning table;
• a transfer pin provided at a first end of said transfer shaft closest to said positioning table so as to extend toward the substrate;
• a biasing device for biasing said transfer pin toward the substrate;
• and
• a pin shifting unit provided at a first end of said shaft holder closest to said positioning table for shifting said transfer pin to a side of said transfer shaft opposite to the substrate against a biasing force of said biasing device.