Component crimping apparatus control method, component crimping apparatus, and measuring tool

A component crimping apparatus which includes a pressing head and which crimps a component onto a plate-shaped workpiece using the pressing head which, in a heated state, presses the component onto the workpiece, said component crimping apparatus comprising:

• a measuring tool information acquiring unit operable to acquire information indicating whether or not a measuring tool is held, the measuring tool being shaped identically as the workpiece and measuring a temperature of a part pressed by the pressing head or a pressure at a time of crimping;
• a positioning unit operable to position the measuring tool identically as the workpiece in a case where the information indicating that the measuring tool is held is acquired;
• and
• a measurement support unit operable to press the measuring tool using the pressing head, after the positioning.

A program for controlling a component crimping apparatus in order to cause a measuring tool to measure a temperature or a pressure of a pressed part in a pressing process of pressing a component onto a plate-shaped workpiece, using a pressing head in a heated state, in the component crimping apparatus which crimps the component onto the workpiece, the measuring tool being a measuring board which is shaped identically as the workpiece and to which a component and a temperature probe or a pressure probe are provided, said program causing a computer to execute:

• acquiring information indicating whether or not the measuring tool is held in the component crimping apparatus;
• positioning the measuring tool identically as the workpiece in a case where the information indicating that the measuring tool is held is acquired;
• and
• executing the pressing process on the component to be provided to the measuring tool, after said positioning.

A measuring tool applied to a component crimping apparatus which crimps a component onto a plate-shaped workpiece, and which measures a temperature of a pressed part in a pressing process of pressing the component onto the workpiece using a pressing head in a heated state included in the component crimping apparatus, said measuring tool comprising:

• a board shaped identically as the workpiece;
• a component to be provided to said board in an identical position as the workpiece;
• and
• a temperature probe or a pressure probe provided so as to be in contact with the workpiece.