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US 9,095,944 B2Granted
Work setting apparatus, work setting method, and work holder removing method
AssigneeToshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsunori Kokubo, Yuki Sugiura, Toru Suzuki, Hidetoshi Kitahara
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Abstract
A work setting apparatus includes a lower table 15, an upper table 17, and a work holding unit 19 provided with a plurality of work holders 25 each having an adhesive to hold a work. A work setting method sets a second work W2 held by the work holders 25 onto a first work W1 set on the lower table 17. A work holder removing method removes the work holders 25 from the second work W2 set on the first work W1 by vibrating the first and second works W1 and W2 on the lower table 15.
Claims3
A work setting apparatus comprising:
- a first table on which a first work is set;
- a second table movable toward and away from the first table and positioned with respect to the first table;
- a table positioning unit configured to move and position the first table with respect to the second table in directions orthogonal to the moving directions of the second table;
- a work holding unit comprising a plurality of work holders, each of the work holders comprising a cylindrical main body and an adhesive arranged at an opening of the main body, the adhesive of each of the work holders facing the first table, the work holders holding a second work with the use of either the adhesive or the adhesive plus vacuum suction and being movable toward and away from the first table in a direction parallel to the moving directions of the second table and positioned with respect to the first table;
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- a control unit configured to control the first table, second table, work holding unit, and table positioning unit, and in a state wherein the second table is separated away from the first table, the work holders are positioned between the first and second tables, the first work is set on the first table, and the second work is held by the work holders:
- move the work holders toward the first table so that an uncured membranous material of the second work held by the work holders is brought into contact with the first work set on the first table and the second work is set onto the first work,
- move the second table toward the first table so that the first and second works are pressed between the first and second tables,
- after carrying out the pressing of the first and second works for a predetermined time, move the second table away from the first table so that the second table is separated from the second work, and
- drive the table positioning unit to slightly vibrate the first and second works on the first table and move the work holders away from the first table in a direction parallel to the moving directions of the second table so that the work holders are removed from the second work.
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