Component mounting system and tape scraps collecting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11584552-B2
Application number	US-202217647196-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2022
Priority date	Apr 18, 2018
Publication date	Feb 21, 2023
Grant date	Feb 21, 2023

Abstract

A component mounting system including: a component mounting device group in which a plurality of component mounting devices that mount components supplied to a board transported in from an upstream side by a tape feeder and transport out the board to a downstream side, and cut a carrier tape after supplying the components by a cutter device and discharge scraps of carrier tape, are installed on a floor surface while being arranged in a direction of conveying the board; a main conveyor that is installed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of component mounting devices in a region on the floor surface under the component mounting device group, and transports the scraps of carrier tape discharged from each of the plurality of component mounting devices; and a scraps storage that is installed outside the region and stores the scraps of carrier tape transported by the main conveyor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A component mounting system comprising:
a component mounting device group including a plurality of component mounting devices, the plurality of component mounting devices being arranged on a floor surface in a direction of conveying a board, the component mounting device group defining a space under the component mounting device group, each of the plurality of component mounting devices being configured to:
mount a component supplied by a tape feeder from a carrier tape onto the board conveyed from an upstream side;
convey the board to a downstream side after mounting the component onto the board; and
cut the carrier tape by a cutter device after supplying the component from the carrier tape to the board; and
discharge scraps of the carrier tape; and
a main conveyor installed along the arrangement of the plurality of component mounting devices, wherein the main conveyor is installed on the floor surface separately from the component mounting device group in the space under the component mounting device group, the main conveyor being configured to convey the scraps discharged from the carrier tape.

2. The component mounting system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a scraps storage installed outside the space, the scraps storage being configured to store the scraps conveyed by the main conveyor.

3. The component mounting system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the main conveyor includes a plurality of conveyor devices connected to each other in series.

4. The component mounting system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of sub-conveyors installed on the floor surface under a feeder cart that supports the tape feeder, each of the plurality of sub-conveyors being configured to:
receive and convey the scraps discharged from the tape feeder supported by the feeder cart; and
deliver the scraps to the main conveyor.

5. The component mounting system according to claim 4 , wherein
each of the plurality of sub-conveyors is configured to convey the scraps to the main conveyor in a first direction, and
the main conveyor is configured to convey the scraps in a second direction being different from the first direction.

6. The component mounting system according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a controller configured to operate one sub-conveyor among the plurality of sub-conveyors in accordance with a cutting operation of the cutter device that discharges the scraps to the one sub-conveyor.

7. The component mounting system according to claim 6 ,
wherein, the controller operates the one sub-conveyor that receives the scraps discharged from the cutter device for a predetermined period of time when the cutter device performs the cutting operation.

8. The component mounting system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a scraps disposer configured to dispose of the scraps conveyed by the main conveyor into the scraps storage.

9. The component mounting system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a direction changing conveyor connected to a terminal end portion of the main conveyor, the direction changing conveyor being configured to change a conveying direction of the scraps delivered by the main conveyor.

10. A tape scraps collecting device configured to collect scraps of carrier tape from a component mounting device group, the component mounting device group including a plurality of component mounting devices, the plurality of component mounting devices being arranged on a floor surface in a direction of conveying a board, the component mounting device group defining a space under the component mounting device group, each of the plurality of component mounting devices being configured to:
mount a component supplied by a tape feeder from a carrier tape onto the board conveyed from an upstream side;
convey the board to a downstream side after mounting the component onto the board;
cut the carrier tape by a cutter device after supplying the component from the carrier tape to the board; and
discharge the scraps, the tape scraps collecting device comprising:
a main conveyor installed along the arrangement of the plurality of component mounting devices wherein the main conveyor is installed on the floor surface separately from the component mounting device group in the space under the component mounting device group, the main conveyor being configured to convey the scraps discharged from the carrier tape.

11. The tape scraps collecting device according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a scraps storage installed outside the space, the scraps storage being configured to store the scraps conveyed by the main conveyor.

12. The tape scraps collecting device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the main conveyor includes a plurality of conveyor devices connected to each other in series.

13. The tape scraps collecting device according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a plurality of sub-conveyors installed on the floor surface under a feeder cart that supports the tape feeder, each of the plurality of sub-conveyors being configured to:
receive and convey the scraps discharged from the tape feeder supported by the feeder cart; and
deliver the scraps to the main conveyor.

14. The tape scraps collecting device according to claim 13 , wherein
each of the plurality of sub-conveyors is configured to convey the scraps to the main conveyor in a first direction, and
the main conveyor is configured to convey the scraps in a second direction being different from the first direction.

15. The tape scraps collecting device according to claim 13 , further comprising:
a controller configured to operate one sub-conveyor among the plurality of sub-conveyors in accordance with a cutting operation of the cutter device that discharges the scraps to the one sub-conveyor.

16. The tape scraps collecting device according to claim 15 ,
wherein, the controller operates the one sub-conveyor that receives the scraps discharged from the cutter device for a predetermined period of time when the cutter device performs the cutting operation.

17. The tape scraps collecting device according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a scraps disposer configured to dispose of the scraps conveyed by the main conveyor into the scraps storage.

18. The tape scraps collecting device according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a direction changing conveyor connected to a terminal end portion of the main conveyor, the direction changing conveyor being configured to change a conveying direction of the scraps delivered by the main conveyor.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kobayashi Hiroki
• Azuma Naoki
• Takata Chikara
• Asano Yuzo
• Chikuma Toru
• Satoh Hiroshi

Classifications

• B65B15/04 Primary

  Attaching a series of articles, e.g. small electrical components, to a continuous web {(ammunition filling F42B)} · CPC title

• H05K13/0417 Primary

  Feeding with belts or tapes · CPC title

• B65G47/68

  adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor {lane} and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor {lane or to one broader conveyor lane}, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor · CPC title

• H05K13/02

  Feeding of components · CPC title