Taping apparatus and taping method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11780622-B2
Application number	US-202217804677-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2022
Priority date	Jun 21, 2018
Publication date	Oct 10, 2023
Grant date	Oct 10, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed is a taping apparatus including: a tray storage device supplying a designated one of plural kinds of trays on which respective different kinds of parts are scattered; a carrier tape feed device intermittently moving a designated one of plural kinds of carrier tapes which correspond to the respective different kinds of parts; a first camera capturing an image of the scattered parts on the designated tray; a first image recognizing device recognizing respective centers of the scattered parts; a rotary head individually sucking the scattered parts to rotatable suction nozzles; a second camera capturing an image of the parts sucked to the suction nozzles; a second image recognizing device recognizing respective orientations of the sucked parts; and a part inserting device adjusting the orientations of the sucked parts to orientations insertable into part storage recesses defined in the designated carrier tape and then inserting the parts into the part storage recesses, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A taping method comprising:
supplying a designated one of a plurality of kinds of trays on which respective different kinds of parts are scattered, using a tray storage device;
capturing an image of the scattered parts on the designated tray supplied by the tray storage device, using a first camera;
recognizing respective centers of the scattered parts based on the image thereof captured by the first camera, using a first image recognizing device;
individually sucking the scattered parts to a plurality of rotatable suction nozzles based on the respective centers of the scattered parts recognized by the first image recognizing device, using a rotary head comprising the plurality of suction nozzles;
capturing an image of the parts sucked to the plurality of suction nozzles of the rotary head, using a second camera;
recognizing respective orientations of the sucked parts based on the image thereof captured by the second camera, using a second image recognizing device;
intermittently moving a designated one of a plurality of kinds of carrier tapes which correspond to the respective different kinds of parts, using a carrier tape feed device; and
adjusting the orientations of the sucked parts to orientations insertable into part storage recesses defined in the designated carrier tape by rotating the plurality of suction nozzles, based on the respective orientations of the sucked parts recognized by the second image recognizing device, and then inserting the parts into the part storage recesses, respectively, using a part inserting device.

2. The taping method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving the designated tray supplied by the tray storage device on a first table and delivering the first table in a Y direction, using a tray delivery device.

3. The taping method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
delivering a second table, with the rotary head mounted thereon, in an X direction, using a rotary head delivery device.

4. The taping method according to claim 1 , wherein the respective centers of the scattered parts recognized by the first image recognizing device are represented by XY coordinates.

5. The taping method according to claim 1 , wherein the respective orientations of the sucked parts recognized by the second image recognizing device are represented by angles with respect to a standard line established in an XY coordinate system.

Assignees

• Taiyo Yuden Kk

Inventors

• Saito Koji

Classifications

• B65B15/04 Primary

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

• B65B35/10

  Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles · CPC title

• B65B57/14

  and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged · CPC title

• B65G2201/02

  Articles · CPC title

• B65B35/06

  Separating single articles from loose masses of articles · CPC title