Component supply method and component mounting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017164530-A1
Application number	US-201615364508-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 30, 2016
Priority date	Dec 3, 2015
Publication date	Jun 8, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A component mounting system includes an automatic loading-type tape feeder (a component supply unit) being capable of supplying up to N (N is a natural number equal to or larger than 1) carrier tapes for storing a component, and automatically transporting an inserted carrier tape, and a component mounting apparatus which mounts the component supplied from the tape feeder on a substrate, in which a replenishing operation of carrier tape with respect to the tape feeder is detected, and a case where a carrier tape with which the tape feeder is to be replenished is an (N+1)-th is notified to an operator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A component supply method in a component mounting system which includes a component supply unit being capable of supplying up to N (N is a natural number equal to or larger than 1) carrier tapes for storing a component, and automatically transporting an inserted carrier tape, and a component mounting apparatus which mounts the component supplied from the component supply unit on a substrate, the method comprising:
detecting a replenishing operation of carrier tape with respect to the component supply unit; and notifying an operator of a case where a first carrier tape with which the component supply unit is to be replenished is an (N+1)-th.

2 . The component supply method of claim 1 ,
wherein it is determined that the first carrier tape is the (N+1)-th based on a component ID of the first carrier tape in which the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected.

3 . The component supply method of claim 1 ,
wherein it is determined that the first carrier tape in which the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected is the (N+1)-th based on the number of component IDs included in component information of a carrier tape which is in a state of being supplied to the component supply unit in which the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected.

4 . The component supply method of claim 1 ,
wherein in a case where the first carrier tape in which the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected is determined to be the (N+1)-th, an operation of updating component information of a carrier tape which is in a state of being supplied based on the component ID of the first carrier tape in which the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected, is not allowed.

5 . The component supply method of claim 1 ,
wherein the component supply unit includes a shutter which prevents the first carrier tape from being inserted into the component supply unit, and wherein in a case where the first carrier tape in which the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected is determined to be the (N+1)-th, the shutter is set to be in a closed state.

6 . The component supply method of claim 1 ,
wherein the component supply unit includes a sensor which detects the carrier tape inserted into the component supply unit, and wherein the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected based on a detection result of the sensor.

7 . The component supply method of claim 1 ,
wherein component information of a carrier tape which is in a state of being supplied to the component supply unit is stored in a supply unit storage provided in the component supply unit.

8 . The component supply method of claim 1 ,
wherein component information of a carrier tape in a state of being supplied to the component supply unit is stored in a system storage provided in the component mounting system.

9 . A component mounting system which includes a component supply unit being capable of supplying up to N (N is a natural number equal to or larger than 1) carrier tapes for storing a component, and automatically transporting an inserted carrier tape, and a component mounting apparatus which mounts the component supplied from the component supply unit on a substrate, the system comprising:
a detector for detecting a replenishing operation of carrier tape with respect to the component supply unit; a determiner for determining the number of carrier tape with which the component supply unit is to be replenished; and a notifier for notifying an operator of a case where the determiner determines that a first carrier tape with which the component supply unit is to be replenished is an (N+1)-th.

10 . The component mounting system of claim 9 ,
wherein the determiner determines whether or not the first carrier tape is the (N+1)-th based on a component ID adhered to the first carrier tape in which the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected.

11 . The component mounting system of claim 9 , further comprising:
a system storage which stores component information of a carrier tape which is in a state of being supplied to the component supply unit, wherein the determiner determines whether or not the first carrier tape is the (N+1)-th based on the number of component IDs included in component information of a carrier tape in a state of being supplied to the component supply unit in which the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected.

12 . The component mounting system of claim 9 ,
wherein the component supply unit further includes a supply unit storage which stores component information of a carrier tape in a state of being supplied to the component supply unit, and wherein the determiner determines whether or not the first carrier tape is the (N+1)-th based on the number of component IDs included in the component information of the carrier tape in the state of being supplied to the component supply unit in which the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected.

13 . The component mounting system of claim 9 , further comprising:
a prohibition processor which prohibits an update of component information stored in the supply unit storage by a component ID of the first carrier tape in which the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected in a case where the first carrier tape in which replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected is determined to be the (N+1)-th by the determiner.

14 . The component mounting system of claim 9 ,
wherein the component supply unit includes a shutter which prevents the carrier tape from being inserted into the component supply unit, and wherein the component supply unit further includes a shutter controller which places the shutter in a closed state in a case where the first carrier tape in which the replenishing operation of carrier tape is detected is determined to be the (N+1)-th by the determiner.

15 . The component mounting system of claim 9 ,
wherein the component supply unit includes a sensor which detects a carrier tape inserted into the component supply unit, and wherein the detector detects the replenishing operation of the first carrier tape with respect to the component supply unit based on a detection result of the sensor.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yasuhira Nobuto
• Eguchi Ryouji
• Yamamura Tatsuo

Classifications

• H05K13/086 Primary

  Supply management, e.g. supply of components or of substrates · CPC title

• H05K13/0419 Primary

  tape feeders · CPC title

• H05K13/0417 Primary

  Feeding with belts or tapes · CPC title

• H05K13/08

  Monitoring manufacture of assemblages · CPC title

• H05K13/021

  Loading or unloading of containers (H05K13/028 takes precedence) · CPC title