Work system for substrates and working machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9346625-B2
Application number	US-201214414928-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2012
Priority date	Jul 17, 2012
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

In a work system for substrates which includes plural working machines conveying circuit substrates through two paths and in which the circuit substrates are conveyed through the two paths from the working machine disposed upstream out of the plural working machines to the working machine disposed downstream, a circuit substrate of which the work result is not good is conveyed to the downstream working machine earlier than the circuit substrate of which the work result is good in a state in which the circuit substrate of which the work result is good and the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good are able to be conveyed to the downstream working machine by the upstream working machine.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A work system for substrates, comprising:
a plurality of working machines arranged in a line that each include a pair of substrate conveyance devices for conveying circuit substrates through two distinct working paths parallel to each other along a horizontal working plane of the plurality of working machines; and
a control device configured to control operations of the pair of substrate conveyance devices of each of the plurality of working machines so that the circuit substrates are conveyed through the two distinct working paths from a working machine disposed upstream out of the plurality of working machines to a working machine disposed downstream out of the plurality of working machines,
wherein the control device includes a substrate conveyance control unit configured to control the operations of the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the upstream working machine and the downstream working machine so that a circuit substrate of which a work result is not good is conveyed to the downstream working machine earlier than a circuit substrate of which a work result is good in a state in which both the circuit substrate of which a work result is good and the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good are able to be conveyed to the downstream working machine via separate of the two distinct working paths by the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the upstream working machine.

2. The work system for substrates according to claim 1 , wherein the downstream working machine has a standby position to which the conveyed circuit substrate of which the work result is not good is able to retract from the two distinct working paths.

3. The work system for substrates according to claim 1 , further comprising an alarm device configured to notify an operator of conveyance of the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good to the downstream working machine before the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good is conveyed to the downstream working machine in a state in which the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good is able to be conveyed to the downstream working machine via its respective working path of the two distinct working paths.

4. The work system for substrates according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate conveyance control unit is configured to control the operations of the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the upstream working machine and the downstream working machine so that the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good is conveyed to the downstream working machine earlier than the circuit substrate of which the work result is good in a state in which both the circuit substrate of which the work result is good and the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good are able to be simultaneously conveyed to the downstream working machine via separate of the two distinct working paths by the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the upstream working machine.

5. The work system for substrates according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate conveyance control unit is configured to control the operations of the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the upstream working machine so that the one of the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the upstream working machine that conveys the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good conveys the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good to the downstream working machine earlier than the one of the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the upstream working machine that conveys the circuit substrate of which the work result is good conveys the circuit substrate of which the work result is good to the downstream working machine.

6. The work system for substrates according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate conveyance control unit is configured to control the downstream working machine so that the one of the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the downstream working machine that is an operator side substrate conveyance device is aligned with the one of the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the upstream working machine that conveys the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good.

7. The work system for substrates according to claim 6 , wherein the substrate conveyance control unit is configured to shift the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the downstream working machine along the horizontal working plane in a direction perpendicular to the two distinct working paths to align the one of the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the downstream working machine that is the operator side substrate conveyance device with the one of the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the upstream working machine that conveys the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good.

8. The work system for substrates according to claim 7 , further comprising a motor, wherein the substrate conveyance control unit is configured to drive the motor to shift the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the downstream working machine along the horizontal working plane in the direction perpendicular to the two distinct working paths.

9. A working machine comprising:
a pair of substrate conveyance devices that conveys circuit substrates through two distinct working paths parallel to each other along a horizontal working plane of the working machine; and
an individual control device configured to control operations of the pair of substrate conveyance devices,
wherein the individual control device includes an individual substrate conveyance control unit configured to control the operations of the pair of substrate conveyance devices so that a circuit substrate of which a work result is not good is conveyed to the working machine earlier than a circuit substrate of which a work result is good in a state in which both the circuit substrate of which the work result is good and the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good are able to be conveyed to the working machine via separate of the two distinct working paths by another working machine disposed upstream of the working machine.

10. The working machine according to claim 9 , wherein the individual substrate conveyance control unit is configured to control the operations of the pair of substrate conveyance devices so that the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good is conveyed to the working machine earlier than the circuit substrate of which the work result is good in the state in which both the circuit substrate of which the work result is good and the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good are able to be simultaneously conveyed to the working machine via separate of the two distinct working paths by another working machine disposed upstream of the working machine.

11. The working machine according to claim 9 , wherein the individual substrate conveyance control unit is configured to control the working machine so that the one of the pair of substrate conveyance devices that is an operator side substrate conveyance device is aligned with the one of a pair of substrate conveyance devices of the another working machine that conveys the circuit substrate of which the work result is not good.

12. The working machine according to claim 11 , wherein the individual substrate conveyance control unit is configured to shift the pair of substrate conveyance devices along the horizontal working plane in a direction perpendicular to the two distinct working paths to align the one of the pair of substrate conveyance devices that is the operator side substrate conveyance device with the one of the pair of substrate conveyance devices of the

Assignees

• Suzuki Junichi
• Fuji Machine Mfg

Inventors

• Suzuki Junichi

Classifications

• H05K13/08

  Monitoring manufacture of assemblages · CPC title

• H05K13/0061

  Tools for holding the circuit boards during processing; handling transport of printed circuit boards · CPC title

• B65G43/00

  Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting · CPC title

• B65G37/00

  Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes (series of co-operating belt conveyor units B65G15/22; series of co-operating chain conveyor units B65G17/26; sequence control of combined conveyors B65G43/10) · CPC title

• B65G43/10 Primary

  Sequence control of conveyors operating in combination · CPC title