Component mounting line and component mounting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9498945-B2
Application number	US-201514612875-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2015
Priority date	Feb 26, 2014
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

A component mounting line has a screen printing apparatus and component mounting apparatuses. Each component mounting apparatus includes a first substrate carrying lane and a second substrate carrying lane, carries a first type substrate on which a first pattern has been printed in the first substrate carrying lane, performs a component mounting-relevant operation on the first type substrate, carries a second type substrate on which a second pattern has been printed in the second substrate carrying lane, and performs a component mounting-relevant operation on the second type substrate. The screen printing apparatus selects a type of the substrate to be carried in depending on whether a substrate is carried in the second component mounting apparatus downstream from the screen printing apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A component mounting line comprising:
a screen printing apparatus that prints paste on a substrate; and
a plurality of component mounting apparatuses that are arranged in series on a downstream side of the screen printing apparatus and perform a component mounting-relevant operation on the substrate on which the paste has been printed by the screen printing apparatus,
wherein the screen printing apparatus includes
a mask in which a first pattern-forming area in which a first pattern corresponding to a first type substrate is formed and a second pattern-forming area in which a second pattern corresponding to a second type substrate is formed are arranged in a predetermined pattern arrangement direction,
a substrate support unit moving mechanism that moves a substrate support unit supporting a substrate in the pattern arrangement direction below the mask and that selectively brings the substrate into contact with one of the first pattern-forming area and the second pattern-forming area,
a print head that prints the paste on the substrate selectively brought into contact with one of the first pattern-forming area and the second pattern-forming area by moving over the mask, and
a controller that selects a type of the substrate to be carried in the screen printing apparatus depending on whether a substrate is carried in the second component mounting apparatus downstream from the screen printing apparatus,

wherein each of the plurality of component mounting apparatuses includes a first substrate carrying lane and a second substrate carrying lane which are arranged in the pattern arrangement direction, carries the first type substrate on which the first pattern has been printed in the first substrate carrying lane, performs a component mounting-relevant operation on the first type substrate, carries the second type substrate on which the second pattern has been printed in the second substrate carrying lane, and performs a component mounting-relevant operation on the second type substrate, and
wherein the screen printing apparatus selects a type of the substrate to be carried in depending on whether a substrate is carried in the second component mounting apparatus downstream from the screen printing apparatus.

2. The component mounting line according to claim 1 , wherein the screen printing apparatus selects the type of a substrate carried in the substrate carrying lane having requested the substrate out of the two substrate carrying lanes of the second component mounting apparatus downstream from the screen printing apparatus as the type of the substrate carried in the screen printing apparatus.

3. A component mounting method in a component mounting line including a screen printing apparatus that prints paste on a substrate and a plurality of component mounting apparatuses that are arranged in series on the downstream side of the screen printing apparatus and perform a component mounting-relevant operation on the substrate on which the paste has been printed by the screen printing apparatus, the screen printing apparatus including a mask in which a first pattern-forming area in which a first pattern corresponding to a first type substrate is formed and a second pattern-forming area in which a second pattern corresponding to a second type substrate is formed are arranged in a predetermined pattern arrangement direction, a substrate support unit moving mechanism that moves a substrate support unit supporting a substrate in the pattern arrangement direction below the mask and that selectively brings the substrate into contact with one of the first pattern-forming area and the second pattern-forming area, a print head that prints the paste on the substrate selectively brought into contact with one of the first pattern-forming area and the second pattern-forming area by moving over the mask, each of the plurality of component mounting apparatuses including a first substrate carrying lane and a second substrate carrying lane which are arranged in the pattern arrangement direction, and a controller that selects a type of the substrate to be carried in the screen printing apparatus depending on whether a substrate is carried in the second component mounting apparatus downstream from the screen printing apparatus, the component mounting method comprising:
a first operation step in which the each component mounting apparatus carries in the first type substrate on which the first pattern has been printed using the first substrate carrying lane and performs a component mounting-relevant operation on the first type substrate;
a second operation step in which the each component mounting apparatus carries in the second type substrate on which the second pattern has been printed using the second substrate carrying lane and performs a component mounting-relevant operation on the second type substrate; and
a selection step in which the screen printing apparatus selects the type of a substrate to be carried in depending on whether a substrate is carried in the second component mounting apparatus downstream from the screen printing apparatus.

4. The component mounting method according to claim 3 , wherein, in the selection step, the type of a substrate carried in the substrate carrying lane having requested the substrate out of the two substrate carrying lanes of the second component mounting apparatus downstream from the screen printing apparatus is selected as the type of the substrate carried in the screen printing apparatus is set as.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Murakami Minoru
• Mantani Masayuki
• Murakami Toshiyuki
• Katsuki Takashi
• Yazawa Takashi

Classifications

• B41F15/18

  Supports for workpieces · CPC title

• B41F15/26

  for articles with flat surfaces · CPC title

• H05K13/0465

  by soldering (H05K13/0469 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K3/3484

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05K3/1233

  Methods or means for supplying the conductive material and for forcing it through the screen or stencil · CPC title