Linear motion device and electronic component mounting apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9949419-B2
Application number	US-201514803932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2015
Priority date	Aug 29, 2014
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

A linear motion device includes: a linear motion mechanism having: a beam elongated in one horizontal direction; a guide member disposed in the beam to extend in the one direction; a moving member disposed to be movable along the guide member; and a moving mechanism that moves the moving member. The beam includes a metallic tubular body formed with an opening portion penetrating the metallic tubular body in the one direction and a tubular reinforcing portion formed of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic and formed in close contact with an inner surface of the metallic tubular body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A linear motion device comprising
a linear motion mechanism including:
a beam elongated in one horizontal direction;
a guide member disposed in the beam to extend in the one direction;
a moving member disposed to be movable along the guide member; and
a moving mechanism that moves the moving member, wherein

the beam includes
a metallic tubular body formed with an opening portion penetrating the metallic tubular body in the one direction and
a tubular reinforcing portion formed of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic and formed in close contact with an inner surface of the metallic tubular body.

2. The linear motion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the metallic tubular body has a thick portion and a thin portion formed to extend in the one direction, and
a screw hole, which is used to fix at least the guide member to the metallic tubular body by a screw member, is formed in the thick portion.

3. The linear motion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the tubular reinforcing portion is formed of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic sheet being in close contact with the inner surface of the metallic tubular body.

4. The linear motion device according to claim 3 , wherein
the tubular reinforcing portion is formed by an internal pressure molding method.

5. An electronic component mounting apparatus comprising:
an XY movement mechanism configured of a first linear motion mechanism and second linear motion mechanism,
the first linear motion mechanism including
a beam elongated in one horizontal direction,
a guide member disposed in the beam to extend in the one direction,
a moving member disposed to be movable along the guide member, and
a moving mechanism that moves the moving member,
the second linear motion mechanism moving the first linear motion mechanism in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the one direction; and

a mounting head attached to the moving member, wherein
in the electronic component mounting apparatus, the mounting head holding an electronic component is positioned with respect to a substrate by the XY movement mechanism, and the electronic component is mounted on the substrate by the positioned mounting head, and
the beam includes
a metallic tubular body formed with an opening portion penetrating the metallic tubular body in the one direction and
a tubular reinforcing portion formed of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic and formed in close contact with an inner surface of the metallic tubular body.

6. The electronic component mounting apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the metallic tubular body has a thick portion and a thin portion formed to extend in the one direction, and
a screw hole, which is used to fix at least the guide member to the metallic tubular body by a screw member, is formed in the thick portion.

7. The electronic component mounting apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the tubular reinforcing portion is formed by a carbon fiber reinforced plastic sheet being in close contact with the inner surface of the metallic tubular body.

8. The electronic component mounting apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the tubular reinforcing portion is formed by an internal pressure molding method.

9. The linear motion device according to claim 1 , wherein the tubular reinforcing portion extends about and is in close contact with an entire inner perimeter of the opening portion.

10. The linear motion device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the metallic tubular body comprises a first opening portion penetrating the metallic tubular body in the one direction and a second opening portion penetrating the metallic tubular body in the one direction, the first opening portion having a larger opening area than the second opening portion,
the tubular reinforcing portion is disposed in the first opening portion, and
there is no tubular reinforcing member disposed in the second opening portion.

11. The linear motion device according to claim 3 , wherein
the tubular reinforcing portion is formed by pressing the carbon fiber reinforced plastic sheet against the inner surface of the metallic tubular body and thermally curing the carbon fiber reinforced plastic sheet such that the carbon fiber reinforced plastic sheet conforms to the inner surface of the metallic tubular body.

12. The linear motion device according to claim 5 , wherein the tubular reinforcing portion extends about and is in close contact with an entire inner perimeter of the opening portion.

13. The linear motion device according to claim 5 , wherein:
the metallic tubular body comprises a first opening portion penetrating the metallic tubular body in the one direction and a second opening portion penetrating the metallic tubular body in the one direction, the first opening portion having a larger opening area than the second opening portion,
the tubular reinforcing portion is disposed in the first opening portion, and
there is no tubular reinforcing member disposed in the second opening portion.

14. The linear motion device according to claim 7 , wherein
the tubular reinforcing portion is formed by pressing the carbon fiber reinforced plastic sheet against the inner surface of the metallic tubular body and thermally curing the carbon fiber reinforced plastic sheet such that the carbon fiber reinforced plastic sheet conforms to the inner surface of the metallic tubular body.

15. The linear motion device according to claim 2 , wherein the screw hole has a bottom at the thick portion.

16. The electronic component mounting apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the screw hole has a bottom at the thick portion.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sano Tatsuya

Classifications

• B25J5/04 Primary

  wherein the guideway is also moved, e.g. travelling crane bridge type · CPC title

• H05K13/0406

  Drive mechanisms for pick-and-place heads, e.g. details relating to power transmission, motors or vibration damping · CPC title

• B25J9/0012

  making use of synthetic construction materials, e.g. plastics, composites · CPC title

• H05K13/0404 Primary

  Pick-and-place heads or apparatus, e.g. with jaws · CPC title

• B25J9/026

  Gantry-type · CPC title