Virtual preventive inspection system for mounter and method for controlling mounter using the same

• US 20060253219A1
• Filed: 05/05/2006
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mirae Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mirae Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Young Joo, Hwang, Heung Seon, Jung, Yun Gi
• Application Number:
  US11/418,466
• Publication Number:
  US 20060253219A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/175
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0283 Predictive maintenance, e.g. involving the monitoring of a system and, based on the monitoring results, taking decisions on the maintenance schedule of the monitored system; Estimating remaining useful life [RUL] preventive maintenance, i.e. planning maintenance according to the available resources without monitoring the system G06Q10/06
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/0895 Maintenance systems or processes, e.g. indicating need for maintenance

Abstract

A virtual preventive inspection system for a mounter and a method for controlling the mounter are disclosed. The system performs animations and simulations for maintenance and repair procedures of assemblies included in a mounter, through virtual models, and for a maintenance procedure for a certain part of the mounter, such that it can protect users from danger and the real mounter from damage when the mounter is maintained. Therefore, the present invention can allow anyone to perform preventive maintenance and repair of the mounter.

Claims

1. A virtual preventive inspection mounter system comprising:

a mounter composed of a plurality of assemblies; and

an operator computer for searching virtual mounter models related to maintenance and repair of the mounter, and for displaying maintenance and repair procedures as motion control of the searched virtual mounter model is performed.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operator computer includes:

an operation program for executing operation control of the mounter; and

a maintenance program for searching a virtual model corresponding to a particular code which is inputted thereto, and for displaying the maintenance and repair procedures as the motion control of the virtual model is performed.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the code includes procedure numbers to classify the maintenance and repair procedures of the mounter.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising a database for storing virtual models, which perform the maintenance and repair procedures based on the procedure numbers, respectively.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the operator computer creates codes for malfunctions to identify symptoms for the malfunctions of the mounter, and stores the virtual models in the database in order to describe the symptoms for the malfunctions based on the codes identifying the malfunctions, wherein the virtual models perform animation or simulation.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the codes are stored in the database, associating with the procedures number of the maintenance and repair procedures of the mounter, respectively.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a measurement means for performing electrical and mechanical measurement, wherein the measurement means is installed to each assembly of the mounter.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the operator computer receives measurement information from the measurement means and checks as to whether malfunctions of each assembly occurs or whether maintenance is performed.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a count means for checking driving time of each assembly of the mounter.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the operator computer:

previously sets a periodical maintenance period of each assembly of the mounter;

determines as to whether the periodical maintenance period is reached on the basis of the check result of the driving time which is provided from the count means;

searches a virtual model related to the maintenance procedure for a corresponding assembly whose periodical maintenance period is reached; and

displays the maintenance procedure of the assembly as the virtual model related to the maintenance performs animation or simulation.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual model visually performs disassembling and assembling according to maintenance and repair procedures.

12. A virtual preventive inspection mounter system comprising:

a mounter for installing parts in a circuit board; and

an operator computer including at least one maintenance program, which executes animation for maintenance and repair procedures of the mounter through an animation model which is vitually formed, in multi-dimensions, from each assembly included in the mounter.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the operator computer further comprises:

a operating program for executing operation control of the mounter; and

a counter program which provides a command to the maintenance program, wherein the command is an instruction to execute animation of a maintenance procedure through an animation model of the assembly when a periodical maintenance period of the assembly is expired, in which the periodical maintenance period is calculated as the driving time of the assembly is checked.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising a database for storing animation models, which show maintenance and repair procedures of the assemblies, respectively.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the database stores the animation models therein, associating with inherent codes allocated to the animation models, respectively.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the animation model performs disassembling or assembling animation according to the maintenance and repair procedures.

17. A method for controlling a virtual preventive inspection mounter system, comprising the steps of:

storing virtual models for maintenance and repair procedures of a mounter and a plurality of assemblies included in the mounter, associating inherent numbers with the virtual models, respectively;

searching a virtual model according to a corresponding inherent number which is inputted; and

executing animation through the searched virtual model.

18. A method for controlling a virtual preventive inspection mounter system, comprising the steps of:

storing virtual models for maintenance and repair procedure sequences of a mounter and a plurality of assemblies included in the mounter;

checking as to whether malfunctions of the assemblies occur;

searching virtual models to show symptoms of malfunctions, which occur in the assemblies, and repair procedures corresponding to the malfunctions;

executing animations for the malfunction symptoms and for the repair procedures through the searched virtual models.

19. A method for controlling a virtual preventive inspection mounter system, comprising the steps of:

storing virtual models for maintenance procedure sequence of a mounter and a plurality of assemblies included in the mounter

previously setting periodical maintenance periods of the assemblies, respectively;

checking driving times of the assemblies, respectively;

determining as to whether the periodical maintenance periods of the assemblies are reached, respectively;

searching a virtual model for a corresponding assembly whose periodical maintenance period is reached; and

executing animation for the periodical maintenance procedure through the searched virtual model.