Method for optimization of an order for component mounting and apparatus for optimization of an order for component mounting
First Claim
1. An optimization method for optimizing an order of component mounting in a component mounting system having a plurality of mounters for mounting components onto a board,wherein each of the mounters includes a respective component supply unit and a respective placement head for picking up components from the respective component supply unit and for mounting the picked-up components onto the board,wherein the board includes a plurality of component patterns according to which components are mounted thereon, each of the component patterns having a same component placement structure,wherein the mounters are for mounting components onto the board according to one of (i) the component placement patterns of the board and (ii) groups of component placement patterns of the board,wherein each of the one of the component placement patterns and the groups of component placement patterns identifies a specific mounting arrangement of specific components to be mounted onto the board, andwherein the board is transported from a first mounter located upstream to a second mounter located downstream, such that the components are mounted onto the board in an order starting from the first mounter and continuing to the second mounter,the optimization method comprising:
- respectively allocating components to each of the mounters on one of a (i) per component placement pattern basis and (ii) per group of component placement patterns basis, such that, during the transporting of the board, the placement head of each of the mounters mounts every component of one of a respective component placement pattern and a respective group of component placement patterns, representing partial regions of the board, and such that all of the respective placement heads of the plurality of mounters mount the components onto the partial regions of the board resulting in the components being mounted onto every region of the board.
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Abstract
A method of optimizing an order of component mounting which includes optimizing an order of component mounting for any one pattern among the plurality of patterns, calculating a quotient and a remainder by dividing the total number of the patterns included in the board by the number of mounters, determining the quotient as the number of patterns to be allocated in a case where the remainder is zero. The optimization method also includes determining a number, which is the quotient plus one, as the number of patterns to be allocated to the same number of the mounters as the remainder, starting from the mounter in a process farthest upstream, determining the quotient as the number of patterns to be allocated to the rest of the mounters, in the case where the remainder is one or greater, and allocating the allocated number of patterns, to each of the mounters.
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15 Claims
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1. An optimization method for optimizing an order of component mounting in a component mounting system having a plurality of mounters for mounting components onto a board,
wherein each of the mounters includes a respective component supply unit and a respective placement head for picking up components from the respective component supply unit and for mounting the picked-up components onto the board, wherein the board includes a plurality of component patterns according to which components are mounted thereon, each of the component patterns having a same component placement structure, wherein the mounters are for mounting components onto the board according to one of (i) the component placement patterns of the board and (ii) groups of component placement patterns of the board, wherein each of the one of the component placement patterns and the groups of component placement patterns identifies a specific mounting arrangement of specific components to be mounted onto the board, and wherein the board is transported from a first mounter located upstream to a second mounter located downstream, such that the components are mounted onto the board in an order starting from the first mounter and continuing to the second mounter, the optimization method comprising: respectively allocating components to each of the mounters on one of a (i) per component placement pattern basis and (ii) per group of component placement patterns basis, such that, during the transporting of the board, the placement head of each of the mounters mounts every component of one of a respective component placement pattern and a respective group of component placement patterns, representing partial regions of the board, and such that all of the respective placement heads of the plurality of mounters mount the components onto the partial regions of the board resulting in the components being mounted onto every region of the board. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable recording medium having a computer program recorded thereon, the computer program for optimizing an order of component mounting in a component mounting system having a plurality of mounters for mounting components onto a board,
wherein each of the mounters includes a respective component supply unit and a respective placement head for picking up components from the respective component supply unit and for mounting the picked-up components onto the board, wherein the board includes a plurality of component patterns according to which components are mounted thereon, each of the component patterns having a same component placement structure, wherein the mounters are for mounting components onto the board according to one of (i) the component placement patterns of the board and (ii) groups of component placement patterns of the board, wherein each of the one of the component placement patterns and the groups of component placement patterns identifies a specific mounting arrangement of specific components to be mounted onto the board, and wherein the board is transported from a first mounter located upstream to a second mounter located downstream, such that the components are mounted onto the board in an order starting from the first mounter and continuing to the second mounter, the computer program causing a computer to execute an optimization method comprising: respectively allocating components to each of the mounters on one of a (i) per component placement pattern basis and (ii) per group of component placement patterns basis, such that, during the transporting of the board, the placement head of each of the mounters mounts every component of one of a respective component placement pattern and a respective group of component placement patterns, representing partial regions of the board, and such that all of the respective placement heads of the plurality of mounters mount the components onto the partial regions of the board resulting in the components being mounted onto every region of the board.
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14. A mounter for mounting components on a board according to a mounting order optimized through an optimization method for optimizing an order of component mounting in a component mounting system having a plurality of mounters for mounting components onto a board, the mounter comprising:
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a component supply unit; and a placement head operable to pick up components from the component supply unit and operable to mount the picked-up components onto the board, wherein the board includes a plurality of component patterns according to which components are mounted thereon, each of the component patterns having a same component placement structure, wherein the mounter mounts the components onto the board according to one of (i) the component placement patterns of the board and (ii) groups of component placement patterns of the board, and wherein each of the one of the component placement patterns and the groups of component placement patterns identifies a specific mounting arrangement of specific components to be mounted onto the board, wherein the board is transported from a first mounter located upstream to a second mounter located downstream, such that the components are mounted onto the board in an order starting from the first mounter and continuing to the second mounter, and wherein the optimization method includes respectively allocating components to each of the mounters on one of a (i) per component placement pattern basis and (ii) per group of component placement patterns basis, such that, during the transporting of the board, the placement head of each of the mounters mounts every component of one of a respective component placement pattern and a respective group of component placement patterns, representing partial regions of the board, and such that all of the respective placement heads of the plurality of mounters mount the components onto the partial regions of the board resulting in the components being mounted onto every region of the board.
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15. An optimization apparatus for optimizing an order of component mounting in a component mounting system having a plurality of mounters for mounting components onto a board,
wherein each of the mounters includes a respective component supply unit and a respective placement head for picking up components from the respective component supply unit and for mounting the picked-up components onto the board, wherein the board includes a plurality of component patterns according to which components are mounted thereon, each of the component patterns having a same component placement structure, wherein the mounters are for mounting components onto the board according to one of (i) the component placement patterns of the board and (ii) groups of component placement patterns of the board, wherein each of the one of the component placement patterns and the groups of component placement patterns identifies a specific mounting arrangement of specific components to be mounted onto the board, and wherein the board is transported through the component mounting system from a first mounter located upstream to a second mounter located downstream, such that the components are mounted onto the board in an order starting from the first mounter and continuing to the second mounter, the optimization apparatus comprising: -
an optimizing unit operable to optimize the order of component mounting for any one component mounting pattern among the plurality of component mounting patterns; and an allocating unit operable to respectively allocate components to each of the mounters on one of a (i) per component placement pattern basis and (ii) per group of component placement patterns basis, such that, during the transporting of the board, the placement head of each of the mounters mounts every component of one of a respective component placement pattern and a respective group of component placement patterns, representing partial regions of the board, and such that all of the respective placement heads of the plurality of mounters mount the components onto the partial regions of the board resulting in the components being mounted onto every region of the board.
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