Electronic component mounting machine and operating instruction method for the same

• US 8,712,572 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2009
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Higashi, Noboru, Kihara, Masahiro, Okamoto, Kazuo, Watanabe, Hidehiko, Kaida, Kenichi, Sumi, Hideki, Mawatari, Michiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Padmanabhan, Kavita
• Assistant Examiner(s): STEVENS, THOMAS H
• Application Number:
  US13/122,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20110184548A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,671 Days
• Field of Search: 700/121, 700/174, 700/181, 716/100
• US Class Current: 700/121
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/0404 Pick-and-place heads or apparatus, e.g. with jaws
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/0417 Feeding with belts or tapes
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/0452 Mounting machines or lines comprising a plurality of tools for guiding different components to the same mounting place H05K13/0406, H05K13/041 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/0882 Control systems for mounting machines or assembly lines, e.g. centralized control, remote links, programming of apparatus and processes as such H05K13/083 takes precedence

Abstract

A challenge to be met by the invention is to provide an electronic component mounting machine that makes up an electronic component mounting line and that standardizes an operation input method, to thus enable lessening of work load on an operator during performance of operation input action, and an operation instruction method for use with the electronic component mounting machine. In electronic component mounting machines that make it possible for a single machine to perform a plurality of types of works by replacement of a work head to be built into a common platform according to a type of work, a production start button to a model change button are provided as common individual input parts in a basic operation command input part of a display panel of an operation unit regardless of a work type. Control processing and computation processing commensurate with an operation instruction entered by way of the individual input part are performed according to a work program and a computation processing program corresponding to the work head recognized by a plug-in function.

Claims

1. An electronic component mounting machine that is used in an electronic component mounting line for mounting an electronic component on a substrate so as to produce a mounted board and capable of performing a plurality of types of works by a single machine by replacing a work head to be built into a common platform based on a type of work to be performed by the machine, the electronic component mounting machine comprising:

a substrate conveyance mechanism conveys the substrate through an interior of the electronic component mounting machine and a head transfer mechanism which transfers the replaceably attached work head to perform the work, the substrate conveyance mechanism and the head transfer mechanism making up the common platform;

a storage section that stores a plurality of types of work programs by means of which a mechanism control part that controls the work head and a work operation mechanism including the head transfer mechanism and the substrate conveyance mechanism so as to carry out working operations performs control processing commensurate with a plurality of types of working operations, and a plurality of types of computation processing programs by means of which a computation processing part that performs computation processing required to carry out the working operations performs computation processing commensurate with the plurality of types of working operations;

an execution control part that controls the mechanism control part and the computation processing part, so as to let the mechanism control part and the computation processing part perform the control processing and the computation processing commensurate with the work type;

an operation instruction input unit that has individual input parts for individually inputting an individual operation instruction of a machine operator to the execution control part according to instruction descriptions, wherein the individual operation instruction common to the plurality of types of works is displayed with common display arrangement regardless of the work type on each of the individual input parts and the individual operation instruction includes at least a work start/end instruction meaning start or end of working operation of the electronic component mounting machine; and

a work head recognition unit for recognizing a type of a work head attached to the head transfer mechanism;

wherein the execution control part determines a work program corresponding to the work head recognized by the work head recognition unit and a computation processing program, from among a plurality of types of stored work programs and computation processing programs, and lets the mechanism control part and the computation processing part perform control processing and computation processing commensurate with an operation instruction, which has been input by the individual input part, according to a determined work program and the determined computation processing program, and wherein a plurality of display panels (4a) each for displaying the individual operation instruction are arranged along the electronic component mounting line.

2. An operation instruction method for use with an electronic component mounting machine that is used in an electronic component mounting line for mounting an electronic component on a substrate so as to produce a mounted board, that is capable of performing a plurality of types of mounting operations by replacement of a work head to be built into a common platform according to a type of mounting operation to be performed by the electronic component mounting machine by a single machine, and that issue operation instructions for letting the electronic component mounting machine perform working operation and computation processing,

wherein the electronic component mounting machines comprises a substrate conveyance mechanism that conveys the substrate through an interior of the machine and a head transfer mechanism which transfers the replaceably attached work head to perform the work, the substrate conveyance mechanism and the head transfer mechanism making up the common platform;

a storage section that stores a plurality of types of work programs by means of which a mechanism control part that controls the work head and a work operation mechanism including the head transfer mechanism and the substrate conveyance mechanism so as to carry out working operations performs control processing commensurate with the plurality of types of working operations and a plurality of types of computation processing programs by means of which a computation processing part that performs computation processing required to perform the working operations performs computation processing commensurate with a plurality of types of working operations;

an execution control part that controls the mechanism control part and the computation processing part, so as to let a mechanism part and the computation processing part perform control processing and computation processing commensurate with the work type;

an operation instruction input unit that has individual input parts for individually inputting an individual operation instruction of a machine operator to the execution control part according to instruction descriptions, wherein the individual operation instruction common to the plurality of types of works is displayed with common display arrangement regardless of the work type on each of the individual input parts and the individual operation instruction includes at least a work start/end instruction meaning start or end of working operation of the electronic component mounting machine; and

a work head recognition unit for recognizing a type of a work head attached to the head transfer mechanism; and

wherein there is determined a work program corresponding to the work head recognized by the work head recognition unit and a computation processing program, from among the plurality of types of stored work programs and computation processing programs, and the mechanism control part and the computation processing part are caused to perform control processing and computation processing commensurate with an operation instruction, which has been input by the individual input part, according to a determined work program and a determined computation processing program, and wherein a plurality of display panels (4a) each for displaying the individual operation instruction are arranged along the electronic component mounting line.