JP2004283982A - Manufacturing method of supply material incorporating device and electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of a supply material incorporating device and an electronic device that allows speeding up of incorporating work, reduces stop frequency of a manufacturing line, and can effectively improve productivity as a whole. <P>SOLUTION: The supply material incorporating device 200 comprises: a conveying means 210 for conveying an incorporation object 10; a component incorporating means 230 for supplying and incorporating a component 11 to the incorporation object; and a component supplying means 220 for supplying the component to the component incorporating means. The component supplying means is provided with a first component supplying section 220A and a second component supplying section 220B. The component incorporating means is provided with: a first component incorporating section 230A for incorporating the component supplied by the first component supplying section into the incorporation object; and a second component incorporating section 230B for incorporating the component supplied by the second component supplying section into the incorporation object. The first component incorporating section and the second component incorporating section are alternately operated, thereby alternately incorporating the component at a common component incorporating position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a material assembling apparatus and a method of manufacturing an electronic device, and more particularly to an assembling technique of a product which is suitable when components are incorporated into an object to be incorporated at high speed.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in an automatic assembly line for various products, shortening of assembling time and speeding up of assembling work are progressing in order to reduce assembling cost. As a method of responding to the speeding up of assembly, conventionally, a plurality of component supply machines having a low supply capacity are provided, and a plurality of component assembling mechanisms corresponding to the plurality of component supply machines are installed. By performing the assembling work, the speed of the assembling work was increased.
[0003]
For example, FIG. 6 shows a main part of a conventional material incorporating device 100. In the material supply assembling apparatus 100, a transport path 111 that transports a pallet and a pallet 112 that is transported along the transport path 111 are provided as means for transporting an object into which components are to be incorporated. The movement 10, which is an object to be mounted, is mounted and transported. On the other hand, as a supply means of the component 11, a supply path 121A of the first component supply machine and a supply path 121B of the second component supply machine are installed in parallel, and a component set for performing an assembling operation of the component 11 to the movement 10 is provided. As a mounting means, a first component mounting machine 122A and a second component mounting machine 122B are provided.
[0004]
In this apparatus, the component 11 supplied by the supply path 121A of the first component feeder is incorporated into the movement 10 on the pallet 112 by the gripping head 123A of the first component assembler 122A, and the supply of the second component feeder is performed. The component 11 supplied by the path 121B is incorporated into the movement 10 on another pallet 112 by the gripping head 123B of the second component assembling machine 122B. With this configuration, the supply amount and the assembling amount of the component 11 are doubled as compared with the case where only one set of the component feeder and the component assembler is provided, and the movement 10 is assembled at a high speed. be able to.
[0005]
Further, although the configuration is different from that of the above-described device, the following Patent Documents 1 and 2 are known as documents in which an example of a conventional assembling device is described.
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-5-220634
[Patent Document 2]
JP-A-6-31550
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the above-described conventional material assembling apparatus 100 is configured such that if one of the two component feeders interrupts the component supply due to some failure, the apparatus stops, so the entire manufacturing line stops as it is. There is a problem. In particular, when a plurality of sets of component supply machines and component assembly machines are installed in order to speed up the assembly work as described above, the probability of encountering the above-described component supply trouble is increased by the number of machines. Since the production frequency is increased, the frequency of stopping the production line increases, so that even if the speed of the operation is increased as described above, the operation rate decreases when viewed as a whole production line, so that it is expected. Has a problem that productivity is not improved.
[0008]
In addition, since the number of component feeders and component assemblers increases, maintenance work such as maintenance and inspection increases, resulting in a problem that human costs increase. Further, there is a problem that the installation space of the apparatus increases.
[0009]
Therefore, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and its object is to increase the speed of the assembling work, reduce the frequency of stopping the production line, and effectively improve the productivity as a whole. And a method for manufacturing an electronic device.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the material assembling device of the present invention is provided with a conveying unit that conveys an object to be incorporated, and the assembling object that has been conveyed to a predetermined component incorporating position by the conveying unit. And a component supplying means for supplying and incorporating the component to the component incorporating means, wherein the component supplying means includes first component supplying means, A second component supply unit, wherein the component assembling unit transfers the component supplied by the first component supply unit to the component assembling position and incorporates the component into the assembling target. A component assembling unit; and a second component assembling unit that transfers the component supplied by the second component supply unit to the component assembling position and incorporates the component into the assembling target. The part assembling part and the second part assembling part are operated alternately. Characterized in that it is configured to be built the component alternately by a common said component built located successively conveying said group of write object coming being by the transport means.
[0011]
According to the present invention, the first component assembling section and the second component assembling section for supplying components to the same component assembling position are provided, and the first and second component assembling sections are provided. By performing the operations alternately, the parts can be incorporated into the object to be assembled at high speed. In this case, since the two component assembling units are configured to transfer and incorporate components to a common component assembling position, even if the component supply by one component supply unit is interrupted, the other component assembling unit is stopped. By operating only the component assembling unit corresponding to the component supply unit, it is possible to continue to incorporate components without stopping the transporting means in the apparatus configuration, so that the operation rate can be improved.
[0012]
For example, in the conventional device configuration, two component assembling machines are configured to operate at different component assembling positions. If the road is not stopped, there is a risk that an installation target, for which the assembly operation of the components has not been completed, may flow to the downstream side of the line. On the other hand, in the present invention, since the two component incorporating units are originally configured to alternately incorporate components at the common component incorporating position, even if the component supply by one component supplying unit is interrupted, On the side of the transfer means for transferring the object to be mounted, the transfer by the transfer means only needs to be stopped until the operation of mounting the components is performed, and there is no need to perform particularly complicated control.
[0013]
In this case, it is conceivable that the assembling speed of the entire apparatus is reduced by an amount that one of the component supply unit and the component assembling unit does not operate. Can be dealt with by interruption of the supply of one part only by synchronizing the components, it is not necessary to stop the entire production line.
[0014]
Further, since the two component assembling units alternately perform the assembling operation at the common component assembling position, the area occupied by the component assembling means including the two component assembling units can be reduced.
[0015]
In addition, the present invention includes not only a case where two component incorporating units incorporate components at the common component incorporating position, but also a case where three or more component incorporating units are configured to incorporate components. I do.
[0016]
In the present invention, when component supply to the first component incorporation unit by the first component supply unit or component supply to the second component incorporation unit by the second component supply unit is interrupted, component supply is stopped. It is preferable that the configuration is such that the incorporation of the component is continued by the continued second component incorporation unit or the first component incorporation unit. Thus, the components can be continuously incorporated without stopping the production line. In this case, it is preferable that the notification unit be activated when the component supply by one component supply unit is interrupted. If the worker who has noticed the abnormality of the component supply by the notification means eliminates the defect of one of the component supply units, the operation can be shifted to the normal operation as it is.
[0017]
In the present invention, it is preferable that the first component assembling portion and the second component assembling portion are configured to be integrally rotatable around a common rotation axis. According to this, the component assembling means can be configured simply and compactly.
[0018]
In the present invention, the first component assembling unit and the second component assembling unit may include a posture rotation unit configured to change a gripping posture of the component in accordance with a rotation angle around the rotation axis. Is preferred. According to this, since the orientation of the component can be controlled by the attitude rotating means in accordance with the positional relationship between the first component supply unit and the second component supply unit and the component installation position, for example, the first The component mounting posture of the component mounting unit and the component mounting posture of the second component mounting unit can be made equal to each other at the component mounting position. This leads to being able to control the component installation posture at the component installation position according to the relationship between the component supply posture by the first component supply unit and the component supply posture by the second component supply unit. The degree of freedom in designing the device configuration can be increased.
[0019]
Next, according to the method for manufacturing an electronic device of the present invention, there is provided a transporting unit for transporting an assembly target, and supplying a component to the assembly target transported to a predetermined component integration position by the transporting unit. In a method of manufacturing an electronic device using component incorporation means for incorporating and incorporating, and component supply means for supplying the component to the component incorporation means, the component supply means includes a first component supply unit and a third component supply unit. A two-component supply unit, wherein the component incorporation means includes a first component incorporation unit that transfers the component supplied by the first component supply unit to the component incorporation position and incorporates the component into the incorporation target And a second component incorporation unit for transferring the component supplied by the second component supply unit to the component incorporation position and incorporating the component into the object to be incorporated, and the first component incorporation unit And the second component assembling section are alternately operated by the transporting means. And wherein the incorporation of the alternating component in common of the component built-position to the group write object coming sequentially conveyed Te.
[0020]
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while being able to assemble electronic equipment at high speed, the stop frequency of a production line can be reduced. Further, the installation space of the manufacturing apparatus can be reduced. In this case, examples of the object to be incorporated include a movement and a case. In this case, the components of the electronic device include a main plate, a train wheel receiver, a stator, a bolt, a battery plus terminal, a gear, a display wheel, a dial, a middle frame, and a back cover.
[0021]
In the present invention, when component supply to the first component incorporation unit by the first component supply unit or component supply to the second component incorporation unit by the second component supply unit is interrupted, component supply is stopped. It is preferable that the incorporation of the component be continued by the continued second component incorporation unit or the first component incorporation unit.
[0022]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, with reference to the accompanying drawings, an embodiment of a material incorporating device and a method of manufacturing an electronic device according to the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram schematically illustrating the overall configuration of the material assembling apparatus 200 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic partial plan view schematically illustrating the main part of the material assembling apparatus 200. The material supply assembling apparatus 200 includes a transporting unit 210 that transports the installation target 10, a component supply unit including a first component supply unit 220A and a second component supply unit 220B, and a first component integration unit 230A. And a component assembling means 230 provided with a second component assembling section 230B.
[0023]
The transport unit 210 is configured to be able to move the pallet 212 along the transport path 211, for example, and the pallet 212 carries the object 10 to be incorporated. As the object 10 to be incorporated, for example, when the material assembling apparatus 200 is used in a production line of a timepiece, a movement of the timepiece, a timepiece case, and the like are given. Further, as a moving mechanism for moving the pallet 212 (the object 10 to be assembled) along the transport path 211, various conveyors such as a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor, a vibration conveyor, and an air conveyor can be used.
[0024]
In the illustrated example, the first component supply unit 220A and the second component supply unit 220B of the component supply unit are each configured by a component supply device. As this component feeder, for example, a known parts feeder can be used. In the illustrated example, a vibrating bowl-type parts feeder is used. The first component supply unit 220A and the second component supply unit 220B supply the component 11 to predetermined component supply paths 221A and 221B. More specifically, the components 11 are transported to the component supply paths 221A and 221B in a state where the components 11 are aligned in a fixed posture. Further, the component 11 stops while being transported to the component supply positions 221a and 221b set at the downstream ends of the component supply paths 221A and 221B.
[0025]
The component assembling unit 230 includes a first component assembling unit 230A and a second component assembling unit 230B. The first component mounting part 230A is provided with an arm 231A and a component gripping part 232A attached to the arm 231A. Further, the second component mounting portion 230B is provided with an arm 231B and a component grip portion 232B attached to the arm 231B. Specifically, the arms 231A and 231B are configured to rotate around a vertical rotation axis 230a, and the component gripping portions 232A and 232B are configured to be able to move up and down with respect to the arms 231A and 231B attached thereto. Have been.
[0026]
In the material supply assembling apparatus 200, the parts 11 are successively incorporated into the object 10 while the arms 231A and 231B alternately rotate around the rotation axis 230a in the forward and reverse directions. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, when the component gripping portion 232A is gripping the component 11 on the component supply position 221a, the component gripping portion 232B is at the component mounting position 211a on the transport path 211. The part 11 is incorporated in the object 10 to be incorporated. Thereafter, when the arms 231A and 231B rotate clockwise and the component gripping portion 232B grips the component 11 on the component supply position 221b, the component gripping portion 232A moves at the component assembling position 211a. Next, the component 11 is incorporated into the assembly target 10 transported on the transport path 211. Thereafter, the arms 231A and 231B rotate counterclockwise, and return to the original posture shown in FIG.
[0027]
The material supply incorporating device 200 repeats the above-described operation to sequentially perform the first component incorporating portion 230A and the second component incorporating portion 230A for the plurality of incorporating targets 10 transported along the transport path 211. 230B alternately incorporates the component 11.
[0028]
FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of a control drive system of the material supply incorporating device 200. This material incorporating device 200 is configured such that the component incorporating means 230 is controlled and driven by a control section 200C. The control unit 200C includes, for example, a microprocessor unit, a programmable controller, and the like.
[0029]
Note that the transport unit 210 may be configured to be controlled and driven by the control unit 200C. For example, when the detector 210s detects that the component 11 has been incorporated into the target object 10 arranged at the component mounting position 211a, the transport unit 210 transfers the target object 10 to the transport path 211. What is necessary is to be configured so as to be sent to the downstream side and to arrange the next installation target object 10 on the upstream side at the component installation position 211a. However, by controlling and driving the transport unit 210 by the control unit 200C, the components can be more reliably incorporated into the assembly target object 10. For example, the conveyance means 210 sends the object 10 after detecting that the component 11 is actually installed by the component gripping portions 232A and 232B of the component installation means 230.
[0030]
Further, the component supply unit may be configured to be controlled and driven by the control unit 200C. For example, the first component supply unit 220A and the second component supply unit 220B of the component supply unit can be configured to independently supply the component 11 to the component supply positions 221a and 221B. However, by controlling and driving the component supply unit by the control unit 200C, for example, the component supply speed of the component supply unit is adjusted according to the state of the component 11 being incorporated into the installation target 10 by the transport unit 210 and the component incorporation unit 230. Can be adjusted.
[0031]
The control unit 200C includes a detector 220As that detects whether the component 11 is supplied to the component supply position 221a of the first component supply unit 220A, and a component 11 that is located at the component supply position 221b of the second component supply unit 220B. It is configured to receive a detection signal from each of the detectors 220Bs for detecting whether or not it is supplied. Further, the control unit 200C is configured to receive a detection signal from the detector 210s that detects whether or not the target object 10 is arranged at the component mounting position 211a of the transport means 210. Further, the control unit 200C includes a detector 230As for detecting whether the component 11 is gripped by the component gripping portion 232A of the first component mounting unit 230A of the component mounting unit 230, and a second component mounting unit. It is configured to receive a detection signal from a detector 230Bs that detects whether or not the component 11 is gripped by the component gripping portion 232B of the 230B.
[0032]
The control unit 200C is configured to output a control signal to each unit of the component incorporating unit 230 according to the detection signal received from each of the detectors. Specifically, the control unit 200C outputs a control signal to the first drive circuit 230AD, and in response to the control signal, the first drive circuit 230AD moves the component holding unit 232A up and down with the lifting drive source 230AM and the component gripping unit. A drive signal is transmitted to a grip drive source 230AP that performs a grip operation of the component 11 of the unit 232A. In addition, the control unit 200C outputs a control signal to the second drive circuit 230BD, and in response to the control signal, the second drive circuit 230BD raises / lowers the component gripper 232B and grips the component gripper 232B. A drive signal is transmitted to the grip drive source 230BP that performs the operation. Further, control unit 200C outputs a control signal to third drive circuit 230CD, and in response to this control signal, third drive circuit 230C sends a drive signal to rotation drive source 230CM. Here, the rotation drive source 230CM is a unit (an electric motor, a fluid pressure device, or the like) for driving a rotation drive mechanism 230C for rotating the arms 231A and 231B.
[0033]
Next, a detailed operation procedure of the material assembling apparatus 200 configured as described above will be described with reference to a schematic flowchart shown in FIG.
[0034]
First, it is assumed that the component gripping portion 232A is arranged on the component supply position 221a and the component gripping portion 232B is arranged on the component incorporating position 211a. At this time, the control unit 200C waits until it detects that the pallet 212 (the object 10 to be assembled) is located at the part installation position 211a. When the assembly target object 10 is arranged at the component installation position 211a, next, it is determined whether the component 11 is supplied to the component supply position 221a and whether the component 11 is gripped by the component gripper 232B. Is detected. When the component 11 is arranged at the component supply position 221a, the component gripper 232A moves down, grips the component 11, and moves up. When the component 11 is not arranged at the component supply position 221a (that is, when there is some abnormality in the first component supply unit 220A), the component gripping unit 232A does not operate. When the component 11 is gripped by the component gripping portion 232B, the component gripping portion 232B descends, incorporates the component 11 into the installation target 10, and moves up. If the component gripping portion 232B has not gripped the component 11 before the above operation, the component gripping portion 232B does not operate.
[0035]
When the above operation is completed, the rotation drive mechanism 230C operates to rotate the arms 231A and 231B, whereby the component gripping portion 232A is disposed on the component mounting position 211a, and the component gripping portion 232B is supplied with the component. It will be in the state of being arranged on position 221b. In addition, although not shown, when the component 11 is incorporated by the component gripping portion 232B into the installation target 10 arranged on the component installation position 211a, the integration target 10 is After moving to the downstream side of the transport path 211, the next installation target 10 is transported to the component installation position 211a. When the component 11 is not incorporated by the component gripping portion 232B, the object 10 is not moved.
[0036]
Next, it is detected again whether or not the target object 10 is located at the component mounting position 211a. If the target object 10 is not located at the component mounting position 211a, the target object is detected. It waits until 10 is placed at the component installation position 211a. When the assembly target object 10 is arranged at the component installation position 211a, next, it is determined whether the component 11 is supplied to the component supply position 221b and whether the component 11 is gripped by the component gripper 232A. Is detected. When the component 11 is located at the component supply position 221b, the component gripper 232B moves down, grips the component 11, and moves up. When the component 11 is not arranged at the component supply position 221b (that is, when there is some abnormality in the second component supply unit 220B), the component gripping unit 232B does not operate. When the component 11 is gripped by the component gripping portion 232A, the component gripping portion 232A descends, incorporates the component 11 into the installation target 10, and moves up. If the component gripping part 232A does not grip the component 11 before the above operation, the component gripping part 232A does not operate.
[0037]
When the above operation is completed, the rotation drive mechanism 230C operates to rotate the arms 231A and 231B in the opposite direction, thereby disposing the component gripping portion 232B on the component installation position 211a, and The grip portion 232A is placed on the component supply position 221a. In addition, although not shown, when the component 11 is incorporated into the installation target 10 arranged on the component installation position 211a by the component gripping portion 232A, after the above-described operation, the installation target 10 is After moving to the downstream side of the transport path 211, the next installation target 10 is transported to the component installation position 211a. If the component gripping section 232A does not incorporate the component 11, the target 10 does not move.
[0038]
The above-described operation procedure is repeatedly performed as long as the apparatus is operating. Normally, the first component supply unit 220A and the second component supply unit 220B operate normally, so that one component gripper grips the component 11 at the component supply position, and the other component gripper is at the component installation position. The operation of incorporating the component 11 into the installation target 10 is performed alternately at 211a. At this time, if an abnormality occurs in one of the component supply units and the component supply is interrupted, only the component 11 supplied by the other component supply unit is incorporated into the installation target 10, but the component assembling operation itself is continued. It is done.
[0039]
As described above, when the component 11 is no longer supplied to the component supply positions 221a and 221b in one of the first component supply unit 220A and the second component supply unit 220B, the notification unit notifies the detection by the detectors 220As and 220Bs. It is supposed to. Here, examples of the notifying means include a sounding means (buzzer, speaker, etc.) for outputting a warning sound or the like, and a display means (lighting or blinking of a warning lamp) for displaying a warning display or the like. These may be installed in the feeder incorporating apparatus 200 itself, may be installed in the control room, or may be carried by an operator or the like. By such a notification means, an operator or the like maintains a supply device in which an abnormality has occurred. When the abnormality of the component supply is recovered, according to the above operation procedure, it is possible to return to the normal state without performing any operation.
[0040]
FIG. 5 is a plan view (a) and a front view (b) showing the detailed structure of the component assembling means 230 of the present embodiment. Note that the plan view of FIG. 5A shows a state in which the component assembling means 230 is in the same rotation posture as in FIGS. 1 and 2, but the front view of FIG. The state where the means 230 is being rotated is shown.
[0041]
The first component assembling portion 230A and the second component assembling portion 230B provided in the component assembling means 230 are provided with elevating shafts 233A and 233B respectively having component gripping portions 232A and 232B attached to their ends. The elevating shafts 233A and 233B are rotatably held by a rotating member 231 integrally provided with the arms 231A and 231B. Pulley portions 234A and 234B are provided above the elevating shafts 233A and 233B, and transmission belts 234d and 234e made of synthetic rubber or the like are provided on the pulley portions 234A and 234B. A rotating shaft 235 is disposed between the elevating shafts 233A and 233B. The rotating shaft 235 is attached and fixed to the center of the rotating member 231. The center axis of the rotation shaft 235 is the rotation axis 230a shown in FIGS.
[0042]
The rotating shaft 235 is rotatably supported on a fixed support member 236. The support member 236 includes a plate-shaped portion provided at an upper portion, and a tubular portion extending downward from the plate-shaped portion along the rotating shaft 235. A pulley portion 236C is provided on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion, and the transmission belts 234d and 234e are installed on the pulley portion 236C. That is, the transmission belts 234d and 234e are bridged between the pulley portions 234A and 234B and the pulley portion 236C. Stoppers 236A and 236B are provided on the cylindrical portion of the support member 236 to regulate the lower limit of the elevating shafts 233A and 233B when descending.
[0043]
In addition, regulating pins 233a and 233b are attached to the elevating shafts 233A and 233B. An attachment member 231c is attached to the rotating member 231 (arms 231A and 231B), and a stopper 231d (adjustment screw) is attached to the attachment member 231c so as to be adjustable. When the lifting shafts 233A and 233B are driven to rotate by the transmission belts 234d and 234e, respectively, the regulating pins 233a and 233b are regulated by the stopper 231d at a predetermined rotation angle, so that the lifting shafts 233A and 233B. Is defined.
[0044]
Elevating drive means 237A is attached to the plate-like portion of the support member 236 at an angular position corresponding to the component supply position 221a, and elevating drive means 237B is attached to an angular position corresponding to the component supply position 221b. Further, a lifting / lowering driving means 237C is mounted at an angular position corresponding to the above-described component mounting position 211a. These lifting / lowering driving means 237A, 237B, 237C act so as to push down the lifting / lowering shafts 233A, 233B rotated to the respective positions from above. The lifting shafts 233A and 233B are always in a state of receiving a restoring force opposing the pressing force of the elevating driving means 237A, 237B and 237C. When the pressing force of the elevating driving means is released by this restoring force. It is configured to return to the illustrated state (height). This return force is generated by an elastic member such as a spring.
[0045]
A pulley portion 238 is provided on the rotation shaft 235. The pulley portion 238 is connected to a pulley portion 239a of a rotation drive portion 239 including a rotation drive source 230CM (see FIG. 3) via a transmission belt 238d. Connected. Thus, when the rotation drive source built in the rotation drive unit 239 operates, the rotation shaft 235 is rotationally driven via the transmission belt 238d.
[0046]
When the rotating shaft 235 is rotationally driven as described above, the elevating shafts 233A and 233B are rotated via the rotating member 231 (arms 231A and 231B), and the component gripping portions 232A and 232B are moved as described above. Moving. At this time, the elevating shafts 233A and 233B rotate via the transmission belts 234d and 234e, so that the elevating shaft 233A is extended by the transmission belts 234d and 234e provided on the pulley 236C provided on the cylindrical portion of the support member 236. , 233B are rotated, and the rotation of the elevating shafts 233A, 233B is eventually stopped by the stoppers 231d of the regulating pins 233a, 233b. By the rotation of the elevating shafts 233A, 233B by the transmission belts 234d, 234e, the component gripping portions 232A, 232B are configured such that the posture change due to the above-mentioned rotation operation is almost eliminated. Actually, since the diameter of the pulley 236C is larger than that of the pulleys 234A and 234B, the rotation angle of the elevating shafts 233A and 233B is configured to be larger than the rotation angle of the rotation member 231. Since the rotation of the elevating shafts 233A and 233B is restricted by the pins 233a and 233b and the stopper 231d, the posture change due to the rotational movement of the component gripping parts 232A and 232B is almost eliminated. Note that the attitude control of the component grippers 232A and 232B by the transmission belts 234d and 234e can be performed in various modes different from the above. For example, the relationship between the attitude of the component 11 supplied to the component supply positions 221a and 221B and the attitude of the component 11 to be incorporated into the component installation position 211a varies depending on the device configuration. This is because not only a case where the posture change due to the rotation operation of the 233B is eliminated but also a case where a certain amount of posture change is required. For example, unlike the illustrated example, the transmission belts 234d and 234e may be provided between the pulley 236C and the pulleys 234A and 234B so as to form a figure eight.
[0047]
The above-described material supply device 200 of the present embodiment can be used particularly when a watch component is built in a movement or a watch case. In this case, the watch parts include a main plate, a train wheel receiver, a stator (parts of a stepping motor and a small generator), a bolt, a battery plus terminal, a gear, a display car such as a date indicator and a day indicator, a dial, a solar cell, A rotating weight, a stepping motor, a small generator, and the like are included. Then, by incorporating these timepiece components into the movement by the above-described method, the production efficiency of the timepiece can be increased, and ultimately the production cost can be reduced.
[0048]
It should be noted that the method of manufacturing the material incorporating device and the timepiece of the present invention is not limited to the illustrated example described above, and it is needless to say that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. . For example, in the above-described embodiment, a timepiece is illustrated as an example of the electronic device. However, the present invention is not limited to a timepiece and can be applied to various electronic devices. In particular, it is effective when applied to a portable electronic device such as a wristwatch.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view schematically showing the overall configuration of a material supplying apparatus according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view schematically showing a main part of the material supplying apparatus according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a control drive system of the material incorporating device according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart showing an operation procedure of the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view (a) and a front view (b) showing the structure of the component assembling means of the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing a schematic configuration of a conventional material supply device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Incorporation target (movement), 11 ... Parts, 200 ... Supply supply incorporation apparatus, 200C ... Control part, 210 ... Conveying means, 211 ... Conveying path, 211a ... Parts incorporating position, 212 ... Pallet, 220 ... Component supply means, 220A: first component supply section, 220B: second component supply section, 221A, 221B: component supply position, 230: component incorporation means, 230A: first component incorporation section, 230B: second component set Entrance part, 231 rotating member, 231A, 231B arm, 231c mounting member, 231d stopper, 232A, 232B part gripping part, 233A, 233B lifting shaft, 233a, 233b regulating pin, 234A, 234B, 236C, 238: pulley portion, 234d, 234e, 238d: transmission belt, 235: rotating shaft, 236: support member, 236a, 236b ... Stopper, 237A, 237B, 237C ... elevation driving unit, 239 ... rotation drive unit

Claims (6)

Conveying means for conveying the object to be assembled, component embedding means for supplying and embedding components to the object to be embodyed which has been conveyed to a predetermined part embedding position by the conveying means, and the part embedding means A material supply device having component supply means for supplying the component to
The component supply means includes a first component supply unit and a second component supply unit,
The component assembling means includes: a first component assembling unit that transfers the component supplied by the first component supply unit to the component assembling position and incorporates the component into the assembly target; A second component assembling unit that transfers the component supplied by a supply unit to the component assembling position and incorporates the component into the assembling target;
The first component assembling unit and the second component assembling unit are operated alternately to alternately operate at the component assembling position common to the assembling target sequentially transported by the transporting means. A material assembling apparatus characterized in that parts can be incorporated therein. The component supply is continued when the component supply to the first component incorporation unit by the first component supply unit or the component supply to the second component incorporation unit by the second component supply unit is interrupted. 2. The material assembling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the component assembling is continued by the second component assembling unit or the first component assembling unit. 3. 3. The supply device according to claim 1, wherein the first component mounting portion and the second component mounting portion are configured to be integrally rotatable around a common rotation axis. 4. Material embedding device. The first component assembling unit and the second component assembling unit each include a posture rotation unit configured to change a gripping posture of the component according to a rotation angle around the rotation axis. The feeder incorporating device according to claim 3. Conveying means for conveying the object to be assembled, component embedding means for supplying and embedding components to the object to be embodyed which has been conveyed to a predetermined part embedding position by the conveying means, and the part embedding means In a method for manufacturing an electronic device using component supply means for supplying the component to the
The component supply means includes a first component supply unit and a second component supply unit,
The component assembling means includes: a first component assembling unit that transfers the component supplied by the first component supply unit to the component assembling position and incorporates the component into the assembly target; A second component assembling unit that transfers the component supplied by the supply unit to the component assembling position and incorporates the component into the assembly target;
The first component assembling unit and the second component assembling unit are operated alternately to alternately operate at the component assembling position common to the assembling target sequentially transported by the transporting means. A method for manufacturing an electronic device, comprising incorporating components. The component supply is continued when the component supply to the first component incorporation unit by the first component supply unit or the component supply to the second component incorporation unit by the second component supply unit is interrupted. The method of manufacturing an electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the incorporation of the component is continued by the second component incorporation unit or the first component incorporation unit.

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