JP2935698B2 - Electronic component mounting equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic component mounting apparatus for mounting an electronic component on a substrate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, an electronic component mounting apparatus for mounting electronic components on a predetermined substrate such as a circuit board or a lead frame includes a housing that can be moved up and down by a motor,
A nozzle holder provided on the housing and having a suction nozzle for sucking an electronic component at a lower end thereof; In such an electronic component mounting apparatus, the electronic component is sucked to the suction nozzle by a vacuum suction force formed in the suction nozzle, and when the housing is lowered by the motor, the nozzle holder and the suction nozzle are both lowered and sucked. Electronic components are mounted on the circuit board. On the other hand, the nozzle holder is provided to be movable up and down to a predetermined height with respect to the housing, and is urged downward by a spring. Therefore,
When the electronic component sucked by the suction nozzle is mounted on the substrate while the housing is moving down, the nozzle holder and the suction nozzle supported by the nozzle holder compress the spring even when the housing is lowered a little further. It comes to a halt.

However, as described above, when the housing is further lowered after the electronic component is mounted on the substrate, the nozzle holder and the suction nozzle are placed on the electronic component mounted on the substrate. The weight of the nozzle holder and the restoring force of the compressed spring are applied to the electronic component through the suction nozzle. Therefore, when an electronic component is mounted through an electronic component mounting apparatus having a conventional configuration, there is a problem in that the electronic component is frequently cracked or damaged.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in order to solve such a problem, and an electronic component sucked by a suction nozzle is mounted on a substrate through a suction nozzle. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic component mounting apparatus whose structure has been improved so that an external force such as the weight of a nozzle holder applied to the electronic component can be reduced.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, an electronic component mounting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a frame, a housing supported on the frame so as to be movable up and down, and a predetermined height with respect to the housing. A nozzle holder supported so as to be able to ascend and descend and urged downward, and connected to a lower end of the nozzle holder to suck an electronic component by a vacuum suction force formed therein, and the electronic component sucked thereto A suction nozzle mounted on a substrate when the housing is lowered, and the housing so that an external force applied to the electronic component through the suction nozzle while the electronic component sucked by the suction nozzle is mounted on the substrate is reduced. And an elastic force providing means for applying an elastic force to the nozzle holder upward when the nozzle holder is lowered.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG.
Referring to FIG. 1, a ball screw 11 and an elevating motor 12 are provided on a frame 10 that can be moved horizontally by a driving unit (not shown). Ball screw 11
Is vertically long and its both ends are rotatably attached to the frame 10 through bearings (not shown). A driven pulley 11 is provided at the upper end of the ball screw 11.
1, a drive pulley 121 is attached to a rotating shaft of the elevating motor 12. The pulley 1
A belt 13 is wound around 11 and 121. Reference numeral 15 denotes an encoder for sensing the number of rotations of the elevating motor 12.

The ball screw 11 has a block 2
When the ball screw 11 rotates, the block 20 can move vertically. A bracket 21 is fixed to the block 20, and a load cell 90 described later is provided on the bracket 21. A support 22 is fixed to the block 20, and a housing 30 is rotatably provided on the support 22 by a bearing 23.

The housing 30 has a nozzle holder 4
0 is provided so as to be able to move up and down with respect to the housing 30 by a pair of ball splines 31. The nozzle holder 40 includes a holder main body 41 and an air inlet / outlet pipe 42 located at an upper end of the holder main body 41. The holder main body 41 has an air path 411 penetrating the upper and lower ends thereof. The holder body 41 is provided with a flange member 43, and the lower end of the compression coil spring 44 is supported by the flange member 43. The upper end of the compression coil spring 44 is supported on the bottom surface of the cover 32 fixed to the upper portion of the housing 30. The compression coil spring 44 urges the nozzle holder 40 in a downward direction. The air inlet / outlet pipe 42 is connected to the holder main body 41 via a bearing (not shown) so as to be relatively rotatable. The air inlet / outlet pipe 42 includes a connector 421 for connection to a predetermined vacuum source (not shown), and the connector 42
Air path 4 leading from 1 to the lower end of the air inlet / outlet pipe 42
22. The air path 422 of the air inlet / outlet pipe 42 and the air path 411 of the holder body 41 communicate with each other. Reference numeral 45 denotes a stopper member fixed to the holder main body 41 to limit the lowered position of the nozzle holder 40, and reference numeral 46 denotes a stopper member 45.
And a bearing provided between the air inlet / outlet pipe 42 and the air inlet / outlet pipe 42.

The suction nozzle 5 is provided at the lower end of the nozzle holder 40.
0 is provided. The suction nozzle 50 has an air path 51 penetrating the upper and lower ends thereof and communicating with the air path 411 of the holder body 41. When a vacuum is formed in the air path 411 of the suction nozzle 50 while the electronic component is in contact with the lower end of the suction nozzle 50, the electronic component is sucked by the suction force of the vacuum.

The bracket 6 fixed to the support 22
A rotation motor 60 that provides power for changing the attitude of the electronic component 1 sucked by the suction nozzle 50 is fixed to 9. When the rotation motor 60 is operated, the housing 30 and the nozzle holder 40 spline-coupled to the housing 30 rotate by the pulley 61 attached to the rotation shaft of the rotation motor 60 and the belt 62 wound around the housing 30. I do. Thus, when the suction nozzle 50 provided on the nozzle holder 40 rotates, the electronic component 1 sucked by the suction nozzle 50 is rotated to change the posture.

On the other hand, a stopper 47 is fixed to the lower end of the holder main body 41, and a plate 70 is provided on a lowering path of the stopper 47 due to the lowering of the holder main body 41. The plate 70 is fixed to a guide block 72 that moves up and down along guide rails 71 provided on the frame 10. The upper end of a spring 85 is supported on the bottom surface of the plate 70.
The lower end of 5 is supported by a support base 80. This support 8
Numeral 0 is fixed to a screw member 89 screwed to the frame 10. By tightening or loosening the screw member 89, the spring force of the spring 85 can be adjusted while approaching or separating from the plate 70. It has become. In the electronic component mounting apparatus of the present embodiment,
The stopper 47, the plate 70, and the spring 85
By applying an elastic force to the nozzle holder 40 in the upward direction when the housing 30 is lowered, the suction nozzle 50
When the electronic component 1 sucked to the electronic component 1 is mounted on the substrate 2, an elastic force providing means for reducing an external force applied to the electronic component 1 through the suction nozzle 50 is configured.

On the other hand, the bracket 21 has an input end 91.
A load cell 90, which is also called a force sensor, that measures the magnitude of an external force input through the load cell 90 is provided. The input end 91 of the load cell 90 is connected to the nozzle holder 4
0, and the contact portion with the nozzle holder 40, that is, the tip end of the input end 91 has a spherical surface and is in point contact with the nozzle holder 40.

A process in which the electronic component 1 is mounted on the substrate 2 by the electronic component mounting apparatus having such a configuration will be described. First, in a state where the electronic component 1 mounted on the substrate 2 is in close contact with the suction nozzle 50, the air in the air paths 51, 411, and 422 is moved by the vacuum source into the air inlet / outlet pipe 4.
2, a vacuum is formed inside the air paths 51, 411, 422, and the electronic component 1 is attached to the suction nozzle 5 by the suction force of the vacuum.
It is adsorbed to zero. In this manner, the electronic component 1 is
0, the suction nozzle 50 as shown in FIG.
The elevator motor 12 is operated in a state where the frame 10 is horizontally moved so that the electronic component 1 adsorbed on the substrate is positioned vertically above the substrate 2. When the elevating motor 12 is operated, the ball screw 11 is rotated through the pulleys 111 and 121 and the belt 13, and the ball screw 11 is rotated.
, The bracket 21 fixed to the block 20, and the support 22 descend. Support 2
The electronic component 1 sucked by the suction nozzle 50 approaches the substrate 2 while the housing 30 supported by the support body 22 and the nozzle holder 40 supported by the housing 30 are lowered by the lowering of 2. In this way, the stopper 47 fixed to the nozzle holder 40 comes into contact with the plate 70 while the nozzle holder 40 is descending. At this time, the electronic component 1 sucked by the suction nozzle 50 is separated from the substrate 2 by a predetermined distance. Then, the elevating motor 12
When the housing 30 further descends, the plate 70 contacting the stopper 47 of the nozzle holder 40 descends together with the nozzle holder 40 while compressing the spring 85. At this time, after the electronic component 1 sucked by the suction nozzle 50 comes into contact with the substrate 2, the nozzle holder 40 does not descend any further as shown in FIG. Only the housing 30 stops after descending a little while compressing the compression coil spring 44. The external force applied to the electronic component 1 in the state where the electronic component 1 is mounted on the substrate 2 can be calculated by the following approximate mathematical formula.

F = W1 + T1- (T2-W2)

Here, F is an external force applied to the electronic component 1, W
1 is the total weight of the weight of the nozzle holder 40, the weight of the suction nozzle 50, and the weight of the stopper 47;
Reference numeral 2 denotes the combined weight of the plate 70 and the guide block 72. T1 is a restoring force of the compressed compression coil spring 44, and T2 is
Is the restoring force of the compressed spring 85.
Other small forces such as frictional force between the guide rail 71 and the guide block 72 were all ignored.

Unlike the conventional electronic component mounting apparatus, the self-weight of the nozzle holder 40, the self-weight of the suction nozzle 50, and the restoring force of the compressed compression coil spring 44 are all applied to the electronic component 1. In the electronic component mounting apparatus according to the present embodiment, as can be seen from the above equation, the plate 70 and the guide block 72 lose their own weights due to the external force applied to the electronic component 1 while the electronic component 1 is mounted, due to the restoring force of the spring 85. It decreases by the amount of force you pull. In addition, if an appropriate standard spring 85 and compression coil spring 44 are adopted in consideration of the weight of the members 40, 47, 50, 70, 72, no external force can be applied when the electronic component 1 is mounted. it can. Therefore,
It is possible to prevent the electronic component 1 from being damaged or the electronic component 1 from being cracked while the electronic component 1 is mounted on the substrate 2.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, if the electronic component 1 is not mounted on the substrate 2 and the nozzle holder 40 is installed so as to be able to contact the input end 91 of the load cell 90 without pressing it, As shown in FIG.
Is mounted on the substrate 2, a reaction force having the same magnitude as the external force applied to the electronic component 1 is input to the input end 91 of the load cell 90 through the nozzle holder 40, and the magnitude of the force is measured. The magnitude of the external force F applied to the component 1 is known. Therefore, for example, when the external force applied to the electronic component 1 increases, the spring 85 is compressed to a predetermined length in advance by tightening the screw member 89 and raising the support base 80. By doing so, the magnitude of the restoring force in a state where the electronic component 1 is mounted on the substrate 2 increases, so that the external force applied to the electronic component 1 mounted on the substrate 2 can be reduced.

The housing 30 and the nozzle holder 40 are moved from the position shown in FIG.
In the process of lowering to the position as shown in FIG. 5, the housing 30 and the nozzle holder 40 are quickly lowered until immediately before the stopper 47 of the nozzle holder 40 comes into contact with the plate 70 through the control of the number of rotations of the elevating motor 12, Thereafter, it is desirable to lower the housing 30 and the nozzle holder 40 slowly. Then, the stopper 4
Since the contact between the plate 7 and the plate 70 is prevented from being abruptly made, the impact and noise caused by the contact can be effectively suppressed, and the spring 85 and the compression coil spring 44 are prevented from vibrating while the elasticity by the spring 85 is prevented. The force can be stably provided by the nozzle holder 40.

After the electronic component 1 sucked by the suction nozzle 50 is mounted on the substrate 2 as shown in FIG. 2, air is blown into the air paths 51, 411 and 422 to release the vacuum state. Then, the suction state of the electronic component 1 is released. Thereafter, when the ball screw 11 is rotated in the reverse direction by the elevating motor 12 to raise the nozzle holder 40 through the above-described process, the electronic component 1 is separated from the suction nozzle 50 of the nozzle holder 40 to be lifted. It remains in a state mounted on the substrate 2.

[0020]

As described above, the electronic component mounting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a housing for mounting the electronic component sucked by the suction nozzle on the substrate, and a lower part supported by the housing so as to be able to move up and down. The apparatus includes an energized nozzle holder and a means for providing an elastic force for applying an elastic force to the nozzle holder in a rising direction when the nozzle holder is lowered. After the electronic component sucked by the suction nozzle is mounted on the substrate, the external force applied to the electronic component through the suction nozzle is reduced by the elastic force providing means, thereby effectively preventing the electronic component from being broken or cracked.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and is a side sectional view showing a state before an electronic component is mounted on a substrate.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing a state after the electronic component is mounted on a substrate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic component 2 Substrate 10 Frame 30 Housing 40 Nozzle holder 47 Stopper 50 Suction nozzle 70 Plate 85 Spring 90 Load cell 91 Input end

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] A frame; a housing supported by the frame so as to be able to move up and down; a nozzle holder supported to be able to move up and down to a predetermined height with respect to the housing and urged downward; and a lower end of the nozzle holder A suction nozzle for sucking the electronic component by a vacuum suction force formed therein and mounting the sucked electronic component on a substrate when the housing is lowered; and an electronic component sucked by the suction nozzle. Elastic force providing means for applying an elastic force upward to the nozzle holder when the housing is lowered, so that an external force applied to the electronic component through the suction nozzle in a state where the electronic component is mounted on the substrate is reduced. Characteristic electronic component mounting equipment. 2. The elastic force providing means includes: a stopper provided on the nozzle holder; a plate provided to be able to move up and down to a predetermined height on a descending path of the stopper by descending the nozzle holder; The electronic component mounting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a spring that provides an elastic force in an ascending direction. 3. The electronic component mounting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a measuring unit for measuring an external force applied to the electronic component. 4. The electronic component mounting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said measuring means includes a load cell provided such that an input end thereof is in contact with an upper end of said nozzle holder. 5. The electronic component mounting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an input end of said load cell is brought into point contact with an upper end of said nozzle holder.