JPH1087016A - Taking-out device for lead frame for ic - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cope with the production of a small amount and various sorts of lead frames easily, by carrying out the taking out work of the lead frames as the preliminary process in order to resin-seal the lead frames for IC efficiently. SOLUTION: Plural magazines 52 are housed in a magazine case 54 in the condition lining up in the horizontal direction. A lead frame 50 is housed in each magazine 52 in the laminating condition. The magazine case 54 is made movable in the up and down direction (the Z-axial direction), while the pusher plate of a pusher 70 to push out the lead frame 50 is made movable in the horizontal direction (the X-axial direction). By pushing out the pusher plate in the Y-axial direction, the lead frame 52 is pushed out on a setter 80, and conveyed to a metal mold further by a round belt 84. The setter 80 is made rotatable within the horizontal surface, and the settings of so-called 'the right direction' and 'the left direction' can be realized easily.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for taking out an IC lead frame.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a lead frame for an IC is sealed with a resin, an operation of selectively taking out the lead frame to be sealed with a resin from a lead frame storage device storing a large number of lead frames is performed.

Conventionally, this type of IC lead frame has
Generally, they are stored in a container called a magazine in a horizontally stacked state. A plurality of such magazines are provided, and a method of taking out a specific lead frame in a specific magazine by pushing it out with a pusher is generally adopted.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show a specific example.

In this IC lead frame take-out device, the entire magazine case (lead frame storage device) 10 is movable in the vertical direction Z. The magazine case 10 is divided into upper and lower tiers, and four magazines 12 (in the illustrated example) that can accommodate the lead frames 14 stacked horizontally on each tier are arranged in the horizontal direction X.

The lead frame 14 in the magazine 12
It is extruded at once by four pushers (not shown) and is taken out of the magazine 12. The four pushers are fixed and positioned at positions corresponding to the respective magazines 12, and when the magazine case 10 moves in the vertical direction Z, the four lead frames 14 at the corresponding height positions of the four magazines 12 are moved. Are taken out at the same time.

However, in this take-out device, the supply amount of the lead frame 14 is fixed (determined) according to the number of magazines 12 (four in the illustrated example), so that various lots in which the number of lead frames 14 is different are used. There was a problem that it was not possible to respond to the details.

Also, as shown in FIG. 6, even if the lead frames 14 are manufactured in the order of 1, 2, 3,... When setting, 1, 11, 2
, 1, 2, 12, 22, 32,... Are taken out as one set, and the lead frame taken out as one set is out of production. There was also a problem that management was difficult.

As a conventional example proposed to solve such a problem, a take-out device as shown in FIG. 7 is known.

The take-out device receives the magazine 22 extruded from the transfer conveyor 24 for transferring the magazine 22 in the horizontal direction X, the lower lifter 26 for lowering the magazine 22, and the magazine lowered by the lower lifter 26. Conveyor 22, which conveys the magazine 22 in the opposite direction to the transfer conveyor 24, receives the magazine 22 extruded by the return conveyor 28, and receives a new lead frame 3.
0 is provided with a lifter 32 that can be placed on the transfer conveyor 24 again with the “0” mounted. The pusher (not shown)
Only one lead frame is provided at a predetermined position, and the lead frames 30 descending sequentially by the descending lifter 26 are pushed out one by one from the bottom.

FIG. 8 shows the lowering lifter 26 of the take-out device shown in FIG.
It is a schematic perspective view of a vicinity. The lowering lifter 26 moves horizontally with respect to the magazine 22 transferred by the transfer conveyor 24 (arrow), and the receiving plate 26a enters the notch 24a of the transfer conveyor 24, and the receiving plate 26a As a result, the magazine 22 is lifted (arrow) and returned to the protruding position (arrow).

The magazine 22 that has returned to the protruding position is lowered by the lowering of the lowering lifter 26, and at this time, the lead frame 30 is sequentially pushed out by a pusher fixed at a specific position.

According to this take-out device, the lead frames 30 can be taken out in the order in which they were manufactured, and it is relatively easy to cope with the manufacture of various types, so that lot management becomes easier.

The extruded lead frame 30 is
It can rotate in the horizontal plane. Generally, when sealing the lead frame 30, it is necessary to arrange so-called "rightward" and "leftward" as a set. According to the unloading device shown in FIGS.
It is stated that all the lead frames 30 in the inside can be housed in the same direction, and by rotating only a part of the taken out lead frame in a horizontal plane, right and left sets can be easily taken out (see FIG. 1). In the conventional examples shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 described above, it is necessary to consider and store the lead frames “rightward” and “leftward” in advance when setting them in the magazine.

[0015]

However, FIG.
The take-out device as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, which is improved to compensate for the drawback of the take-out device shown in FIG. 6, specifies a magazine from which a lead frame is to be taken out from a plurality of magazines and makes the lead frame freely movable. There is a problem that not only the configuration is extremely complicated and the cost is increased, but also a failure easily occurs due to the complicated movable part.

Further, since the lead frame is basically taken out for each magazine in order, it is not always easy to take out a lead frame manufactured later for some reason first.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and has a simple structure and is cheaper than the conventional examples shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. An object of the present invention is to provide a take-out device.

[0018]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a specific lead frame is extruded by a pusher from a lead frame storage device having a plurality of magazines capable of accommodating a plurality of IC lead frames stacked horizontally. An IC lead frame take-out device, comprising: a magazine case accommodating the plurality of magazines arranged in a horizontal direction, wherein the pusher is provided with an arbitrary lead in the plurality of magazines housed in the magazine case. The above problem has been solved by installing the frame so that it can be positioned relative to the frame.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the magazine case can move vertically in a state in which a plurality of magazines are housed, and the pusher can move in a horizontal direction, thereby providing an arbitrary lead frame. When the configuration is such that the relative positioning with respect to the pusher is realized, it suffices to incorporate only the pusher forward / backward movement in the removal direction and the horizontal movement function of the pusher itself. Can be prevented from becoming complicated.

Further, in claim 1 or 2, further comprising a setter for receiving the lead frame extruded by the pusher on a side from which the lead frame is extruded,
And, when the setter is configured to be moved and positioned in the same direction as the pusher in synchronization with the movement and positioning of the pusher, and to be rotatable in a horizontal plane,
The "right" lead frame and the "left" lead frame can be easily taken out as a set.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

The IC lead frames 50 are housed in a magazine 52 in a horizontally stacked state. Magazine 52
Is a magazine case 5 in a state where a plurality of magazine cases are arranged in a horizontal direction.
4.

The size (magnitude in the X-axis direction) of the magazine case 54 is set in consideration of the maximum storage amount. In the case of the normal operation in which the storage amount of the lead frame 50 is less than the maximum storage amount, only the necessary magazine 52 is accommodated in the magazine case 54. In this example,
On the right side of the figure, only two magazines 52 are accommodated. As described above, when the magazine 52 is not accommodated in the entire magazine case 54, the magazine 52 is positioned and fixed by the magazine presser 56 slidably and fixedly mounted on the upper portion of the magazine case 54.

The magazine 52D positioned and fixed on the left side of FIG. 1 is a so-called dummy magazine in which a dummy lead frame 50D is accommodated. As will be described later, the lead frame 50 take-out device according to the present embodiment can take out the lead frame at any place at any time, and thus the dummy lead frame 50D is stored in the dummy magazine 52D. By doing so, it becomes possible to produce a particularly small amount of different varieties very efficiently.

The magazine case 54 includes the base plate 5
8 is supported via a guide shaft 60.

In the lower part of the center of the magazine case 54,
A ball screw 62 is suspended from the base plate 58. The ball screw 62 is further connected via a coupling 66 to a stepping motor 64 with a brake installed below the ball screw 62, and is rotatable by the stepping motor 64. The ball screw 62 is screwed with a ball screw nut 66 fixed on the base plate 58. When the ball screw 62 rotates in the ball screw nut 66, the ball screw 6
The ball screw nut 66 can be moved “relatively” in the second axial direction (Z-axis direction). Actually, since the ball screw nut 66 is fixed on the base plate 58, the rotation of the ball screw 62 causes the ball screw 62 itself to move in the Z-axis direction, and the magazine case 54 connected therewith. Move up and down along the guide shaft 60.

Here, the pusher 70 is configured to be horizontally movable in the X-axis direction and to be able to move forward and backward in the Y-axis direction (detailed later). Therefore, by positioning the pusher 70 in the X-axis direction and positioning the magazine case 54 in the Z-axis direction, the pusher 70 can be positioned with respect to a specific (arbitrary) lead frame 50. By pushing the pusher 70 in the Y-axis direction, any one of the housed lead frames 50 (including the dummy lead frame 50D) can be pushed out of the magazine 52.

Addresses (x, z) in the X-axis direction and the Z-axis direction are assigned to respective positions corresponding to the respective lead frames in the magazine 52 accommodated in the magazine case 54. A central processing unit (not shown) for controlling the entire takeout apparatus stores which address accommodates which lead frame.

The side from which the lead frame 50 is extruded (FIG. 1)
On the upper right side), a setter 80 for receiving the lead frame 50 extruded by the pusher 70 is provided. The setter 80 can move in the X-axis direction in synchronization with the movement / positioning of the pusher 70 in the X-axis direction, and can move in the horizontal plane (X-axis and Y-axis corresponding to the same Z-axis). (In the plane formed by the shaft).

The setter 80 is provided with a DC motor 82 so that the round belt 84 can rotate along the Y axis.

With such a configuration, the lead frame 50 extruded by the pusher 70 is
Above, and can be further conveyed to a mold (not shown) by the round belt 84. In this case, since the setter 80 itself can be rotated in a horizontal plane as needed, even if the lead frame 50 is housed in the magazine 52 in the manufactured state (in the same direction), the Can be placed in a state where so-called “rightward” and “leftward” are set.

Here, the configuration of the pusher 70 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 schematically illustrates the vicinity of the pusher 70.

The pusher 70 is attached to a pusher base 72. The pusher base 72 is movable in the X-axis direction along two guide shafts 74, and the ball screw 62 and the ball screw nut 66 described above.
Is driven in the X-axis direction by a stepping motor 76 with a brake. In FIG. 2, only the stepping motor 76 and the ball screw 78 are shown, and the ball screw nut is not shown.

The pusher base 72 includes an air cylinder 7
9, the pusher plate 70P can move forward and backward along the air cylinder 79 in the Y-axis direction. Specifically, the connecting plate 75 fixed to the cylinder shaft 79a by the advance and retreat of the cylinder shaft 79a of the air cylinder 79, and the connecting plate 75
The pusher plate 70P is fixed to the pressure base 72 (in the Y-axis direction) so as to be movable forward and backward. The connection plate 75 and the pusher plate 70P are constantly urged upward in the figure by a spring 74. When the air cylinder 79 is not operating, the lead frame 5
0 is positioned at the extruded position. That is, the air cylinder 79 does not act when the lead frame is pushed out, but acts when it retracts. This is because, when the pusher plate 70P is caught for some reason during extrusion, the extrusion of the pusher plate 70P is immediately stopped without damaging the lead frame 50.

Next, the operation of the take-out device will be described.

From the central processing unit, a predetermined lead frame 5
When an address (x, z) corresponding to 0 is specified, the stepping motor 76 is driven to position the pusher 70 at a position corresponding to the value x of the X coordinate of the address. As a result, the ball screw 78 rotates and the pusher base 72
Moves in the X-axis direction along the guide shaft 74 and is positioned at a predetermined position. Further, the setter 80 is also positioned at a predetermined position in the X-axis direction in complete synchronization therewith.

On the other hand, in order to set the magazine case 54 at a position corresponding to the value z of the Z coordinate of the address (x, z),
The stepping motor 64 is driven. The driving of the stepping motor 64 rotates the ball screw 62, and the screwing of the ball screw 62 and the ball screw nut 66 (fixed to the base plate 58) causes the ball screw 62 itself to move up and down. As a result, the magazine case 54 moves up and down along the guide shaft 60.

By moving the pusher base 72 in the X-axis direction and the magazine case 54 in the Z-axis direction, the pusher plate 70P of the pusher 70 can be positioned in front of a specific (arbitrary) lead frame 50. By pushing out the pusher plate 70P in the Y-axis direction in this state, the lead frame 50 can be extruded onto the round belt 84 of the setter 80.

When the extruded lead frame 50 can be used as it is as a "rightward" lead frame, the setter 80 drives the round belt 84 by the DC motor 82 and conveys the same in the Y-axis direction. Transfer to mold.

On the other hand, the lead frame 50 taken out
Is to be used as “leftward”, the setter 80 is moved in the horizontal plane by an instruction of the central processing unit CPU.
The lead frame 50 is rotated by 0 °, and the lead frame 50 is transported as a “leftward” lead frame to a mold (not shown) by driving the DC motor 82 in the reverse direction.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the magazine case 154 is not an box type as in the previous embodiment, but a so-called open type, and each magazine 152 is positioned by the positioner 190. The positioner 190 is slightly chamfered on the front side so that the magazine 152 can be easily inserted.
2 is provided with a leaf spring 191 for urging and fixing the same.

According to this embodiment, the magazine case 154 is slightly longer in the width direction (when the same number of magazines 152 are accommodated), but each magazine 152
Can be attached and detached very easily. Reference numeral 150D in the figure indicates a dummy magazine.

The other configuration is the same as that of the previous embodiment, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

In the above embodiment, the movement of the pusher in the Z-axis direction is performed on the magazine case side so as not to complicate the movable mechanism of the pusher. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is only required that the pusher can be relatively positioned with respect to an arbitrary lead frame in the magazine case.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the lead frame 50 can be taken out in an arbitrary order with a very simple structure, there is a demand for setting the lead frame in a magazine in the order of sealing. Disappears. Also, "rightward" and "leftward" can be accommodated in the magazine (in exactly the same direction) without any consideration. Furthermore,
Even when a fraction occurs during sealing, a dummy frame can be easily selected.

As a result, it is possible to take out the lead frame very efficiently especially in the case of high-mix low-volume production.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of an IC lead frame take-out apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view illustrating a configuration for moving a pusher in a horizontal direction.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a magazine case according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial plan view including a cross-sectional view in a part viewed from the direction of arrow IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective explanatory view showing an example of a conventional IC lead frame take-out device.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a state in which a lead frame is housed in a magazine in the conventional technique.

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective explanatory view showing an example of another conventional device for taking out a lead frame for IC.

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view for explaining a movable configuration in the vicinity of a descending lifter according to another conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 50: Lead frame 50D: Dummy frame 52: Magazine 52D: Dummy magazine 54: Magazine case 60: Guide shaft 62: Ball screw 64: Stepping motor 66: Ball screw nut 70: Pusher 70P: Pusher plate 72: Pusher base 74: Guide Shaft 76 ... Stepping motor 78 ... Ball screw 79 ... Cylinder 80 ... Setter 82 ... DC motor 84 ... Round belt

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A lead frame for IC which is taken out by pushing out a specific lead frame from a lead frame storage device provided with a plurality of magazines capable of accommodating a plurality of IC lead frames in a state of being horizontally stacked. A take-out device, comprising: a magazine case that houses the plurality of magazines arranged in a horizontal direction, wherein the pusher is positioned relatively to an arbitrary lead frame in the plurality of magazines housed in the magazine case. An IC lead frame take-out device characterized by being installed as possible. 2. An arbitrary lead frame according to claim 1, wherein said magazine case is movable in a vertical direction while accommodating a plurality of magazines, and said pusher is movable in a horizontal direction. Wherein said relative positioning with respect to is realized. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a setter for receiving the lead frame extruded by the pusher, on a side from which the lead frame is extruded, and wherein the setter moves and positions the pusher. Synchronously,
While being moved and positioned in the same direction as the pusher,
I characterized by being rotatable in a horizontal plane
Lead frame take-out device for C.