JPS62140937A - Magazine for conveying substrate film - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute smooth and reliable conveyance of a substrate film, by a method wherein the substrate films are placed on a moving plate in a laminated state, and each of guide pins erected upright to a base bed is inserted in the pin insertion hole of the moving plate and the guide hole of the substrate film. CONSTITUTION:Substrate film 1 are placed on a moving plate 11 in a laminated state. In which case, each of guide pins 14 erected upright on a base bed 10 is inserted through a pin insertion hole 19 of the moving plate 11. Through insertion of the guide pin 14 into a positioning guide hole 6 formed i the peripheral edge part of the substrate film 1, the substrate film 1 is extremely stably held in a magazine with the aid of the guide pins 14, and a trouble, in which displacement and the like occurs during conveyance, is prevented from occurring. Further, since the moving plate 11 is raised by a ball screw device in response to take-out of the substrate film 1, the substrate film 1 can be smoothly and reliably conveyed to a different process.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to the manufacturing of a flexible substrate in which a wiring pattern is formed on a synthetic resin film by means such as printing. This invention relates to a magazine for transferring a substrate film used for transferring a substrate film in which a number of bodies are arranged in series from one process to another process.

[Prior Art] A flexible board is made by forming a wiring pattern on a flexible synthetic resin. For example, this board is made by forming two rows of board bodies each having a wiring pattern formed on one long resin film. A large number of substrate films are arranged on the substrate, and these substrate-forming bodies are finally cut and separated from the substrate film, and in order to manufacture the flexible substrate, the substrate films are transferred to each processing step. I try to do that.

Here, in order to transfer the above-mentioned substrate films from the - process to another process, conventionally, after the processing in the previous process is completed, a large number of substrate films are placed in a stacked state in a box-shaped magazine, and this magazine is They were conveyed to the next process, manually taken out one by one, and transferred to the next process.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, this substrate film is also a flexible member, and as mentioned above, it is very troublesome to transport it manually, and there is a risk of damaging the wiring pattern when handling it. ,
Not only does this have the disadvantage of causing contamination, but it also poses an obstacle to automating the production of flexible substrates.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a magazine for transporting a substrate film that can automatically take out a substrate film made of a flexible synthetic resin.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a substrate film transport magazine according to the present invention includes a magazine base and a synthetic resin film material, and a substrate constituting a flexible substrate. A movable plate is provided on which a substrate film formed of a large number of formed bodies is placed in a stacked state, a guide rod is erected on the magazine base, and the movable plate is inserted into the guide rod. Further, an elevating device is configured to pass through the magazine base and come into contact with the lower surface of the movable plate, and the movable plate is moved up and down by operating the elevating device; In addition to erecting a guide pin, an insertion portion is formed on the movable plate through which the guide pin is inserted, and the guide pin is inserted into a positioning guide hole drilled in the peripheral edge of the substrate film. Its feature is that it is configured to perform positioning.

[Operation] To transport substrate films using the magazine configured as described above, a large number of substrate films are stacked and placed on the movable plate of the magazine by any suitable means. Here, a guide pin is erected on the magazine base, and since this guide pin penetrates the movable plate and protrudes above the movable plate, the substrate film is perforated at the periphery of the guide pin. By inserting this guide pin into the positioning guide hole, the substrate film is held in an extremely stable state within the magazine by the guide pin, and there is no problem such as positional deviation during transportation.

Moreover, a reinforcing plate is usually attached to a part of the flexible printed circuit board as a product, and for this reason, a reinforcing plate is attached to the center of the board film, so that the thickness of the central part is equal to the thickness on both the left and right sides. He's more dog-like than the club. Therefore, when a large number of these substrate films are laminated, the difference between the thickness of the center portion and the thickness of the left and right side portions increases, and since the substrate film is made of a flexible material, as the amount of lamination increases However, as mentioned above, since the guide pins are used to position the substrate left and right and front and back, even if a large number of substrate films are laminated, it can be held in an extremely stable state.

Then, this magazine is attached to a working device for processing, processing, and inspecting the substrate film, and the substrate films are taken out one by one from the magazine, and a predetermined operation is performed on the substrate film. The substrate film can be taken out from this magazine using a chuck device such as a vacuum suction device attached to the working device, and in response to the removal of the substrate film, the lifting device is operated to move the movable plate. By pushing up, the height position of the uppermost substrate film is always kept constant, and the above-mentioned removal operation of the substrate film is performed automatically and smoothly.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

In this embodiment, as an example of a magazine, a magazine configured as a magazine used when transferring a substrate film to a press device will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the substrate film l has a flexible film la made of synthetic resin, and a substrate formed by forming a predetermined wiring pattern on this film la. Body 2, 2. A large number of .phi. are arranged in two rows on the left and right, and the portions other than the portions on which the substrate forming body 2 will be formed have already been cut out. A protective film 3 is partially attached to the surface of the film 1a on which the wiring pattern is exposed, and a reinforcing plate 4 made of a thick resin plate is attached to the center of the other side. Further, adhesive tapes 5 are attached to both sides of the substrate film 1 to prevent the substrate forming body 2 from falling off the substrate film 1 after the pressing operation. Further, the substrate film 1 is provided with guide holes 6, 6, on the left and right, front and rear peripheral edges of the substrate film 1 for positioning it in each treatment and processing step.
・Exposure・ is drilled. Then, the substrate forming body 2 is punched out from the substrate film 1 in a pressing process, so that a flexible substrate 7 as shown in FIG. 6 is formed.

The magazine in which the substrate films I constructed as described above are placed in a stacked state has a construction as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3.

First, in FIG. 1, lO indicates a magazine base, and a movable plate 11 is installed on the magazine base lO. Guide rods 12 are erected on the front and rear walls of the magazine base lO, and by inserting each guide rod 12 through bearings 13 attached to the movable plate 11, the movable The plate 11 is connected to the magazine base 10 so as to be movable up and down.

There are guide pins 1 at the front and rear positions on the magazine base 10.
4.14 are erected, and a pair of left and right side positioning plates 15.15 are also installed. The guide pins 14 are installed in multiple holes IEI and 1B in the magazine base 10.
, -... By attaching it to any of the above, the standing position can be adjusted. On the other hand, the side positioning plate 15 is bent into an L-shape, and a stop bolt 17.17 is attached to the bottom plate portion 15a of the side positioning plate 15. By tightening the long grooves 18, the distance between the opposing side positioning plates 15, 15 can be adjusted. In addition, the side positioning plate 1
The upper end portion 15b of 5 is bent outward.

Next, the movable plate 11 has pin insertion holes 19 , 19 , 19 , 19 , and 19 , which are drilled in the magazine base 10 and in which the guide pin 14 is loosely inserted into the position corresponding to the hole 16 . --φ is bored, and two sets of notches 20 and 20 for inserting the side positioning plate 15 are provided. A scale 21 for indicating the position of the side positioning plate 15 is attached to the side wall of the notch 20.

Furthermore, in FIG. 2, 22 is a pole screw device as a lifting device, and the pole screw 2 of the pole screw device 22 is
2a passes through an insertion hole 23 drilled in the magazine base 10 and comes into contact with a pad 24 attached to the lower surface of the movable plate 11, and by vertically displacing this pole screw 22a, the movable plate 11 can be raised and lowered.

The removal of the substrate film 1 placed on the movable plate 11 as described above is carried out by a chuck device 25 consisting of a vacuum suction device or the like. It has a support stand 25a that can be raised and lowered, and a plurality of chuck members 25b, 25b, fists, etc., which adsorb the reinforcing plate 4 adhered to the center of the substrate film 1, are vertically disposed on the support stand 25a in a row. There is.

This embodiment is constructed as described above, and its operation will be explained next.

First, in a pre-process, a large number of substrate films 1 are stacked on the movable plate 11 of the magazine with the reinforcing plate 4 facing upward. The substrate film 1 is installed by inserting the guide pin 14 into the guide hole 6 formed in the substrate film 1, and with the left and right sides of the guide pin 14 brought into contact with the side positioning plates 15 and 15. Here, since the tip of the side positioning plate 15 is bent outward, the substrate film 1 can be easily installed in the magazine.

When a predetermined number of substrate films 1 have been loaded into the magazine, the magazine is taken out from the device used in the previous step and placed in a press device used in the first step. In this way, insert the guide pin 14 into the guide hole 6 of the substrate film l.
By inserting the substrate film 1, the positioning of the substrate film 1 is performed.

By laminating a large number of substrate films 1, even if the left and right sides of the substrate film l sag due to the difference in thickness in the short direction, the movable plate l can be kept in an extremely stable state.
It is held in a state where it is placed on l. Moreover, since both left and right sides of the substrate film 1 are positioned by the side positioning plates 15, the positioning of the substrate film 1 becomes even better.

When the magazine loaded with the substrate film 1 is installed in a press device, the pole screw device 22 built into the press device is activated to protrude the pole screw 22a and insert its tip into the insertion hole of the magazine base 10. 23 and is brought into contact with a pad 24 attached to the lower surface of the movable plate 11. When it is detected by a position detector (not shown) that the position of the uppermost substrate film 1 among the substrate films l installed in this magazine is at a predetermined level, the chuck device 25 is activated to The chuck member 25b of the chuck device 25 is lowered and comes into contact with the reinforcing plate 4 of the uppermost substrate film 1 to chuck it. Thereafter, as the chuck device 24 moves up, the uppermost substrate film 1 is taken out from the magazine and placed at a predetermined working position in the press device.

When the aforementioned pressing operation on the substrate film l is completed, the chuck device 25 chucks and conveys the next layer of the substrate film 1 again, and by repeating this operation sequentially, the substrate film 1 is transferred to the press device. Installation will take place. Here, as the removal of the substrate film l by the chuck device 25 progresses, the height position of the substrate film l stored in the magazine decreases, but this decrease in height position is detected by the position detector, and the detection signal is The pole screw device 22 is operated based on the pole screw 22a.
By protruding the movable plate 11, the guide rod 1
2, and the height position of the substrate film l taken out by the chuck device 25 also rises accordingly.

In this way, even if the substrate films 1 are taken out one by one from the magazine, the next substrate film l to be taken out is held at a substantially constant height position, so that the process can be carried out smoothly and reliably up to the last one. When the removal of the last substrate film l is completed, the pole screw 22a of the pole screw device 22 is displaced downward, thereby lowering the movable plate 11 and removing the magazine from the press device. It becomes possible to take it out.

This magazine is configured to be able to transport substrate films of different dimensions, and in this case, the guide pins 1 are moved according to the longitudinal dimensions of the substrate films.
4 can be attached by inserting it into the hole 16, loosening the stopper 17 of the side positioning plate 15 according to the dimension of the substrate film in the short direction, and moving it along the long groove 18. Then, the adjustment of this side positioning plate 15 is made at scale 2.
This can be done based on 1.

In addition, in the above embodiment, a magazine installed in a press machine was described, but if it is a magazine that is transferred from the - process to another process, it can also be used as a magazine that transfers substrate films to, for example, an inspection process. It goes without saying that it can be done. Furthermore, although the substrate film with the reinforcing plate attached thereto is transferred, this reinforcing plate attachment can also be used as a magazine for transferring the previous substrate film. Furthermore, the guide pins may be inserted into guide holes provided on the left and right sides of the substrate film. Furthermore, the side positioning plate is used to improve the guidance when placing the substrate film in the magazine and to improve the stability of the substrate film installed in the magazine, so it is not necessary to install it. Further, the lifting device can be not only a pole screw device but also by various means such as a cylinder, a gear feed mechanism, etc. Furthermore, when the magazine is configured to transport substrate films of a single size, guide pins and side positioning plates may be fixedly installed.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, the substrate film transport magazine according to the present invention utilizes the guide holes formed in the substrate film for positioning, and inserts guide pins into the guide holes. The substrate film is positioned on the magazine by the above, and the substrate film is placed on a movable plate of the magazine, and the movable plate is raised by a lifting device as the substrate film is taken out. Therefore, the substrate film can be automatically, smoothly and reliably transferred from one process to another,
During this transfer, the wiring pattern etc. will not be damaged or soiled.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the magazine of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1 showing the assembled state, Fig. 3 is a partial plan view showing the installation state of the side part attachment plate, and Fig. 4 5 is a plan view of the substrate film, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line xx in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a plan view of the flexible substrate. 1: Substrate film, 2: Substrate forming body, 6: Guide hole, 7
: Flexible board, IO: Magazine base, 11: Movable plate, 12 double guide rod, 14 double guide bin, 16: Mounting hole, 19: Pin insertion hole, 22: Pole screw device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A movable plate is installed on the magazine base on which a substrate film made of a synthetic resin film material and made of a plurality of substrate forming bodies constituting a flexible substrate is placed in a stacked state.
A guide rod is erected on the magazine base, the movable plate is inserted into the guide rod, and an elevating device is passed through the magazine base and comes into contact with the lower surface of the movable plate to raise and lower the elevating device. The movable plate is configured to move up and down by operating the device, and a guide pin is provided upright on the magazine base, and an insertion portion through which the guide pin is inserted is formed in the movable plate. 1. A magazine for transporting a substrate film, characterized in that positioning is performed by inserting a guide pin into a positioning guide hole drilled in a peripheral portion of the substrate film.