KR20150028051A - Method for operating chip mounter - Google Patents

Abstract

A chip mounter operating method according to the present invention includes the following steps of: displaying a chip mounter and multiple feeders mounted on the chip mounter on a screen; selecting at least one feeder of the multiple feeders on the screen; and displaying a similar feeder having information matched with the selected feeder among the multiple feeders on the screen in order to be distinguishable from other feeders.

Description

METHOD FOR OPERATING CHIP MOUNTER "

The present invention relates to a method of operating a chip mounter, and more particularly, to a method of operating a chip mounter that visually displays a section in which a feeder can be moved in a chip mounter or a chip mounter capable of moving a feeder between a plurality of chip mounters, To a method of operating a chip mounter.

A chip mounter for mounting various electronic components on a printed circuit board is operated. A typical chip mounter currently used is divided into a plurality of sections, and each section is equipped with a plurality of feeders for supplying various components to be mounted on a printed circuit board. Also, a plurality of chip mounters are simultaneously operated to increase the production efficiency of the printed circuit board.

However, the time required for mounting the components due to the difference of each component type is somewhat different, and the mounting order of the components, the difference in the process condition of each section in one chip mounter, and the efficiency of the linkage operation with neighboring sections Due to differences, some parts feeders are overloaded.

Since the components are mounted in a predetermined order, the buildup of the component supply generated by any one of the plurality of feeders affects the supply of the components of the other feeders, resulting in a cumulative supply of the components.

To avoid these problems, we use programs that optimize the operation of the chip mounters. However, due to differences in simulation results and actual process results and unforeseen circumstances that often occur during the process, Lt; / RTI >

At present, in order to move the feeder in which the droplet is generated in such a situation to another section or another chip mounter, the type of the component supplied by the feeder, the type of nozzle installed in the section to be moved or the chip mounter, And the operation status of the feeder, and determines whether or not the feeder is moved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of operating a chip mounter in which a feeder can be shifted and a section or a chip mounter can be visually checked at a glance.

The problems of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a chip mounter, comprising: displaying on a screen a chip mounter and a plurality of feeders mounted on the chip mounter; And displaying the pseudo feeder having information matched with the selected one of the plurality of feeders on the screen so as to be distinguishable from other feeders. .

According to the embodiment of the present invention, at least the following effects are obtained.

When the feeder mounted in the chip mounter is to be moved and placed, if the feeder is selected on the screen, the feeder matched with the selected feeder is automatically selected and the selected feeder is displayed so as to be distinguished from the other feeders, Thereby reducing the inconvenience of identifying each feeder information individually in order to find a feeder having information matched with the selected feeder.

Further, a feeder to be moved and arranged on the screen is selected and moved to the screen switching area, so that the entire chip mounter is displayed on the screen, the feeder matched with the selected feeder among the feeders mounted on the respective chip mounters is automatically selected, By displaying the feeder so as to be distinguished from the feeder, the user can grasp the overall distribution of the feeder matched with the selected feeder at a glance.

The effects according to the present invention are not limited by the contents exemplified above, and more various effects are included in the specification.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a chip mounter operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a chip mounter according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a display screen of step S10.
4 is a view showing a display screen of step S20.
5 is a diagram showing display screens of steps S30, S60 and S70.
6 is a view showing a display screen of step S40.
7 is a view showing display screens of steps S50, S60 and S70.
FIG. 8 is a view showing a screen for moving a feeder selected to any one of all chip mounters on the screen of FIG. 7; FIG.
9 is a view showing a display screen in which screens are switched to a chip mounter selected by the operation shown in FIG.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Further, the embodiments described herein will be described with reference to cross-sectional views and / or schematic drawings that are ideal illustrations of the present invention. Thus, the shape of the illustrations may be modified by manufacturing techniques and / or tolerances. In addition, in the drawings of the present invention, each component may be somewhat enlarged or reduced in view of convenience of explanation. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings for explaining a chip mounter operating system and a chip mounter operating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a chip mounter operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a chip mounter operating system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a data processing unit 10, a graphic implementing unit 20, a display unit 30, and an input unit 40.

The data processing unit 10 includes a DB unit 11 and a matching unit 12.

The DB unit 11 stores and manages information on a plurality of chip mounters operated by the chip mounter operating system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, feeders mounted on the respective chip mounters, and the like.

The information on the feeder stored in the DB unit 11 includes information such as the type of the feeder, the name of the component supplied by the feeder, the classification group of the components, the type of the nozzle that sucks the component, the type of the head that moves the nozzle, The delay time of the head required for moving, the necessity of the fixed camera depending on the part / nozzle, the mounting score of the feeder, and the like.

The matching unit 12 selects other feeders having information matching one of the feeders based on the information stored in the DB unit 11. [

In particular, when the user selects one of the plurality of feeders using the input unit 40 and inputs reference information for selecting feeders having characteristics similar to those of the feeders, the matching unit 12 selects one of the feeder information The feeder having the same information as the information corresponding to the reference information can be selected.

For example, when the user inputs the feeder type and the nozzle type as reference information and selects a specific feeder, the matching unit 12 confirms information on the feeder type and the nozzle type of the specific feeder, The feeder having the same feeder type and nozzle type as those of the specific feeder among the plurality of feeder information stored in the feeder information can be selected.

The graphic implementation unit 20 connects the data processing unit 10 and the display unit 30 and connects a plurality of chip mounters operated by the chip mounters operating system 1 and a feeder mounted on each chip mounter to the display unit 30. [ (30).

For example, all of a plurality of chip mounters operated by the chip mounter operating system 1 may be displayed on the screen of the display unit 30, only a part of them may be displayed, or any one of them may be displayed . You can also display on the screen the condition that the feeder is mounted on the chip mounter. The chip mounter and the feeder displayed on the display unit 30 can actually correspond to the state where the feeder is mounted on each chip mounter.

Also, the graphic implementing unit 20 may display information on the chip mounter and / or the feeder stored in the DB unit 11 together.

For example, when any one of the chip mounters is displayed on the screen of the display unit 30 and the feeder mounting state of the chip mounter is displayed on the screen, the information of the chip mounter is displayed together on the outline, The information of the feeder can be displayed so as to be adjacent to each feeder displayed on the display screen or superimposed on each of the feeders.

 In addition, the graphic implementing section 20 causes the matching section 12 to display the feeders selected as the feeders corresponding to the specific feeders graphically distinguishable from the other feeders.

For example, feeders selected with a particular feeder and corresponding feeder may be added with a highlight indication.

The input unit 40 is connected to the graphic implementing unit 20 and the display unit 30 so that the user can graphically display the command to be input to the chip mounter operating system 1 have. The input unit 40 may be a keyboard capable of inputting characters and the like, and a mouse capable of displaying a pointer on the screen and moving freely.

Hereinafter, a method of operating a chip mounter using the chip mounter operating system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a chip mounter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a method of operating a chip mounter according to an embodiment of the present invention includes displaying a plurality of feeders (S10), inputting reference information (S20), selecting a feeder (S30) (S40), displaying the entire chip mounter (S50), selecting a pseudo feeder (S60), and displaying the selected pseudo feeder (S70) separately.

3 is a view showing a display screen of step S10.

3, in the step S10 of displaying a plurality of feeders, any one of the plurality of chip mounters operated by the chip mounter operating system 1 and the corresponding one of the chip mounters 100 On the screen of the display unit 30 together with the mounting states of the plurality of feeders 101 mounted on the display unit 30.

3, the chip mounter 100 includes front sections 130 and 140, rear sections 110 and 120, four sections separated by the left sections 110 and 130 and light sections 120 and 140, (110, 120, 130, 140).

Information of each section may be displayed in each of the sections 110, 120, 130, and 140. The information of each section to be displayed may include at least one of a tack time, a CPH (chip surface mount processing number per hour), a cycle count, and a place count.

The feeder 101 mounted on each section 110, 120, 130, and 140 is displayed on the screen of the display unit 30. The feeder 101 may be provided with a type of feeder or a name / type of a part supplied by the feeder, and may be displayed in different colors depending on the type of the feeder or the type of the part.

Therefore, the user can grasp the distribution of the feeder mounted on the chip mounter 100 and the kind of the feeder at a glance.

In addition, the chip mounter 100 displayed on the screen of the display unit 30 can select one of a plurality of chip mounters by the user, and can be switched to another chip mounter by the user. Accordingly, the user can select or switch the chip mounter so that the chip mounter 100 on which the feeder 101 to be moved is present is displayed on the screen.

4 is a view showing a display screen of step S20.

4, in the step S20 of inputting the reference information, the matching unit 12 displays a window on the display unit 30 for selecting information serving as a reference for selecting a similar feeder do.

The window shown in Fig. 4 can be activated by the user using the input unit 40. Fig. For example, an icon (not shown) for activating the window of FIG. 4 may be displayed on the screen of the display unit 30. When the user clicks the icon by using the input unit 40, As shown in FIG.

The reference information is information used as a criterion for selecting feeders matched with feeders selected in step S30 described later. As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of information related to the feeder is displayed in a window for selecting the reference information, and a check box is displayed together with each of the displayed information so that the user can select at least one of the plurality of information as the reference information And can be configured to be selected.

Fig. 4 shows information related to the feeder, including a feeder type, a part name of a part supplied by a feeder, a part group of a part, a nozzle type (Nozzle 1, Nozzle 2, and the use FixCam is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the type of the head for moving the nozzle, the delay time of the head for moving the nozzle, the mounting score of the feeder, And a combination of information other than the example shown in FIG. 4 among the listed information may be selected.

The user can activate the reference information selection window as shown in FIG. 4 and then select the information to be the selection criterion among the information listed in the window to generate the reference information. The reference information selected by the user becomes a criterion for the matching unit 12 to select feeders.

5 is a diagram showing display screens of steps S30, S60 and S70.

As shown in FIG. 5, in step S30 of selecting a feeder, the user selects a feeder to be moved and arranged by using the pointer 41. FIG. The pointer 41 may be freely moved by the user on the screen through the input unit 40 and the input unit 40 may include a function of selecting the feeder 101 on which the pointer 41 is located.

When the user selects one of the plurality of feeders 101 displayed on the screen and the feeder 101 is not moved to the screen switching area 150 (see FIG. 6) in the following step S40, (S60), and displaying the selected pseudo feeders (S70).

In the step S60 of selecting the pseudo feeder, the matching unit 12 selects the pseudo feeders 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, and 102e having information matching the selected feeder 101. [

The criterion for selecting the similar feeders 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, and 102e is based on the reference information selected in step S20, and the matching unit 12 compares the information stored in the DB unit 11 with the reference information 102b, 102c, 102d, and 102e. The feeders 101a, 102b, 102c, 102d, and 102e select feeders having the same information as those of the feeders 101 selected by the user.

In the step S70 of displaying the selected pseudo feeders separately, the graphic implementing unit 20 displays the pseudo feeders 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, and 102e distinguished from other feeders. As an example of distinguishing the selected pseudo feeders 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, 102e from other feeders, as shown in Fig. 5, the selected pseudo feeders 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, 102e can be highlighted.

When the similar feeders 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d and 102e exist in the sections 110, 120, 130 and 140 in the chip mounter 100, the selected feeder 101 is connected to the similar feeders 102a, 102b and 102c , 102d, 102e) can be moved and placed in a section where they exist.

Therefore, the user does not need to confirm the information of the other feeders in order to move the feeder 101, and the feeder 101 is divided into sections where the similar feeders 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, It can be seen at a glance that the mobile station 101 can be moved and arranged.

In the chip mounter operating system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the user drags the feeder 101 on the screen and moves and arranges the feeder 101 to another section, the feeder 101 moves in the actual chip mounter 100 So that the user can complete the moving arrangement of the feeder 101 through the chip mounter operating system 1. [

6 is a view showing a display screen of step S40.

As shown in FIG. 6, in step S40 of determining the position of the selected feeder, it is determined whether the user has moved the selected feeder 101 to the screen switching area 150.

After the user selects the feeder 101, the user can move the feeder 101 to the screen switching area 150. In this embodiment, the screen switching area 150 is assumed to be an area deviating from each section 110, 120, 130 and 140 of the chip mounter 100.

When the selected feeder 101 is not moved to the screen switching area 150 but exists in each of the sections 110, 120, 130 and 140 of the chip mounter 100, The mounter 100 is continuously displayed to display the similar feeders 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, and 102e existing in the chip mounter 100. [

However, when the selected feeder 101 is moved to the screen switching area 150, the process goes to step S50 of displaying the entire chip mounter described later.

7 is a view showing display screens of steps S50, S60 and S70.

As shown in FIG. 7, displaying the entire chip mounter S50 displays the entire chip mounter 1000 operated by the chip mounter operating system 1 on the screen of the display unit 30. FIG. Even when the entire chip mounter 1000 is displayed on the screen of the display unit 30, the feeder mounting states of the respective chip mounters can be roughly displayed together.

Therefore, if the user does not have a similar feeder in the chip mounter 100 to which the feeder 101 to be moved is mounted, or if the feeder 101 is to be moved by another chip mounter, the selected feeder 101 is switched to the screen switching area So that the image displayed on the screen of the display unit 30 can be switched to the entire chip mounter 1000.

When the screen is switched to the entire chip mounter 1000, the chip mounter 100 may be displayed so as to be distinguished from other chip mounters so that the user can select the chip mounter 100 to which the feeder 101 was originally placed have. For example, as shown in Fig. 7, a thick line frame may be displayed on the outer periphery of the chip mounter 100. Fig.

7, even if the entire chip mounter 1000 is displayed on the screen of the display unit 30, information matching with the selected feeder 101 among the feeders mounted on the respective chip mounters is obtained The pseudo feeder is highlighted and delimited.

Therefore, the user can confirm at a glance the chip mounter in which all the similar feeders exist in the entire chip mounter 1000, and at the same time, the chip mounter having a relatively high feeder ratio can be identified.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a screen for moving a feeder selected on any one of the chip mounters on the screen of FIG. 7, FIG. 9 is a view showing a screen on which the screen is switched to the chip mounter selected by the operation shown in FIG. Fig.

8, when the user desires to move the feeder 101 selected by one of the chip mounters 200 of all the chip mounters 1000, the user uses the pointer 41 to move the feeder 101 to the chip The mounter 200 can be moved.

9, the screen of the display unit 30 is displayed on the entire chip mounter 1000 by the chip mounter 200 in which the feeder 101 is moved, as shown in FIG. 9, when the user moves the feeder 101 to the chip mounter 200. [ ).

The sections 210, 220, 230 and 240 of the chip mounter 200 are displayed on the screen switched to the chip mounter 200 and the feeders mounted on the sections 210, 220, 230 and 240 are displayed together .

5, similar feeders matching the information to be matched with the feeder 101 arranged to be movable are distinguishable from other feeders so that the user can identify the section in which the selected feeder 101 can be moved .

When the user completes the placement of the feeder 101 on a specific section in the chip mounter 200 on the screen of the display unit 30, the chip mounter operating system 1 actually feeds the feeder 101 existing in the chip mounter 100 And can be moved to the corresponding section of the new chip mounter 200.

As described above, according to the chip mounter operating system and the chip mounter operating method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the feeder matched with the selected feeder is automatically selected only by selecting the feeder to be moved on the screen, It is possible to identify a section or a chip mounter in which the user can move the selected feeder at a glance.

The feeder to be shifted and arranged on the screen is shifted to the screen switching area so that the screen is switched to display the entire chip mounter and at the same time a feeder matching with the selected feeder among the feeders mounted on each chip mounter is automatically selected, The user can grasp the overall distribution of the feeder matched with the selected feeder at a glance.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

41: Pointer
100, 200: chip mounter
101: feeder
102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, 102e:
110, 120, 130, 140, 210, 220, 230, 240:
150: Screen switching area
1000: Whole chip mounter

Claims (5)

Displaying on a screen a chip mounter and a plurality of feeders mounted on the chip mounter;
Selecting at least one of the plurality of feeders on the screen;
And displaying the pseudo feeder having information matched with the selected feeder among the plurality of feeders on the screen so as to be distinguishable from other feeders. The method according to claim 1,
Inputting reference information for selecting the pseudo feeder;
Further comprising the step of selecting, as the pseudo feeder, a feeder that matches the selected feeder among the plurality of feeders with the reference information. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the reference information includes at least one of a name of a component supplied by the selected feeder, a classification group of the component, a type of the selected feeder, a type of a nozzle that sucks the component, a necessity of a fixed camera, Gt; a < / RTI > chip mounter. The method according to claim 1,
Determining whether the selected feeder has been moved to a screen switching area in the screen, and
And displaying the entire chip mounter including the chip mounter on the screen when the selected feeder is moved to the screen switching area on the screen. 5. The method of claim 4,
And displaying the pseudo feeder having information matched with the selected feeder among the plurality of feeders disposed in the entire chip mounter so as to be distinguishable from other feeders.

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