KR20230055540A - Apparatus for storaging magazine rack - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an apparatus for storing a magazine rack, which comprises: a housing in which a plurality of storage parts are provided side by side in an internal space; a magazine rack which has a plurality of magazines stacked therein, and is provided with a communication module for transmitting and receiving information on a good or defective state of each magazine; a horizontal transfer member which rotates so that the magazine rack can move between the respective storage parts; an entrance part which is formed, to be opened and closed, at each of at least two locations of the housing; and a charging part which is formed in each of the storage parts and is disposed, to be charged, on the communication module of the magazine rack stored in the storage part.

Description

Magazine rack storage device {APPARATUS FOR STORAGING MAGAZINE RACK}

The present invention relates to a magazine rack storage device, and more particularly, to a magazine rack storage device capable of charging a communication module installed in the magazine rack using a wireless charger, thereby continuously using wireless communication to manage the magazine mounted on the magazine rack. It is about.

Surface mount technology refers to a method of attaching surface mounted components that can be directly mounted on the surface of a printed circuit board to an electronic circuit.

Surface mount devices refer to electronic devices made by surface mount technology. Small surface mount elements are attached to paper tape or plastic tape and provided in a state wound on a reel, and each surface mount element is separated from the tape by an automatic feeder and placed at a predetermined position on the printed circuit board. can be placed.

However, in the semiconductor device manufacturing industry, system monitoring of a production line has emerged as an important issue. This is to increase work efficiency by accurately and quickly grasping the work status of the production system, production status, process progress status, and the status of equipment constituting the line.

To this end, there is an increasing need for a monitoring and condition diagnosis system to enable a system manager to grasp the status of a production line system in real time at a remote location away from the production line.

In particular, since it is necessary to remotely monitor the quality of a substrate stored in a magazine rack and the quality of a mounted chip in real time, a facility capable of continuously implementing wireless communication is required.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0139263 (published on December 27, 2012) Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1581894 (Announced on December 31, 2015)

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a magazine rack storage device capable of managing the good and bad payments of magazines placed in the magazine rack using continuous wireless communication by charging a communication module installed in the magazine rack using a wireless charger. Its purpose is to provide

A magazine rack storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing in which a plurality of storage units are provided side by side in an internal space, a magazine rack in which a plurality of magazines are stacked, and a communication module for transmitting and receiving payment information of each magazine. , a horizontal transfer member that rotates so that the magazine rack can move between the respective storage units, an entrance and exit portion formed to open and close at least two locations of the housing and each storage unit, and received in the storage unit. It may include a charging unit disposed to be charged in the communication module of the magazine rack to be.

The storage unit includes a first row storage unit arranged side by side in one row and a second row storage unit spaced apart from the upper side of the first row storage unit and arranged parallel to the direction along the arrangement direction of the first row storage unit. Including, it may include a vertical transfer member formed to enable the transfer along the height direction between the first row storage unit and the second row storage unit.

The vertical transport members may be provided as a pair and may be formed at both ends of the first and second row storage units along a direction in which they are arranged.

The charging unit disposed in each storage unit may be formed to be selectively connected to a communication module of a magazine rack stored in the corresponding storage unit for wireless charging.

When charging of the communication module of the corresponding magazine rack is completed, the charging unit may be controlled to release the wireless charging state with the communication module.

The charging unit may be controlled to release the wireless charging state with the communication module when the horizontal transfer member is in operation.

An infrared sensor is installed in each storage unit, and it is possible to determine whether or not the magazine rack is stored according to a detection signal of the infrared sensor.

According to the magazine rack storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention made as described above, the communication module installed in each magazine rack is charged using a wireless charger, thereby continuously using wireless communication to store the magazines mounted in the magazine rack. be able to manage

In addition, since magazine racks can be stacked in multiple stages inside the housing, space efficiency can be increased.

1 schematically shows a magazine rack storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figures 2 and 3 schematically shows the operating state of the magazine rack storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods of achieving them, will become clear with reference to the detailed description of the following embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, only these embodiments are intended to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and are common in the art to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully inform the person skilled in the art of the scope of the invention, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

Terminology used herein is for describing the embodiments and is not intended to limit the present invention. In this specification, singular forms also include plural forms unless specifically stated otherwise in a phrase. As used herein, "comprises" and/or "comprising" does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements other than the recited elements. Like reference numerals throughout the specification refer to like elements, and “and/or” includes each and every combination of one or more of the recited elements. Although "first", "second", etc. are used to describe various components, these components are not limited by these terms, of course. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. Accordingly, it goes without saying that the first element mentioned below may also be the second element within the technical spirit of the present invention.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in this specification may be used with meanings commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs. In addition, terms defined in commonly used dictionaries are not interpreted ideally or excessively unless explicitly specifically defined.

The spatially relative terms "below", "beneath", "lower", "above", "upper", etc. It can be used to easily describe a component's correlation with other components. Spatially relative terms should be understood as encompassing different orientations of elements in use or operation in addition to the orientations shown in the drawings. For example, if you flip a component that is shown in a drawing, a component described as "below" or "beneath" another component will be placed "above" the other component. can Thus, the exemplary term “below” may include directions of both below and above. Components may also be oriented in other orientations, and thus spatially relative terms may be interpreted according to orientation.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 schematically shows a magazine rack storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the magazine rack storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 100, magazine racks M1 to M10, horizontal transfer members 110 and 111, entrances 101 and 102, and charging units. (#1 ~ #10) may be included.

The housing 100 may be formed to have a cylindrical or polygonal shape extending to a predetermined height so as to form a storage space therein. In addition, it is preferable to secure passages for the introduction or withdrawal of magazine racks M1 to M10 to be described later by forming entrances 101 and 102 at at least two locations of the sidewalls surrounding the storage space of the housing 100. do.

In this embodiment, a plurality of magazines (not shown) accommodated in the magazine racks (M1 to M10) are connected to a surface mounting line (not shown) that performs a process of mounting chips on a board through one of the entrances and exits. supplied, or it may be a device for recovering the magazine from the surface mounting line through another entrance and exit, and two transfer robots ( 11, 12) may be included. At this time, although two "transfer" robots 11 and 12 are shown, three or more transfer robots can be provided if only the smoothness of operation can be secured in consideration of the length of the movement line on the virtual circulation track. The number is not limited to this.

A plurality of magazines (not shown) may be stacked in each of the magazine racks M1 to M10, and may include a communication module for transmitting and receiving payment information of each magazine.

In this embodiment, the case where the housing 100 can accommodate 10 magazine racks has been described as an example, but since the housing 100 can accommodate 10 or more magazine racks, the magazine The number of racks is not limited thereto.

In addition, the communication module transmits and receives PCB sequence number information obtained by the pass/fail decision of the magazine from AOI (Automated Optic Inspection) prior to unloading and stored through ZigBee or other various wireless communications with a management server (not shown) can do.

The horizontal transfer members 110 and 111 may be formed in multiple stages along the height direction inside the housing 100 . In this embodiment, the horizontal transfer members 110 and 111 are formed in two stages, and a configuration including the horizontal transfer member 110 disposed on the upper side and the horizontal transfer member 111 disposed on the lower side is shown. Since three or more stages of horizontal transfer members may be provided, the number of stages of the horizontal transfer members is not limited thereto.

The horizontal transfer members 110 and 111 as described above perform the transfer of the magazine racks M1 to M10 between adjacent storage units of corresponding stages.

The storage units 100a and 100b are arranged spaced apart from each other on the upper side of the first row storage unit 100a and the first row housing unit 100a, which are arranged side by side in one row, and change the arrangement direction of the first row storage unit 100a. In the case of including the second row accommodating part 100b arranged in parallel with the direction along the vertical transfer member ( 120) may be formed. For example, in the case where the first row storage unit 100a includes five storage units, at least one of the first to fifth storage units of the first row storage unit 100a. When empty, the horizontal transfer members 110 and 111 are driven to move the magazine racks M1 to M10 through the right entrance 101 on the drawing and at the same time move the magazine racks M1 to M10 one by one to the left It can be.

Here, when the magazine racks are stored in all storage units of the first row storage unit 100a, the magazine racks M1 to M10 are raised to the second row storage unit 100b using the vertical transfer member 120. to be stored

In each of the first row storage unit 100a and the second row storage unit 100b, charging units #1 to #10 are disposed so that communication modules of magazine racks M1 to M10 stored in the corresponding storage unit can be charged. It can be.

The charging units (#1 to #10) may be wireless chargers, and may be formed to be selectively connected to the communication modules of the magazine racks (M1 to M10) stored in the storage unit to enable wireless charging.

That is, the charging units (#1 to #10) are movable so that the wireless charging connection with the communication module is released when the charging of the communication module of the corresponding magazine rack (M1 to M10) is completed, while the magazine rack (M1 to M10) When the horizontal transfer members 110 and 111 are operating, the power connection with the communication module can be disconnected during transfer. In other words, the charging units (#1 to #10) may be formed to reciprocate along a direction approaching or being separated from the communication module side of the corresponding magazine racks (M1 to M10).

In addition, infrared sensors 130 and 140 may be installed in each of the storage units 100a and 100b.

According to the detection signals of the infrared sensors 130 and 140, it is determined whether the magazine racks M1 to M10 are stored, and the detection signals of the infrared sensors 130 and 140 are the same as those of the charging units #1 to #10. ) to control the state of charge.

Hereinafter, the operation of the magazine rack storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figures 2 and 3 schematically shows the operating state of the magazine rack storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 2 , the magazine rack M3 may be supplied by the transfer robot 11 in a state in which one of the entrances 101 is open. In this process, in the case where two magazine racks M1 and M2 are stored in the first row storage unit 100a inside the housing 100, for example, the previously stored magazine racks M1 and M2 is transferred to the left side in the drawing by the horizontal transfer member 110 and stored therein, and the new magazine rack M3 transferred by the transfer robot 11 is transferred to the fifth charging unit #5.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, when five magazine racks M1 to M5 are stored in the first row storage unit 100a, the magazine rack M6 newly introduced by the transfer robot 11 is vertical. It can be transferred upward by the transfer member 120 .

The magazine rack M6 transferred to the second row storage unit 100b by the vertical transfer member 120 is accommodated toward the sixth charging unit #6 to be charged.

During this process, the horizontal transfer members 110 and 111 are operated, and in the case of the magazine racks M2, M4, and M5 being transferred of the first row storage unit 100a or the second row storage unit 100b, the corresponding magazine rack It is preferable to control the charging units (#2, #4, and #5) of (M2, M4, and M5) to release the wireless charging connection.

Even when the horizontal conveying members 110 and 111 are inoperative, when the communication module of the magazine rack in which charging is completed exists, the charging state of the charging unit of the corresponding magazine rack may be controlled to be released.

Therefore, according to the magazine rack storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication module installed in each magazine rack is charged using a wireless charger, so that the magazines installed in the magazine rack can be managed through continuous wireless communication. be able to

In addition, since magazine racks can be stacked in multiple stages inside the housing, space efficiency can be increased.

As described above, the magazine rack storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the illustrated drawings, but the present invention is not limited by the embodiments and drawings described above, and the present invention is within the scope of the claims. Various implementations are possible by those skilled in the art.

11, 12: transfer robot
100: housing
100a: first row storage unit
100b: second row storage unit
101, 102: entrance
110, 111: horizontal transfer member
120: vertical conveying member
130, 140: infrared sensor

Claims (7)

A housing in which a plurality of accommodating units are provided side by side in an internal space;
A magazine rack in which a plurality of magazines are stacked and equipped with a communication module for transmitting and receiving payment information of each magazine;
a horizontal transfer member that is rotated so that the magazine rack is movable between the respective storage units;
entrances formed to open and close at least two locations of the housing; and
A magazine rack storage device comprising a charging unit formed in each of the storage units and disposed to be charged in a communication module of a magazine rack accommodated in the storage unit. According to claim 1,
The storage unit includes a first row storage unit arranged side by side in one row and a second row storage unit spaced apart from the upper side of the first row storage unit and arranged parallel to the direction along the arrangement direction of the first row storage unit. include,
Magazine rack storage device comprising a vertical transfer member formed to enable transport along the height direction between the first row storage unit and the second row storage unit. According to claim 2,
The vertical transfer member is provided as a pair, formed at both ends along the arrangement direction of the first row storage unit and the second row storage unit, magazine rack storage device. According to claim 1,
The charging unit disposed in each storage unit is formed to be selectively wirelessly connected to the communication module of the magazine rack stored in the storage unit, the magazine rack storage device. According to claim 1,
The charging unit is controlled so that the wireless charging state with the communication module is released when the charging of the communication module of the magazine rack is completed. According to claim 4,
The magazine rack storage device, wherein the charging unit is controlled so that the wireless charging state with the communication module is released when the horizontal transfer member is in operation. According to claim 1,
An infrared sensor is installed in each of the storage units, and the magazine rack storage device determines whether or not the magazine rack is stored according to the detection signal of the infrared sensor.

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