TW202128536A - Delivering method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A delivering method for an electronic component includes a first receiving step, a feeding step, and a second receiving step. The first receiving step is that a delivering mechanism transfers an operated electronic component according to a first delivering route form an operation device to a temporary storing device which is located by the side of another operation device to temporarily receive the electronic component. The feeding step is that the delivering mechanism transfers an unoperated electronic component according to a second delivering route form the temporary storing device to the said another operation device to execute a preset operation. The second receiving step is that the delivering mechanism transfers the operated electronic component according to a third delivering route form the said another operation device to another temporary storing device to temporarily receive the electronic component. Thereby, the delivering mechanism is able to transfer the electronic component between two operation devices and two temporary storing devices sequentially and quickly.

Description

Electronic component transportation method and its application operating equipment

The present invention provides an electronic component transportation method and application equipment that can effectively shorten the transportation time of electronic components, thereby improving production efficiency.

Nowadays, after the production of electronic components is completed, testing operations must be performed through testing equipment to eliminate defective products; please refer to Figure 1, the testing equipment is located under the machine 11 with a testing machine 12, testing machine 12 The first tester 131, the second tester 132, the third tester 133, and the fourth tester 134 are electrically connected to the plurality of first testers 131, the second tester 132, the third tester 133, and the fourth tester 134 above the machine table 11. The feeding mechanism 15 and the carrier 14 are provided with a feeding trough 141 and a receiving trough 142 to respectively hold the electronic components to be tested and the tested electronic components, and the material moving mechanism 15 is provided with a first shifter 151 and a second shifter The device 152 is used to transfer the electronic component to be tested and the electronic component to be tested, respectively.

Since the feeding trough 141 of the carrier 14 holds the electronic components to be tested, when carrying out the transportation operation , The material transfer mechanism 15 uses the second material shifter 152 to take out the electronic component to be tested from the feeding slot 141 of the carrier 14 and transfers it to the first tester 131, and then uses the first material shifter 151 to perform the first test The tester 131 takes out the tested electronic components, and the first shifter 151 moves back to the carrier 14 to move the tested electronic components into the receiving chute 142 of the carrier 14; when the feeding/receiving of the first tester 131 is completed After the operation, the material transfer mechanism 15 will reciprocate between the carrier 14 and the second tester 132 to perform the next feeding/receiving operation. The chute 141 takes out the next electronic component to be tested and transfers it to the second tester 132, and then uses the first shifter 151 to take out the next tested electronic component from the second tester 132, and the first shifter 151 is displaced Return to the carrier 14 and move the next tested electronic component into the receiving chute 142 of the carrier 14; according to the movement sequence of the material, the material-moving mechanism 15 will reciprocate between the carrier 14 and the third tester 133. The feeding/receiving operation, and the feeding/receiving operation between the carrier 14 and the fourth tester 133.

However, when the material moving mechanism 15 performs the feeding and receiving operations of the first tester 131, the second tester 132, the third tester 133, and the fourth tester 134, it must be connected to the first tester 131 and After the carrier 14 performs reciprocating displacement to transport the electronic components to be tested and the electronic components to be tested, the second tester 132 and the carrier 14 perform reciprocating displacements to transport the electronic components to be tested and the electronic components to be tested, and so on. The material mechanism 15 performs multiple reciprocating displacements between the testers and the carrier 14 to transport the electronic components to be tested and the electronic components to be tested. The transportation method is quite time-consuming.料时间。 Material time.

Furthermore, the testing machine 12 must wait for all the first tester 131, the second tester 132, the third tester 133, and the fourth tester 134 to complete the electronic component supply operation before the test operation can be performed simultaneously. The first tester 131, the second tester 132, the third tester 133 and the fourth tester 134 are quite time-consuming in the case of feeding/receiving materials, the tester 12 will inevitably consume time and space, so that the test cannot be improved. Production efficiency.

The first objective of the present invention is to provide an electronic component transportation method, which includes a first transfer receiving means, a transfer feeding means, and a second transfer receiving means. The first transfer receiving means is taken out by a working device by a transfer mechanism The electronic components have been processed and are transported to a temporary storage device on the side of another operating device according to the first transportation path to temporarily receive the materials. It is transported to the other operating device according to the second transport path to perform the preset operation. The three material transport paths are transported to another temporary device for temporary collection; by this, the material moving mechanism is to quickly transport the electronic components that have been operated/to be operated between the second working device and the second temporary device in a forward action sequence , Thereby effectively shortening the transportation time and achieving the practical benefits of improving production efficiency.

The second objective of the present invention is to provide a working equipment, including a machine, a working device, a temporary device, a conveying device, and a central control device. A working machine that is connected to multiple working devices, which performs preset operations on a plurality of electronic components; the temporary device is arranged on the machine, and a plurality of temporary devices are set on the side of the multiple working devices to It is used to temporarily place the electronic components to be operated and the electronic components that have been operated; the conveying device is arranged on the machine and is equipped with a material transfer mechanism to transfer the electronic components to be operated and the operated electronic components between a plurality of operating devices and a plurality of temporary devices Electronic components, the central control device is used to control and integrate the actions of each device , In order to perform automated operations to achieve the practical benefits of enhancing operational efficiency.

In order to enable your reviewer to have a better understanding of the present invention, a preferred embodiment is given with the accompanying drawings. The details are as follows:

Please refer to FIG. 2, the working equipment of the present invention includes a machine 20, a working device 30, a temporary device 40, a conveying device 50 and a central control device (not shown in the figure), and further includes a feeding device 60 and a receiving device 70.

The working device 30 is configured on the machine 20, and is provided with a plurality of working devices, and at least one working machine electrically connected to a plurality of working devices, and the plurality of working devices perform preset operations on a plurality of electronic components; further, The working device can be a tester or a detector, etc., to perform electrical testing or inspection operations. The working machine can be a testing machine or a detection machine. One side is equipped with a plurality of first to fourth operating devices as testers, and a plurality of fifth to eighth operating devices as testers are arranged on the second side of the machine 20; hereby the first to fourth operations on the first side For example, the first working device 31, the second working device 32, the third working device 33, and the fourth working device 34 are used to perform test operations on a plurality of electronic components. The working device 30 is separate from the machine 20 A working machine of the testing machine 35 is arranged below, and the testing machine 35 is electrically connected to the first working machine 31, the second working machine 32, the third working machine 33 and the fourth working machine 34.

The temporary device 40 is arranged on the machine 20, and a plurality of temporary devices are arranged on the side of the plurality of working devices for temporarily storing the electronic components to be operated and the electronic components that have been operated; further, the temporary device can be combined with One working device is arranged in the same row, or the temporary device is arranged between two working devices, and the temporary device can be the same container (such as a tray) to hold the electronic components to be tested and the tested electronic components, or the temporary device can Different containers (such as trays) respectively hold electronic components to be tested or electronic components tested; One to four temporary devices, and the fifth to eighth temporary devices on the side of the fifth to eighth operation devices on the second side of the machine 20; hereby take the first to fourth temporary devices on the first side as an example, temporarily The placing device 40 is to set a first temporary device 41 on the same row side of the first working device 31. The first temporary device 41 uses a container as a tray to hold the electronic components to be tested and the electronic components to be tested, and A second temporary device 42 is arranged on the side of the second working device 32 in the same row. The second temporary device 42 uses a container as a tray to hold the electronic components to be tested and the electronic components to be tested, and the third working device 33 The third temporary device 43 is arranged on the side of the same row. The third temporary device 43 is a container that is a tray to hold the electronic components to be tested and the electronic components that have been tested, and is arranged on the same row side of the fourth working device 34 The fourth temporary receptacle 44, the fourth temporary receptacle 44 uses a container as a tray to hold the electronic components to be tested and the electronic components to be tested.

The conveying device 50 is disposed on the machine table 20 and is provided with at least one material moving mechanism. The at least one material moving mechanism transfers the electronic components to be operated and the electronic components that have been operated between a plurality of working devices and a plurality of temporary devices; The conveying device 50 further includes at least one carrier. The at least one carrier carries the electronic components to be operated or the electronic components that have been operated. Furthermore, the conveying device 50 can be configured with a carrier with a feeding trough and a receiving trough for Carry the electronic components to be operated and the electronic components that have been operated, or configure a carrier with a feeding chute and another carrier with a receiving chute to respectively carry the electronic components to be operated or the electronic components that have been operated; In the embodiment, the conveying device 50 is equipped with a carrier with a feeding trough and a receiving trough on the first side of the machine 20 , And the second side of the machine 20 is equipped with another carrier with a feeding trough and a receiving trough; taking the carrier on the first side as an example, the carrier 51 is equipped with a feeding trough 511 and a receiving trough 512, The supply tank 511 is for carrying electronic components to be operated, and the receiving tank 512 is for carrying electronic components that have been operated.

The material moving mechanism can be configured with two synchronously displaced first pickers and second pickers, or two separately displaced first pickers and second pickers for picking and placing electronic components to be operated and electronic components already operated In this embodiment, the material moving mechanism is configured on the first side of the machine 20 with a first picker and a second picker, and the second side of the machine 20 is equipped with another first pick The material moving mechanism of the second picker and the second picker; take the material moving mechanism of the first side as an example, the material moving mechanism is equipped with a first picker 521 and a second picker 522, and the first picker 521 is displaced in the Z direction , For picking and placing electronic components that have been operated, the second picker 522 is displaced in the Z direction for picking and placing electronic components to be processed, the first picker 521 and the second picker 522 are driven by the first drive source 53 Displacement in the XY direction for displacement to the first to fourth working devices 31 to 34 and the first to fourth temporary devices 41 to 44 and the stage 51.

The feeding device 60 is assembled on the machine 20 and is provided with at least one feeder 61 for accommodating electronic components to be operated; the feeding device 70 is assembled on the machine 20 and is provided with at least one receiving device The feeder 71 is used for accommodating the electronic components that have been operated; the conveying device 50 is also equipped with a refueling mechanism on the machine 20. The electronic components to be operated and the electronic components that have been operated are transferred between the device 60 and the material receiving device 70; the central control device (not shown) is used to control and integrate the actions of each device to perform automated operations and achieve the practicality of enhancing the operating efficiency benefit.

Please refer to Figures 3 and 4, the electronic component transportation method of the present invention includes a first transfer receiving means, a transfer feeding means, and a second transfer receiving means. The first transfer receiving means is a transfer mechanism in a working device. Take out the electronic components that have been operated, and transport them to a temporary storage device on the side of another manipulator according to the first transport path to temporarily collect the materials. The electronic components are transported to the second temporary device 42 on the side of the second working device 32 according to the first material transportation path; The second material transport path is transported to the other operating device, for example, the second picker 522 of the material moving mechanism takes out the electronic components to be processed in the second temporary device 42 and transports the electronic components to the second operating device 32 according to the second transport path; The second transfer and collection means is that the transfer mechanism takes out the operated electronic components from the other working device, and transports them to another temporary device according to the third transfer path, for example, the first picker 521 of the transfer mechanism is in the second The working device 32 takes out the operated electronic components and transports them to the third temporary holder 43 according to the third transportation path.

The electronic component transportation method of the present invention is applied to the first embodiment of the working equipment. Here, the working device 30, the temporary device 40 and the conveying device 50 on the side of the machine 20 are used as an example to convey the electronic components. The mechanism is to implement the feeding means, and the feeding means is the moving mechanism to take out the electronic components to be operated on the stage 51 or another temporary device and transfer them to the working device. If the moving mechanism is in another temporary location The other temporary device is to perform the initial feeding means, and the initial feeding means is to manually move a plurality of electronic components to be operated into another temporary device by means of a manual method or a material moving mechanism; in this embodiment, The first temporary device 41 implements the initial feeding means, and manually or a material moving mechanism moves a plurality of electronic components 82 to be operated into another temporary device of the first temporary device 41 for feeding; The feeding means is executed by using the second picker 522 according to the feeding path to take out the electronic component 82 to be operated from the first temporary device 41 and move it in the X direction , And the electronic component 82 to be worked is transported to the first working device 31 with the shortest transport stroke. Since the first working device 31 has the working electronic component 81, the moving mechanism uses the first picker 521 to first take out the working electronic component 81 , And use the second picker 522 to move the electronic component 82 to be worked into the first working device 31; The operated electronic component 81 taken out from the working device 31 is moved forward and transported to the next second temporary device 42 for temporary collection , The first picker 521 of the material-moving mechanism does not return the operated electronic component 81 to the carrier 51 ; The moving mechanism implements the transfer feeding means. Since the first picker 521 and the second picker 522 of the moving mechanism are already located at the second temporary holder 42, the second picker 522 of the moving mechanism can be directly in the first The second temporary device 42 takes out the next electronic component 84 to be operated, and moves it in the X direction according to the second conveying path, and conveys the next electronic component 84 to be operated to the second worker 32 with the shortest conveying stroke. The material moving mechanism The second picker 522 does not move back to the carrier 51 to take the material; and the second manipulator 32 has the operated electronic component 83, and the material moving mechanism uses the first picker 521 to first take out the operated electronic component 83, and Use the second picker 522 to move the electronic component 84 to be worked into the second working device 32; The operated electronic components 83 taken out at 32 positions are moved forward and transported to the next third temporary loader 43 for temporary collection. The first picker 521 of the material moving mechanism does not return the operated electronic components 83 for displacement and transportation. To carrier 51.

According to the operation sequence of the above-mentioned electronic component transportation method, the second picker 522 of the material moving mechanism can directly take out the electronic component 86 to be operated from the third temporary device 43, and move it in the X direction, so as to transfer the electronic component to be operated with the shortest transportation stroke. The component 86 is transported to the third working device 33, and the third working device 33 has the operated electronic component 85. The electronic component 86 to be worked is moved into the third working device 33, and the first picker 521 is then made to move the taken-out working electronic component 85 in a forward direction and transport it to the next fourth temporary holder 44 for temporary collection and material transfer mechanism The second picker 522 can directly take out the electronic component 88 to be operated from the fourth temporary device 44 and move it in the X direction , The electronic component 88 to be worked is transported to the fourth working device 34 with the shortest transportation stroke. The fourth working device 34 has the working electronic component 87. The material moving mechanism uses the first picker 521 to first take out the working electronic component 87 , And then use the second picker 522 to move the electronic component 88 to be worked into the fourth working device 34; move the electronic component to be tested into the first working device 31, the second working device 32, the third working device 33 and the fourth working device 34 respectively After the components 82, 84, 86, and 88, the testing machine 35 will perform the testing operations on the electronic components 82, 84, 86, 88 to be tested in the first to fourth working devices 31, 32, 33, 34; therefore, the material is moved The first picker 521 and the second picker 522 of the mechanism do not need to go back and forth between the first to fourth manipulators 31, 32, 33, 34 and the carrier 51 multiple times for feeding and receiving, which can greatly save the time of transportation and increase Production efficiency.

The electronic component transportation method further includes the first integrated receiving method and the second integrated receiving method , The first integrated material receiving means is in the time course of a working device and another working device performing a preset operation, and the picker of the material moving mechanism is used to transfer an already operated electronic component between a temporary device and a carrier Receiving materials, and then transfer another electronic component that has been operated between another temporary device and the stage to receive materials; for example, when the material moving mechanism is equipped with a smaller number of pickers, the material moving mechanism can use the first working device 31 , The second working device 32, the third working device 33, and the fourth working device 34 are simultaneously executing the time schedule of the test operation, and the first picker 521 is used to transfer the last operated electronic component 87 taken out by the fourth working device 34 Receiving the material in the receiving chute 512 of the carrier 51, and then move it in the Y direction, and transfer the materials in batches between the second temporary holder 42, the third temporary holder 43, the fourth temporary holder 44 and the carrier 51. The electronic components 85, 83, and 81 cause the stage 51 to load a plurality of electronic components 87, 85, 83, and 81 that have been operated.

The second integrated material receiving means is in the time course of a working device and another working device executing a preset operation, the picker of the material moving mechanism is sequentially shifted to a temporary device and another temporary device to take out an already operated The electronic component and another electronic component that has already been operated are then transferred to the carrier for receiving; for example, when the transfer mechanism is equipped with a large number of pickers, the transfer mechanism can be used in the first operating device 31 and the second operating device 32. , The third operating device 33 and the fourth operating device 34 perform the test operation schedule, so that the first picker 521 transfers the last electronic component 87 that was originally taken out by the fourth operating device 34 and moves in the Y direction , Take out the operated electronic components 85, 83, 81 from the fourth temporary device 44, the third temporary device 43, and the second temporary device 42 in sequence, and then transfer them to the receiving chute of the carrier again, the carrier A preset number of feeding troughs and receiving troughs can be arranged according to the needs of the operation, so that the carrier 51 can load a plurality of electronic components 87, 85, 83, 81 that have been operated.

Please refer to Figures 3 and 5, which are the second embodiment of the electronic component transportation method of the present invention applied to work equipment. The difference from the first embodiment is that the material moving mechanism of the conveying device 50 executes the material feeding means. , The feeding means is the second picker 522 of the transfer mechanism to take out the electronic component 82 to be operated from the feeding slot 511 of the carrier 51, and transfer it to the first operating device 31, because the first operating device 31 has operating electronics Component 81, the material moving mechanism uses the first picker 521 to first take out the electronic component 81 that has been operated, and then uses the second picker 522 to move the electronic component 82 to be operated into the first worker 31; The electronic component transportation method of the second working device 32, the third working device 33 and the fourth working device 34 is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the electronic components to be tested 82 are moved into the first to fourth working devices 31, 32, 33, and 34 respectively. After, 84, 86, and 88, the testing machine 35 will simultaneously perform the testing operations on the electronic components 82, 84, 86, and 88 to be tested in the first to fourth operating devices 31, 32, 33, and 34; therefore, the moving mechanism The first picker 521 and the second picker 522 do not need to go back and forth between the first to fourth manipulators 31, 32, 33, 34 and the carrier 51 multiple times to feed and receive materials, which can greatly save the transportation time and improve the production efficiency.

[Learning] 11: Machine 12: Test machine 131: First Tester 132: The second tester 133: Third Tester 134: Fourth Tester 14: Stage 141: supply trough 142: Receiving chute 15: Material transfer mechanism 151: The first shifter 152: Second shifter [this invention] 20: Machine 30: operating device 31: The first working device 32: The second working device 33: The third operating device 34: The fourth working device 35: test machine 40: Temporary device 41: The first temporary device 42: second temporary device 43: Third Temporary 44: Fourth Temporary 50: Conveying device 51: Stage 511: supply trough 512: receiving chute 521: First Picker 522: Second Picker 53: The first drive source 54: Changer 60: Feeding device 61: feeder 70: Receiving device 71: Receiver 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88: electronic components

Figure 1: Schematic diagram of the movement of the material-moving mechanism of the conventional test equipment. Figure 2: Schematic diagram of each device configuration of the working equipment of the present invention. Figure 3: The flow chart of the electronic component transportation method of the present invention. Figure 4: A schematic diagram of the use of the first embodiment of the electronic component transportation method of the present invention. Figure 5: A schematic diagram of the use of the second embodiment of the electronic component transportation method of the present invention.

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Claims (10)

A kind of work equipment, including: Machine; Working device: It is configured on the machine, with multiple working devices, and at least one electrical connection The working machine of the plurality of working devices, the plurality of working devices execute the plurality of electronic components Preset job Temporary device: It is arranged on the machine, and a plurality of temporary devices are installed on the side of the plurality of working devices, For temporary storage of electronic components to be operated and electronic components that have already been operated; Conveying device: It is arranged on the machine and is provided with at least one material moving mechanism, and the material moving mechanism is connected to the plurality of Transfer the electronic components to be operated and the operated electrical components between a working device and the plurality of temporary Sub-element Central control device: It is used to control and integrate the actions of various devices to perform automated operations. The operating equipment described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application further includes a carrier, the carrier is provided with at least one feeding chute and at least one receiving chute to hold the electronic component to be operated and the electronic component already operated . According to the operating device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the temporary device of the temporary device is arranged in the same row as a working device. According to the operating equipment described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the temporary device of the temporary device is arranged between a plurality of the operating devices. An electronic component transportation method, including: The first transfer and collection means: the transfer mechanism takes out at least one electronic component that has been operated on a working device, and The first material transport path is transported to a temporary holder on the side of another working machine; Transfer feeding means: the transfer mechanism takes out at least one electronic component to be operated from the temporary holder, and according to The second material transport path is transported to the other working device; The second transfer and collection means: the transfer mechanism takes out at least another electronic element that has been operated on the other working device Parts, and are transported to another temporary holder according to the third transport path. According to the electronic component transportation method described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, it further includes a material feeding means. Job device. According to the electronic component transportation method described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, it further includes an initial feeding means. The initial feeding means moves the electronic components to be operated into the other temporary holder manually or by the transfer mechanism. . The electronic component transportation method described in item 5 of the scope of patent application further includes a material feeding means. The material feeding means is that the material moving mechanism takes out the electronic components to be operated on the carrier and transfers them to the working device. According to the electronic component transportation method described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, it further includes a first integrated receiving means, and the first integrated receiving means performs a preset operation on the one operating device and the other operating device In the course of time, the material transfer mechanism transfers the at least one electronic component between the one temporary device and the carrier, and then transfers the at least another electronic component between the other temporary device and the carrier. Operational electronic components. According to the electronic component transportation method described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, it further includes a second integrated receiving means that performs a preset operation on the one operating device and the other operating device In the course of time, the material moving mechanism is moved to the one temporary holder and the other temporary holder to take out the at least one operated electronic component and the at least another operated electronic component, and then transfer them to the carrier for receiving.

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