WO2013031565A1

WO2013031565A1 - Part supply device

Info

Publication number: WO2013031565A1
Application number: PCT/JP2012/070966
Authority: WO
Inventors: 勉国広
Original assignee: 富士機械製造株式会社
Priority date: 2011-08-26
Filing date: 2012-08-20
Publication date: 2013-03-07
Also published as: CN103703876B; CN103703876A; JP2013046024A

Abstract

This invention achieves both size reduction of a part supply device provided with a reel holder and a supply device main body, and simplification of reel removal from the reel holder. An attachment device (80) attaches the reel holder (52) for holding a reel (62) on which holding tape (79) is wound to the supply device main body (50) provided with a guide path (132) and a holding tape feed device (134). The attachment device (80) permits the movement of the reel holder (52) to a parts supply position and a reel attachment and detachment position. In the reel attachment and detachment position, notches (178, 180) formed in a side panel (56) are displaced forward away from the other side panel (54) of the reel holder (52), so that a worker can use the notches (178, 180) to grasp one flange (182) of the reel (62) from both sides and remove the reel from the real holder (52).

Description

Parts supply device

The present invention relates to a component supply apparatus including a reel holding unit that holds a reel around which a component holding tape is wound.

The following Patent Document 1 discloses a component supply device including a reel holding unit that rotatably holds a reel around which a component holding tape is wound, and a feeding device that sends the component holding tape drawn from the reel to the component supply unit. Are listed. The reel holding unit includes a support device disposed between two parallel side plates, and holds a reel on which a component holding tape currently being supplied is wound, and a spare reel. . The reel holding unit includes a support device that supports the outer peripheral surface of the reel with a plurality of rollers, or a support device that slidably supports the outer peripheral surface of the reel with an upward concave surface.
Patent Document 2 discloses that a plurality of component holding tapes pulled out from a plurality of reel holding portions partially overlap each other in the width direction of the component holding tapes. A component supply device is described that includes a feeding device that feeds in a non-overlapping condition.

Patent Document 3 discloses a component supply position for supplying a component and a replacement position at which the reel can be replaced by rotating a support arm that rotatably supports a reel around which a component holding tape is wound by a support shaft. A component supply device that can be moved to is described. The support arm can be locked at the replacement position by a lock mechanism.
Patent Document 4 describes a component supply device in which a reel holding portion is provided at one end of a main body frame. The reel holding unit shifts the plurality of reels from each other in the left-right direction by the width of the component holding tape, and supports the respective reels rotatably by the plurality of reel support shafts with different positions in the up-down, left-right, and front-back directions. It is supposed to be.

In Patent Document 5, two feeding devices are arranged side by side on the main body, and two reels are lined up and down on the reel holding portion provided at one end of the main body and are shifted in the left-right direction. A component supply device that is held without any problem is described. Each of the two reels is rotatably supported by a support shaft, and is attached and detached in the axial direction.
In Patent Document 6, in a component supply apparatus, a support shaft that rotatably supports a reel is attached to an inner surface of a side plate of a container-shaped reel holder by a magnet, and the reel can be detached from the reel holder together with the magnet and the support shaft. It is described to do. It also describes that the support shaft can be moved along a slot formed in the side plate of the reel holder, and that the reel can be moved to the attachment / detachment position and the component supply position by moving the support shaft. .

Japanese Patent No. 3820927 Japanese Patent No. 4041736 Japanese Patent No. 4360894 Japanese Patent Publication No.7-114319 JP 2007-220712 A JP 2010-182838 A

In the present invention, against the background described above, a supply device body including a reel holding portion that holds a reel around which a component holding tape is wound, and a feeding device that sends the component holding tape drawn from the reel to the component supply portion. It is an object of the present invention to reduce the required space of a component supply device including a portion as much as possible and to arrange as many reels as possible in a limited space.

This problem includes (A) a reel holding portion that holds a reel around which a component holding tape holding components at a predetermined interval, (B) a guide passage that guides the component holding tape drawn from the reel, and A supply device main body including a feeding device for feeding the component holding tape along the guide path to a component supply unit provided on the front end side of the guide channel, and enabling the component holder to take out the component by the component holder. In the component supply apparatus including the parts, the reel holding part is arranged between (a) a pair of side plates parallel to each other and (b) the pair of side plates and inserted between the side plates. Including one or more supporting devices that support the outer peripheral surface of the reel in a state in which the reel is allowed to rotate while suppressing the movement of the reel in the radial direction, At the reel attachment / detachment position, the attachment device is movably attached to the component supply position and the reel attachment / detachment position by a parallel movement in a substantially horizontal direction by the attachment device. This is solved by forming a notch in the outer peripheral portion of the reel supported by each of the one or more supporting devices so as to allow contact without being obstructed by other adjacent reel holding portions.

In the above-described component supply device, the reel holding unit can move to the component supply position and the reel attachment / detachment position in a substantially horizontal direction with respect to the supply device main body, and the reel holding unit is in the component supply position. Even if the reel holder is adjacent to another reel holder, if the reel holder is moved to the reel mounting / removal position, the reel holder is separated from the adjacent reel holder almost horizontally. Since at least one of the pair of side plates of the reel holding portion has a notch, the notch is used at the reel attaching / detaching position, and one of the pair of flanges of the reel is picked from both sides with fingers or the like. It can be taken out. Accordingly, the plurality of reel holding portions can be arranged close to each other, and the entire component supply system including the plurality of component supply devices can be configured in a compact manner.

Aspects of the Invention

In the following, the invention that can be claimed in the present application (hereinafter referred to as “claimable invention”. The claimable invention is a subordinate concept of the “present invention”, which is the invention described in the claims). The invention may include inventions, superordinate concepts of the invention of the present application, or inventions of other concepts). As with the claims, each aspect is divided into sections, each section is numbered, and is described in a form that cites the numbers of other sections as necessary. This is for the purpose of facilitating the understanding of the claimable invention, and is not intended to limit the combinations of the constituent elements constituting the claimable invention to those described in the following sections. In other words, the claimable invention should be construed in consideration of the description accompanying each section, the description of the embodiments, the prior art, and the like. The added aspect and the aspect in which the constituent elements are deleted from the aspect of each item can be an aspect of the claimable invention.

(1) a reel holding unit for holding a reel on which a component holding tape holding components at regular intervals is wound;
A guide passage for guiding the component holding tape pulled out from the reel; and a feeding device for feeding the component holding tape along the guide passage to a component supply section provided on a tip side of the guide passage. A component supply device including a supply device main body that enables removal of a component by a component holder in the supply unit,
The reel holding part is
A pair of side plates parallel to each other;
The reel is disposed between the pair of side plates and supports the outer peripheral surface of the reel inserted between the side plates in a state in which the reel is allowed to rotate while suppressing radial movement of the reel. Two or more support devices, and the reel holding portion is attached to the supply device main body movably to the component supply position and the reel attachment / detachment position by a parallel movement in a substantially horizontal direction by the attachment device. In addition, at least one of the pair of side plates, at the reel mounting / demounting position, hinders other reel holding portions adjacent to the outer peripheral portion of the reel supported by each of the one or more support devices. A component supply device, wherein a notch that enables contact without being formed is formed.
The term “adjacent” means that the distance between adjacent reel holding portions is adjacent to each other with a gap where a human finger cannot enter, for example, a gap of 10 mm or less, desirably 7 mm or less, and more desirably 5 mm or less. . If a notch is formed in at least one of the pair of side plates, the operator can use two fingers (or a pair of clamping rods of a clamping tool) in the gap between the pair of flanges of the reel and the notch in the side plate. Is positioned so that one flange is sandwiched from both sides and the reel can be taken out from the reel holder.
In the “substantially horizontal direction”, the inclination angle in the positive or negative direction with respect to the horizontal direction is preferably 30 ° or less, 15 ° or less, or 5 ° or less.
(2) A plurality of the supply device main body portions are detachably attached to a common holding stand, one of the reel holding portions attached to each of the plurality of supply device main body portions being adjacent to each other, The component supply apparatus according to item (1) constituting the component supply system.
One reel holding unit may be attached to one supply device main body, or a plurality of reel holding units may be attached. In the former case, the reel holding portions that are attached one by one are adjacent to each other, and in the latter case, the reel mounting portions that are attached to the outermost side among the plurality of reel holding portions that are attached are adjacent to each other. Is attached to the holding table.
(3) The supply device main body includes a common main body member for the plurality of reel holding portions, and each of the plurality of reel holding portions is connected to the common main body member by the mounting device. The component supply device according to item (1) or (2), which is attached adjacently and movably to the component supply position and the reel attachment / detachment position.
In an aspect in which this item is dependent on the item (2), the component supply device can be attached to the holding table in a state where all of the plurality of reel holding units are adjacent to each other.
(4) The component supply apparatus according to (3), wherein three or more reel holding portions are attached to the common main body member.
(5) The supply device main body includes a main body member common to the two reel holding portions, and the two reel holding portions are adjacent to each other by the mounting device with respect to the common main body member. In addition, the component supply device according to (1) or (2), wherein the component supply device is integrally attached so as to be movable to the component supply position and the reel attachment / detachment position.
If there are two reel holders attached to the supply device main body, the two reel holders can be moved from the other reel holders even if the two reel holders are moved to the reel attachment / detachment position integrally. The reels can be separated from each other, and the reels held by these two reel holders can be taken out. However, in that case, it is necessary to form a notch in three sheets (when two reel holding portions share one side plate) or two of the four side plates that are farthest from each other.
(6) The mounting device is
A guide plate that is suspended downward from the supply device main body and has an elongated hole extending in the substantially horizontal direction;
Between the pair of side plates of the reel holding portion, a plurality of guide rollers which are rotatably disposed at a plurality of locations separated in the longitudinal direction of the elongated hole and roll along the inner surface of the elongated hole. The component supply apparatus according to any one of (1) to (4).
The mounting device includes a guide rail having a cross-sectional shape such as a T-shape or a trapezoid and one or more guided members slidably fitted to the guide rail, or a guide rail and guided It is also possible to adopt a structure in which a plurality of balls are arranged so as to be able to roll between members. However, if the configuration of this section is adopted, the configuration of the mounting device becomes simple and an inexpensive mounting device can be obtained.
At least the lower groove side surface of the portion connected to the end corresponding to the reel attachment / detachment position of the long hole is an inclined portion inclined so as to descend toward the end, and at least one of the plurality of guide rollers is It is desirable that the movement of the reel holding portion to the component supply position is suppressed by engaging the inclined portion. Even if the elongated hole itself is inclined, only the inner surface on the lower side of the elongated hole may be inclined.
When the feature of this section is applied to the component supply apparatus described in the section (5), it is desirable that a guide roller is provided between two of the three or four side plates that are furthest away from each other.
Each guide roller may be configured such that a part of itself (for example, a shaft part having a smaller diameter than the other part as in the embodiments described later) is rotatably held on the side plate. If it is made, there exists an advantage which can prevent the movement of the radial direction with respect to the side plate of a guide roller reliably. However, a plurality of support pins suspended between a pair of side plates, and a plurality of guide rollers which are fitted to each of the plurality of support pins so as to be relatively rotatable and roll on the inner surface of the elongated hole. In this case, for example, as in a support roller set described later, another advantage is that it is possible to perform a function of connecting a pair of side plates to a support pin. Arise.
(7) The reel holding unit includes, as the support device, one that can selectively support a large-diameter reel and a small-diameter reel having different outer diameters, and when holding the large-diameter reel, The component supply device according to any one of (1) to (6), wherein at least the support device for the small-diameter reel is removed.
“At least the support device for the small-diameter reel is removed” means that when the support device for the large-diameter reel is attached from the beginning, it is only necessary to remove the support device for the small-diameter reel. In the case where the support device is not attached from the beginning, this means that the support device for the small-diameter reel is removed and the support device for the large-diameter reel is attached.
As the support device, a device having a concave surface that slidably supports the outer peripheral surface of the reel can be used. However, the support device is positioned between the pair of side plates at positions separated from each other in a direction including a horizontal component. It is also possible to employ one that supports the outer peripheral surface of the reel by a plurality of support rollers that are arranged and rotatable respectively. In the latter case, one or more of the plurality of support rollers as a support device for a small-diameter reel is used. The removal may correspond to “the support device for the small-diameter reel is removed”. It is also possible to use the removed support roller as a support roller for a large-diameter reel.
(8) Each of the pair of side plates is formed with at least one of an opening and a notch that allow the adjacent reel holding portion to be changed between the large-diameter support device and the small-diameter support device (7 The component supply device according to item).
It is also possible to use the notch described in this section and the notch described in (1) above.
The openings and notches also serve to reduce the weight of the reel holding part.
(9) The component supply apparatus according to any one of (1) to (8), wherein the reel holding unit includes a plurality of sets of couplers that detachably couple the pair of side plates.
The features of this section are particularly effective when employed together with the features described in the sections (6) to (8).
(10) The reel holding section includes a plurality of the support devices, and each of the plurality of support devices includes a state in which the reels can be supported simultaneously one by one. Parts supply equipment.
(11) The plurality of support devices are provided in a state where the two reels are parallel to a vertical plane parallel to the feed passage and are shifted from each other in a direction including a horizontal component. The component supply apparatus described in 1.
(12) The component supply device according to any one of (1) to (11), further including a connecting device that connects the reel holding portion to the supply device main body at the component supply position.
(13) The connecting device is
A first engagement portion provided on one of the reel holding portion and the supply device body portion;
The reel holding portion is provided on the other of the reel holding portion and the supply device main body portion, and is urged toward the operating position by the urging means, and in the state of being engaged with the first engaging portion at the operating position, the reel holding portion. And a second engagement portion that suppresses relative movement between the supply device main body portion and separates from the first engagement portion against the urging force of the urging means when a force exceeding a set value is applied ( The component supply apparatus according to item 12).
(14) The supply device main body is provided with an indicator lamp that instructs to move the reel holding portion attached to the supply device main body to the reel mounting / removal position. The component supply apparatus according to any one of the items).
It is also possible to provide a display lamp in the reel holding part. However, since the reel holding part is moved relative to the supply apparatus main body part, the wiring becomes complicated. On the other hand, if a display lamp is provided in the supply device main body, wiring is simple.
In any case, the operator can easily know which reel holders arranged adjacent to each other should be moved to the reel mounting / removal position.
(15) The supply device main body is provided with an operation panel operated for at least one of operating the feeding device and setting an operation pattern of the feeding device, and the display lamp is The component supply device according to item (14) provided on the operation panel.
(16) The supply device main body includes a cover tape separating device for removing the cover tape from the carrier tape of the component holding tape, and a cover tape container for housing the peeled cover tape, and the cover tape container is removable. The component supply device according to any one of (1) to (15).

It is a perspective view which shows a part of electronic circuit component mounting system containing a some electronic circuit component mounting module. It is a perspective view which shows the holding stand in the said electronic circuit component mounting module. FIG. 5 is a right side view showing a component supply device which is an embodiment of the claimable invention and is a component of the electronic circuit component mounting module held in a row on the holding table. It is a left view which shows the said component supply apparatus. It is a right view which shows the inside of the supply apparatus main-body part in the said component supply apparatus. It is a right view which shows the attachment apparatus to the supply apparatus main-body part of the reel holding | maintenance part in the said component supply apparatus in the state which removed the side board of the reel holding | maintenance part. It is a cross-sectional view of the attachment device. It is a front view which shows the coupler which couple | bonds a pair of side plate in the said component supply apparatus. It is front sectional drawing which shows the support roller set in the said component supply apparatus. In the said component supply apparatus, it is a right view which shows the state which one reel holding | maintenance part was moved to the reel attachment / detachment position for attachment / detachment of a reel. It is a right view which shows the state which changed the said component supply apparatus into the state which can hold | maintain a large diameter reel. It is a figure for demonstrating a part of change operation | work which changes the said component supply apparatus in the state which can hold | maintain a large diameter reel. It is a figure for demonstrating another part of the change operation | work which changes the said component supply apparatus in the state which can hold | maintain a large diameter reel. It is a figure equivalent to FIG. 7 in the components supply apparatus which is another Example of claimable invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a part of an electronic circuit component mounting system including a plurality of electronic circuit component mounting modules (hereinafter abbreviated as component mounting modules) 10. Each component mounting module 10 is an electronic circuit component mounting machine. It is an example. Each mounting module 10 includes two rows of substrate transfer devices 12 and is arranged side by side in the transfer direction of the substrate transfer devices 12. One substrate holding device 14 is provided for each substrate transfer device 12 to hold the circuit board 16 horizontally. Each mounting module 10 includes a component mounting device 20 having a mounting head 18. The mounting head 18 sucks and holds an electronic circuit component (hereinafter, abbreviated as a component) by a suction nozzle 22 and holds it on the substrate holding device 14. Mounted on the circuit board. For this purpose, the component mounting apparatus moves the mounting head 24 to an arbitrary position in a plane parallel to the circuit board held by the board holding apparatus, and the suction nozzle 22 approaches and separates from the circuit board 16. A nozzle approaching / separating device (not shown).

The mounting module 10 includes a component supply device holding table (hereinafter abbreviated as a holding table) 30, and the holding table 30 includes a plurality of component supply devices 32 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and the transfer direction of the substrate transfer device 12. Are detachably held side by side in a parallel direction. As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 2, the holding base 30 includes a horizontal portion 36 in which a plurality of positioning grooves 34 are formed in parallel, and a rising portion 38 that rises vertically from the front end thereof. A plurality of connectors 40 and positioning holes 42 to which the supply device 32 is connected are formed. The component supply device 32 is provided with an attachment / detachment device that can be easily fixed to or removed from the holding base 30, but is not directly related to the claimable invention, and thus illustration and detailed description thereof are omitted. .

Each component supply device 32 includes a supply device main body portion (hereinafter abbreviated as a main body portion) 50 and a reel holding portion 52. A plurality of (two in the illustrated example) reel holding portions 52 are attached to one main body portion 50. Each reel holding unit 52 includes a main body 60 in which two (a pair of)

side plates

54 and 56 are coupled in parallel to each other by a plurality of couplers 58, a support roller set 66, and the like. Two reels 62 are held rotatably. For this purpose, the main body 60 is provided with a plurality of (two in the illustrated example) support devices 64. Each support device 64 includes two sets of support roller sets 66. As shown in FIG. 8, each coupler 58 includes a coupling pin 70 and two countersunk screws 72 that fix both end surfaces of the coupling pin 70 to the

side plates

54 and 56. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 9, each support roller set 66 is rotatably fitted to the support pin 74, two countersunk screws 72 that fix both end faces of the support plate 74 to the

side plates

54 and 56, and the support pin 74. The roller 76 is made of. As is apparent from FIGS. 8 and 9, in this embodiment, the support pin 74 is the same as the coupling pin 70, and a part of the support roller set 66 also serves as the coupling tool 58.

The reel holding unit 52 is further provided with a reel separation preventing roller set 78 having the same configuration as that of the support roller set 66. Two sets of the reel separation prevention roller sets 78 are provided for each of the two support roller sets 66, and when a force is applied to the reel 62 in a direction away from the support roller set 66 for some reason, The reel 62 is prevented from being separated from the support roller set 66 by a predetermined distance or more. However, in the illustrated example, one of the support roller sets 66 for the upper reel 62 also serves as the reel separation preventing roller set 78 for the lower reel 62. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, each of these reel separation preventing roller sets 78 is wound with a component holding tape 79 pulled out from the reel 62, whereby a tape guide roller that guides the component holding tape 79. It is supposed to function as a set.

The reel holder 52 is attached to the main body 50 so as to be movable in the horizontal direction. A mounting device 80 for this purpose is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality (two in the illustrated example) of guide plates 84 hang down in parallel to each other on the lower surface of the main body 82 of the main body portion 50, and as shown in FIG. The reel holders 52 are combined with each of the guide plates 84 with the pair of

side plates

54 and 56 sandwiching the guide plate 84 from both sides. The guide plate 84 is movable along a long hole 88 formed in the horizontal direction. For this purpose, the reel holder 52 is provided with two guide roller sets 86. As shown in FIG. 7, each guide roller set 86 includes a support shaft 90 and a roller 92 that is rotatably supported by the support shaft 90. The support shaft 90 includes small-diameter portions 94 projecting from both end faces, and these small-diameter portions 94 are passed between the

side plates

54 and 56 by being fitted into through holes formed in the

side plates

54 and 56. The two sets of guide roller sets 86 roll on the inner surface of the elongated hole 88, and both ends of the elongated hole 88 correspond to the component supply position and the reel mounting / removal position of the reel holding portion 52, respectively.

The reel holder 52 is normally maintained at the supply position by a ball catch set 100 shown in FIG. The ball catch set 100 is a commercially available one, and is held by the holding portion 122 provided with two balls 120 which are provided opposite to each other and are urged to a working position close to each other by a spring. And held portion 124. The reel holding unit 52 is normally held at the component supply position by the ball catch set 100. However, when a force exceeding a certain level is applied, the held unit 124 can be detached from the holding unit 122 and moved to the reel mounting / removal position. Become. In the vicinity of the reel attaching / detaching position, the lower inner surface of the elongated hole 88 is an inclined surface 126 that is inclined so that the portion closer to the reel attaching / detaching position is located below, and is moved to the reel attaching / detaching position. Further, the reel holding portion 52 is prevented from being separated from the reel attaching / detaching position due to vibration or the like.

As described above, the guide roller set 86 is reliably prevented from moving relative to the

side plates

54 and 56 by fitting the small diameter portion 94 of the support shaft 90 into the through hole. The roller set 86 cannot serve as the coupling tool 58 like the support roller set 66, and the rigidity of the main body 60 of the reel support portion 52 is insufficient. In order to compensate for this lack of rigidity, as shown in FIG. 6, a coupler 58 is provided near the guide roller set 86.

A part holding tape 79 is wound around each of the reels 62. Although not shown, the component holding tape 79 is configured such that electronic circuit components are accommodated in each of the accommodating recesses formed at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the carrier tape, and a cover tape is attached to the upper surface of the carrier tape. It is prevented from detaching from the opening of the housing recess.

The tip of the component holding tape 79 is pulled out from the reel 62, guided to the guide passage 132 of the main body 50, and sent to the supply unit 136 by the feeding device 134 shown in FIG. In the main body 50, a plurality of guide passages 132, a holding tape feeding device 134, and a cover tape processing device 142 are provided on a main body 82 common to a plurality of reel holding portions 52. In the illustrated example, the two reel holding portions 52 are common, and two sets of guide passages 132, a holding tape feeding device 134 and a cover tape processing device 142 are provided for each of the two reel holding portions 52. Therefore, a total of four sets are provided for one main body 82. The main body 50 is the same as the main body of the electronic circuit component supply apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-138834, and is not an important part for the present invention. .

Each holding tape feeder 134 includes a sprocket 144 that engages with a feed hole of the component holding tape 79, a feed drive motor 146, and a rotation transmission device 148. The feed drive motor 146 is controlled by a control device that is not shown. As a result, the receiving recesses are fed one pitch at a time as necessary, and after the cover tape 152 is peeled off from the carrier tape 150, the opened receiving recesses are sequentially positioned on the supply unit 136.
In the main part of the electronic circuit component supply device described in JP-A-2011-13834, two component holding tapes 79 guided and sent by the guide passage 132 and the holding tape feeding device 134, one by one, In the plan view, a part in the width direction overlapped vertically. However, in the main body 50 of the present embodiment, the two component holding tapes 79 are sent side by side in the width direction without overlapping vertically. Has been. However, since the holding tape feeders 134 are wide to be arranged side by side in the width direction, they are arranged so as to be shifted from each other in the feeding direction as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, each cover tape processing device 142 includes a cover tape container 160, a cover tape feeding device 162, and a guide device 164, and a feed driving motor that omits the illustration of the cover tape feeding device 162. By being controlled by the control device, the cover tape 152 is peeled off from the carrier tape 150 at the tip end portion of the guide passage 132 and is stored in the cover tape container 160. Each cover tape container 160 can be individually detached from the main body 82.

A longitudinal cover 166 is attached to the main body 50 so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis at the front end, and has an operation portion 168 provided at the rear end to guide the guide passage 132 and the cover tape. A rotation operation is performed between a closed position covering the top of the processing device 142 and an uncovered open position.
In addition, an operation panel 170 is provided in a portion near the operation unit 168 of the cover 166 and is connected to the control device. The operation panel 170 is provided with an operation member for manually operating the tape feeding device 134 and the cover tape processing device 142, an operation member for setting an operation mode of the tape feeding device 134 and the cover tape processing device 142, and the like. However, together with them, a display lamp 176 for displaying which of the plurality of reel holding portions 52 should be moved to the reel mounting / removing position is provided at a position corresponding to each reel holding portion 52.

In the component supply device 32 configured as described above, the reel holding portion 52 is normally positioned at the component supply position shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and is securely held at that position by the ball catch set 100. In this state, a large number of reel holders 52 of the component supply device 32 held adjacent to each other on the holder 30 are adjacent to each other, and an operator's finger is placed in the gap between the reel holders 52. Does not enter. If the remaining amount of the component holding tape 79 in the reel 62 held by any one of the reel holders 52 is equal to or less than the set amount and the fact is displayed by the display lamp 176, as shown in FIG. The holding part 52 is pulled out to the reel attaching / detaching position. In this state, one of the

side plates

54 and 56, in the illustrated example, the

notches

178 and 180 formed in the side plate 56 have come out of the other reel holding portion 52 indicated by a two-dot chain line, and the operator The reel 62 is picked from both sides by a finger inserted between the pair of flanges 182 of the reel 62 and a finger that is brought into contact with the flange 182 from the notch 178 or the notch 180. It can be taken out of the holding part 52.
Note that the remaining amount of the component holding tape 79 in the reel 62 is equal to or less than the set amount is a known method, for example, the electronic device actually supplied from the component holding tape wound around each reel 62 in the control device. It is detected when the remaining number of electronic circuit components obtained by subtracting the supply number, which is the number of circuit components, from the initial component number of the component holding tape is equal to or less than the set number.

After removing the reel 62, the operator inserts a new reel 62 into the reel holder 52 and supports the pair of support roller sets 66, and the start end of the component holding tape 79 of the new reel 62, A splicing operation is performed in which the end portion of the removed component holding tape 79 of the reel 62 is connected by a connection tape. While this operation is being performed, the mounting operation is continued in the component mounting module 10 and vibration is transmitted to the component supply device 32. However, the guide roller set 86 of the reel holder 52 has the inclined surface 126 as described above. Since it is engaged with the reel, it is stably kept at the reel attaching / detaching position. After the splicing operation, the reel holding unit 52 is returned to the component supply position. At this time, the reel 62 newly held by the reel holding unit 52 is reversed to remove the slack of the component holding tape 79. It is desirable to keep it.

Although the above description has been made on the case where two reels 62 having the same diameter are held by the reel holding portion 52 of the component supply device 32 of the present embodiment, the component supply device of the present embodiment is One of them can be changed to a large-diameter reel 194. That is, if two support roller sets 66 and reel detachment prevention roller sets 78 for the small-diameter reel that interfere with the large-diameter reel 194 in FIG. One large-diameter reel support roller set 192 can hold a large-diameter reel (eg, a 13-inch diameter reel) 194 instead of one small-diameter reel (eg, a 7-inch diameter reel) 62. It becomes possible.

The configuration change operation is performed in a state in which the component supply device 32 is detached from the holding table 30 at the time of setup operation or the like. For this purpose, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the

side plates

54 and 56 are provided with working

openings

196 and 198, and the tools are engaged with the countersunk screws 72 through the working

openings

196 and 198. The screw 72 can be tightened or loosened. Hereinafter, the configuration change work will be described with reference to the drawings.
When removing the countersunk screws 72 that fix the support pins 74 of the support roller set 66 and the reel separation prevention roller set 78 to the

side plates

54 and 56 where the other reel holding portion 52 is not positioned in front. There is no hindrance.
On the other hand, when removing the countersunk screws 72 fixing the support pins 74 of the support roller set 66 and the reel separation prevention roller set 78 to the side plate 56 on which the other reel holding portion 52 is positioned in front, As shown in FIG. 12, the countersunk screw 72 coincides with the

work openings

196 and 198 of the reel holding portion 52 located on the front side (strictly speaking, the work openings 196 of the

side plates

54 and 56 and the work of the side plate 54). The reel holding portion 52 is pulled out to a position that coincides with the opening 198 for use, and a countersunk screw 72 is removed by inserting a tool into the

work openings

196 and 198. Further, the countersunk screw 72 of the reel detachment prevention roller set 78 that comes off the reel holding portion 52 on the front side is also removed.
Another opening formed at the same height and size as the work opening 198 is a finger-hanging opening for hooking a finger when the reel holder 52 is pulled out.

On the other hand, when the flat head screws 72 that fix the support pins 74 of the support roller set 66 and the reel separation prevention roller set 78 are removed from the side plate 54 on which the other reel holding portion 52 is positioned in front, 13, the target reel holder 52 is pulled out to a position where the countersunk screw 72 coincides with the

opening

196, 198 of the reel holder 52 positioned in front, and the opening 196, Insert a tool into 198 and remove the countersunk screw 72. The countersunk screw 72 of the reel separation preventing roller set 78 that comes off the front reel holding portion 52 is also removed.
As described above, even when the other reel holding portion 52 is positioned in front of any of the

side plates

54 and 56, the countersunk screws 72 that fix the support pins 74 to the

side plates

54 and 56 also have the work opening 196. , 198 and can be removed using either of the left and right reel holding portions 52 from a state where two small diameter reels 62 can be held, and a reel holding portion capable of holding the small diameter reel 62 and the large diameter reel 194. It can be changed to 52.

In the above embodiment, two reel holding portions 52 are attached to one main body portion 50, but three or more reel holding portions 52 may be attached. An example in which three reel holding portions 52 are attached is shown in FIG. As is apparent from the figure, when three or more reel holding portions 52 are attached, the other reel holding portions 52 are adjacent to both sides of the central reel holding portion 52. When the holding portion 52 is changed to the reel holding portion 52 capable of holding the small-diameter reel 62 and the large-diameter reel 194, even if the disc spring 72 fixed to the support pin 74 is removed from either of the

side plates

54 and 56. Since there is the reel holding part 52 positioned in front, the

work openings

196 and 198 of the reel holding part positioned in front thereof are used.

In the above embodiment, each set of the reel detachment prevention roller set 78 functions as a tape guide roller set that guides the component holding tape 79 by winding the component holding tape 79 pulled out from the reel 62. In addition, since it is necessary to remove one of them when the configuration of the reel holder 52 is changed, the large-diameter reel 194 is held and then attached again to function as a tape guide roller set. It is necessary to return to the state to obtain. On the other hand, apart from the one set of reel detachment prevention roller set 78, a tape guide roller set can be provided at a position that does not interfere with the detaching operation of the large-diameter reel 194. The set does not need to be attached or detached.

As mentioned above, although one Example of this invention was described in detail, this is only an illustration and this invention is based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art including the aspect described in the above-mentioned [Aspect of invention]. The present invention can be implemented in variously modified forms.

Claims

A reel holding unit for holding a reel wound with a component holding tape that holds the components at regular intervals;
A guide passage for guiding the component holding tape pulled out from the reel; and a feeding device for feeding the component holding tape along the guide passage to a component supply section provided on a tip side of the guide passage. A component supply device including a supply device main body that enables removal of a component by a component holder in the supply unit,
The reel holding part is
A pair of side plates parallel to each other;
The reel is disposed between the pair of side plates and supports the outer peripheral surface of the reel inserted between the side plates in a state in which the reel is allowed to rotate while suppressing radial movement of the reel. Two or more support devices, and the reel holding portion is attached to the supply device main body movably to the component supply position and the reel attachment / detachment position by a parallel movement in a substantially horizontal direction by the attachment device. In addition, at least one of the pair of side plates, at the reel mounting / demounting position, hinders other reel holding portions adjacent to the outer peripheral portion of the reel supported by each of the one or more support devices. A component supply device, wherein a notch that enables contact without being formed is formed.
A plurality of the supply device main body portions are detachably attached to a common holding stand, with each of the reel holding portions attached to each of the plurality of supply device main body portions being adjacent to each other. The component supply apparatus of Claim 1 which comprises these.
The supply device main body includes a common main body member for the plurality of reel holding portions, and each of the plurality of reel holding portions is adjacent to each other by the mounting device with respect to the common main body member. And the component supply apparatus of Claim 1 or 2 attached to the said component supply position and the said reel attachment / detachment position separately so that a movement was possible.
The mounting device is
A guide plate that is suspended downward from the supply device main body and has an elongated hole extending in the substantially horizontal direction;
Between the pair of side plates of the reel holding portion, a plurality of guide rollers which are rotatably disposed at a plurality of locations separated in the longitudinal direction of the elongated hole and roll along the inner surface of the elongated hole. The component supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
The reel holding unit includes, as the support device, one that can selectively support a large-diameter reel and a small-diameter reel that have different outer diameters. The component supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reel support device is removed.
The component supply device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the reel holding unit includes a plurality of the support devices and can support the reels one by one in each of the plurality of support devices.
And a connecting device for connecting the reel holding portion to the supply device main body at the component supply position, the connecting device comprising:
A first engagement portion provided on one of the reel holding portion and the supply device body portion;
The reel holding portion is provided on the other of the reel holding portion and the supply device main body portion, and is urged toward the operating position by the urging means, and in the state of being engaged with the first engaging portion at the operating position, the reel holding portion. And a second engagement portion that suppresses relative movement between the main body and the supply device main body and separates from the first engagement portion against a biasing force of the biasing means when a force exceeding a set value is applied. Item 7. The component supply device according to any one of Items 1 to 6.
8. The display lamp according to claim 1, wherein the supply device main body is provided with an indicator lamp that instructs to move the reel holding portion attached to the supply device main body to the reel attachment / detachment position. Parts supply equipment.