IP Library Granted Patent US 9,332,684
Granted Patent B2
US 9,332,684 · App. 14/131,807 · Granted May 3, 2016

Electronic component mounting system

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Patent No.
US 9,332,684
App. No.
14/131,807
Granted
May 3, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate standby unit that is capable of keeping only one substrate 4 on standby in a substrate sorting mechanism 40 that moves the substrate 4 from the print inspection device M 2 to the component installation device M 4 , a memory device 60 that stores a substrate ID on the substrate 4 that is on standby in the substrate standby unit, and a substrate ID management unit 46 that updates the substrate ID that is stored in the memory device 60 accompanying the transfer of the substrate 4 from the print inspection device M 2 to the substrate standby unit are included. The substrate ID stored in the memory device 60 and the inspection result data associated with this substrate ID and stored in an inspection result data memory unit 45 are transmitted to the component installation device M 4.

Claims (15)

1. An electronic component mounting system that comprises a plurality of connected devices for electronic components mounting, and mounts an electronic component on a substrate by solder connection to produce a mount substrate, the electronic component mounting system comprising:

a printing device that prints solder on an electrode that is formed on the substrate;

a print inspection device that inspects a printed state of the solder that is printed on the substrate;

a memory unit that stores an inspection result of the printed state as individual inspection result data that is associated with substrate identification information with which each substrate is identified;

a component installation device comprising a component installation mechanism that picks up the electronic component from a component supply unit to install the electronic component on the substrate on which the solder is printed based on the inspection result data;

a substrate standby unit that is provided on a transfer pathway where the substrate is transferred from the print inspection device to the component installation device, and is capable of keeping only one substrate on standby;

a substrate conveying unit that receives an unloadable signal for indicating that substrate unloading from the print inspection device is possible and a loadable signal for indicating that substrate loading into the component installation device is possible to carry out conveyance of the substrate after printed from the print inspection device to the component installation device;

a standby substrate information memory unit that stores the substrate identification information on the substrate that is on standby in the substrate standby unit;

an identification information update processing unit that updates the substrate identification information that is stored in the standby substrate information memory unit accompanying the transfer of the substrate from the print inspection device to the substrate standby unit; and

information transmission means for transmitting the substrate identification information stored in the standby substrate information memory unit and the inspection result data associated with this substrate identification information to the component installation device.

2. The electronic component mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein any one of the print inspection device and the component installation device comprises a plurality of substrate conveying mechanisms, and the substrate standby unit is provided to a substrate sorting mechanism that sorts the substrate into the substrate conveying mechanisms.

3. The electronic component mounting system according to claim 1 , wherein the print inspection device that stores inspection result data that comprises a good or bad judgment result of the printed state of the solder and a detection result of a positional deviation amount of a printed position of the solder, and

the component installation device that corrects a component installation position of the electronic component by controlling the components installation mechanism based on the detection result of the positional deviation amount.

4. The electronic component mounting system according to claim 2 , wherein the print inspection device that stores inspection result data that comprises a good or bad judgment result of the printed state of the solder and a detection result of a positional deviation amount of a printed position of the solder, and

the component installation device that corrects a component installation position of the electronic component by controlling the components installation mechanism based on the detection result of the positional deviation amount.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2014
From: NAGAI, DAISUKE
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032535/0121 →