JP2003051697A - Taping device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Modifications required) [Problem] To reduce the time required for recognition and reduce the production time as much as possible. SOLUTION: A rotary disk 2 via an index unit.
It is transported to the next station according to the 90-degree rotation of 0, and further transported to the next component insertion station.
During this conveyance, the recognition camera 16 images the three storage grooves 3B of the tape main body 3A on the conveyance rail 4.
That is, to check whether the chip component 30 has been inserted into the leftmost storage groove 3B, and to confirm that the chip component 30 has not been inserted (empty) in the rightmost storage groove 3B. In addition, the three storage grooves 3B are simultaneously imaged to recognize the position of the rightmost storage groove 3B.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a taping device in which a chip component is loaded in each storage groove in a storage tape and an opening on the upper surface of the storage groove is closed by a cover tape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional taping device of this type, in the process of loading a chip component into the storage groove in the storage tape, the position of the storage groove before insertion is recognized by an image pickup by a recognition camera, and then the same. The storage tape is conveyed after the presence / absence of the inserted component is recognized after the insertion operation by the image pickup by the recognition camera.

[0003]

However, since the image pickup by the recognition camera has to be performed twice, it takes extra time for production.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to reduce the time required for recognition and shorten the production time as much as possible.

[0005]

Therefore, the first invention is
In a taping device in which chip components are sequentially loaded into each storage groove in a storage tape and an opening on the upper surface of the storage groove is closed with a cover tape, suction loading nozzles that take out chip components from a chip component supply unit are arranged at predetermined intervals. Recognizing an image of the rotary disc that is installed and is rotated intermittently, and the storage groove of the storage tape in which the chip component has already been inserted by the loading nozzle and the storage groove before insertion are simultaneously imaged during the intermittent rotation of the rotary disc. A camera is provided.

In a second aspect of the invention, the recognition camera images the storage groove of the storage tape in which the chip component is inserted by the loading nozzle to confirm the presence or absence of the chip component, and recognizes the position of the storage groove before insertion. Therefore, the storage groove is imaged.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a taping device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the taping device will be described based on the plan view of the taping device in FIG. 1. 1 is the taping device body,
A tape supply reel 2 is rotatably locked to a pin erected on the main body 1, and a tip end of a tape main body (also referred to as a carrier tape) 3A wound around the tape supply reel 2 is the tape. Appropriate tension is applied to the main body 3A by a pulley (not shown), and the main body 3A is fixed to the take-up reel 5 via the transport rail 4.

Then, while the tape body 3A is sequentially conveyed by a predetermined amount (wound by the take-up reel 5) in accordance with the rotation of the take-up reel 5 by a rotation drive system (not shown), the tape body 3A The chip component is inserted into the storage groove 3B, further conveyed to a predetermined position, and the opening on the upper surface of the storage groove 3B is covered with a cover tape 3C supplied from a cover tape supply reel (not shown), and then the winding is performed. It is wound up on reel 5. As described above, the tape 3 is formed by the tape main body 3A, the storage groove 3B provided in the tape main body 3A, and the cover tape (top tape) 3C that is pressure-bonded to the upper surface of the tape main body 3A. It is formed by a tape and a spacer.

Then, after the chip component is inserted into the storage groove 3B of the tape body 3A by the component loading device 10, the component is inspected by the component inspection mechanism (not shown), and the tape crimping mechanism (not shown). As a result, the tape body 3A and the cover tape 3C are pressure-bonded to each other and wound on the take-up reel 5.

Next, the component loading apparatus 10 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. First, the Y-axis table 11 that can be moved in the Y direction by the drive motor 11A.
X on the top is movable by the drive motor 12A in the X direction.
A table 12 is provided, and a frame 13 is fixed on the X table 12. An attachment plate 14 is fixed to the frame body 13, an index unit 15 is provided at the center of the attachment plate 14, and a recognition camera 16 and a recognition camera 17 are provided at the front and rear portions so as to face each other. .

On the lower surface of the mounting plate 14, there is provided a turntable 20 which is intermittently rotated (at intervals of 90 degrees) via the index unit 15 by a drive motor (not shown). For example, the suction loading nozzles 22 are arranged in each of the four mounting heads 21 arranged at intervals of 90 degrees.

The suction loading nozzle 22 is constructed such that the mounting head 21 can be moved up and down by a vertical drive motor (not shown), and can be rotated around a vertical line by a θ rotation motor.

A Y-axis table 24, which is movable in the Y direction by a drive motor 24A, is mounted on the X table 12.
Further, an X-axis table 25 movable in the X direction by a drive motor 25A is provided on the Y-axis table 24. A chip component supply table 27 is provided on the X-axis table 25 via a mounting member 26, and a wafer attached to a sheet 28 is diced on the supply table 27 and divided into individual chip components 30. In this state, the part is fixed while being pulled up from the back surface by a push-up pin (not shown).

Below the recognition camera 17 in FIG. 1 is a component suction (take-out) station, which recognizes the next chip component 30 to be taken out on the chip component supply table 27 in the state of FIG. 1, that is, while the rotary table 20 is moving. The position of the chip component 30 is recognized by capturing an image with the camera 17, and the Y position is set so as to be positioned immediately below the moving suction loading nozzle 22.
The table 24 and the X table 25 are moved, and at this component suction station, the chip component 30 on the chip component supply table 27 is sucked down by the suction loading nozzle 22 and sucked out.

Next, it is conveyed to the next station in synchronization with the 90 ° rotation of the turntable 20 through the index unit, and further to the next component insertion station.
During this transportation, the recognition camera 16 images the three storage grooves 3B of the tape body 3A on the transportation rail 4.
That is, in order to confirm whether or not the chip component 30 has been inserted into the leftmost storage groove 3B, and to confirm that the chip component 30 has not been inserted (empty) into the rightmost storage groove 3B. Also, the three storage grooves 3B are simultaneously imaged in order to recognize the position of the rightmost storage groove 3B.

Therefore, after the image is picked up, a recognition processing circuit (not shown) recognizes the position of the rightmost storage groove 3B, and based on the result, a control device (not shown) drives the drive motor 11A of the Y table 11. The suction loading nozzle 2 that corrects and controls the drive motor 12A of the X table 12 and the θ rotation motor and descends to an appropriate position in the middle storage groove 3B.
2, the chip component 30 is inserted. That is,
At this component insertion station, the turntable 2 is placed in the storage groove 3B of the tape body 3A on the transport rail 4 on which the chip component 30 sucked by the suction loading nozzle 22 is waiting below.
By the correction movement of 0 in the XY directions and the correction movement of the suction loading nozzle 22 in the θ direction, the insertion and loading can be performed at an appropriate position.

After the insertion and loading, the tape main body 3A is successively conveyed by a predetermined amount in accordance with the rotation of the take-up reel 5 by a rotation drive system (not shown) (the take-up reel 5).
The tape crimping mechanism performs a component inspection (for example, an electrical characteristic inspection) on the chip component inserted in the storage groove 3B of the tape main body 3A while the tape crimping mechanism is used. Then, the tape body 3A and the cover tape 3C whose inspection of the chip component 30 has been completed are pressure-bonded to each other to complete taping.

The chip component 30 is placed in the leftmost storage groove 3B.
In order to confirm whether or not the taping device has been inserted, if it is determined that the taping device has not been inserted as a result of the recognition processing based on the imaging by the recognition camera 16, the control device controls the taping device to be stopped. To do.

Further, even when it is determined that the taping device has already been inserted into the rightmost storage groove 3B, the control device controls so as to stop the taping device.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various alternatives, modifications or variations can be made by those skilled in the art based on the above description, and the present invention can be carried out in the above-mentioned various forms without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is intended to cover alternatives, modifications or variations.

[0021]

According to the prior art, in the process of loading a chip component into the storage groove in the storage tape, the position of the storage groove before insertion is recognized by the image pickup by the recognition camera, and then the insertion operation is completed by the image pickup by the recognition camera. Since the presence / absence of the inserted component is to be recognized later, it is necessary to take the image by the recognition camera twice, which takes extra time for production, but according to the present invention, the image is taken once. As a result, the time required for recognition can be reduced, and the production time can be shortened as much as possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a taping device.

FIG. 2 is a left side view showing a taping device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Taping device body 3 storage tape 3A tape body 3B storage groove 3C cover tape 10 Parts loading device 20 turntable 21 mounting head 22 Suction loading nozzle 30 chip parts

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Toru Beppu             2-5-3 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture             Within Yo Denki Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 3E067 AA12 AB47 AC04 AC11 BA26A                       BB14A BC06A BC07A EA32                       EB27 EC24 EC38 FA01 FC01                 3F072 AA14 GA10 GE03 GE05 GE09                       GG03 KC01 KC05 KC07 KC10                       KC12 KD30                 5E313 AA03 AA18 AA21 AA31 CC02                       CC04 CD06 DD02 DD03 DD07                       DD32 DD50 EE24 EE25 FF31                       FG10

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In a taping device in which chip components are sequentially loaded in respective storage grooves in a storage tape and an opening on the upper surface of the storage groove is closed by a cover tape, suction loading for removing chip components from a chip component supply section. A rotary disk having nozzles arranged at predetermined intervals and rotating intermittently, a storage groove of the storage tape in which chip components have already been inserted by the loading nozzle during the intermittent rotation of the rotary disk, and a storage groove before insertion. A taping device, which is provided with a recognition camera for simultaneously picking up images. 2. The recognition camera images the storage groove of the storage tape in which the chip component is inserted by the loading nozzle to confirm the presence or absence of the chip component, and stores the storage groove for recognizing the position of the storage groove before insertion. The taping device according to claim 1, wherein the groove is imaged.