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WO2014167685A1 - Nozzle retrieval device, nozzle retrieval device placement base, nozzle replacement system, and component mounting system - Google Patents

Nozzle retrieval device, nozzle retrieval device placement base, nozzle replacement system, and component mounting system Download PDF

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WO2014167685A1
WO2014167685A1 PCT/JP2013/060916 JP2013060916W WO2014167685A1 WO 2014167685 A1 WO2014167685 A1 WO 2014167685A1 JP 2013060916 W JP2013060916 W JP 2013060916W WO 2014167685 A1 WO2014167685 A1 WO 2014167685A1
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之也 粟野
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ヤマハ発動機株式会社
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05KPRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K13/00Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components
    • H05K13/04Mounting of components, e.g. of leadless components
    • H05K13/0404Pick-and-place heads or apparatus, e.g. with jaws
    • H05K13/0408Incorporating a pick-up tool
    • H05K13/0409Sucking devices
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05KPRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K13/00Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components
    • H05K13/04Mounting of components, e.g. of leadless components
    • H05K13/0404Pick-and-place heads or apparatus, e.g. with jaws
    • H05K13/0408Incorporating a pick-up tool
    • H05K13/041Incorporating a pick-up tool having multiple pick-up tools

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  • the present invention relates to a technique for taking out a nozzle from a nozzle stocker that houses a nozzle attached to and detached from a mounting head.
  • Patent Document 1 describes a component mounting apparatus equipped with a nozzle stocker that stores a nozzle removed from a mounting head.
  • a nozzle stocker is detachably provided.
  • the nozzle stocker Since the nozzles as described above are contaminated or deteriorated as they are used in component mounting, it is required to appropriately perform maintenance such as cleaning on the nozzles.
  • the configuration in which the nozzle stocker is detachably provided as in Patent Document 1 is preferable because the nozzle stocker can be removed from the component mounting apparatus and maintenance can be performed on the nozzles stored in the nozzle stocker.
  • the nozzle if the nozzle is stored in the nozzle stocker, it may be difficult to efficiently maintain the nozzle due to other obstacles in the nozzle stocker around the nozzle. . Therefore, there has been a demand for a technique that enables the nozzle to be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique that allows a nozzle to be easily taken out from a nozzle stocker that houses the nozzle.
  • a nozzle take-out device includes an engaging member that is detachably engaged with a nozzle, and a support member that supports the engaging member. By being engaged, the nozzle can be taken out and held.
  • a nozzle replacement system includes a nozzle changer having a nozzle stocker for removably storing a nozzle in a nozzle storage portion, and an engagement member that is detachably engaged with the nozzle.
  • a nozzle take-out device and when the engagement member is separated from the nozzle stocker after being engaged with the nozzle housed in the nozzle housing portion of the nozzle stocker, the engagement member takes out the nozzle from the nozzle housing portion and holds the nozzle.
  • the component mounting system has a mounting head for detachably mounting a nozzle on a nozzle mounting portion, and a nozzle stocker for detachably storing a nozzle in a nozzle storage portion, A nozzle changer that performs a mounting operation for mounting the nozzles stored in the nozzle storage unit on the nozzle mounting unit or a storage operation for storing the nozzles mounted on the nozzle mounting unit in the nozzle storage unit, and the nozzles can be freely attached and detached.
  • a nozzle take-out device having an engaging member to be engaged, and when the engaging member is engaged with the nozzle housed in the nozzle housing portion of the nozzle stocker and then separated from the nozzle stocker, the nozzle is placed in the nozzle housing portion. Remove from and hold.
  • an engagement member is provided that is detachably engaged with the nozzle.
  • This engaging member can be taken out and held by being engaged with the nozzle. Therefore, for example, an operator who performs the nozzle extraction operation can extract the nozzle only by separating the engagement member from the nozzle stocker after engaging the engagement member with the nozzle. In this way, it is possible to easily remove the nozzle from the nozzle stocker that houses the nozzle.
  • the present invention can be particularly suitably configured when taking out a nozzle from a nozzle stocker in which a plurality of nozzle storage portions are arranged.
  • a plurality of engagement members are arranged corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage portions arranged in the nozzle stocker, and the plurality of engagement members are arranged in the plurality of nozzle storage portions.
  • What is necessary is just to comprise a nozzle taking-out apparatus so that it can engage with the nozzle accommodated in each at once. In such a configuration, a plurality of nozzles can be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker.
  • the nozzle take-out device may be configured such that the plurality of engaging members are arranged in a circle corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage units arranged in a circle in the nozzle stocker. good.
  • the nozzle take-out device may be configured such that the plurality of engaging members are arranged linearly corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage units arranged linearly in the nozzle stocker.
  • the nozzle take-out device may be configured so that the support member has a blower opening communicating with the hole of the nozzle held by the engaging member. In such a configuration, for example, by flushing air from a blower port, flushing cleaning that flushes air to the hole of the nozzle can be easily performed.
  • the engaging member may be configured in the nozzle take-out device so that the nozzle engages with the nozzle from the opposite side of the tip holding the object and holds the nozzle with the tip of the nozzle exposed. good.
  • an appropriate cleaning method can be easily determined according to the state of dirt on the nozzle tip, and convenience for the operator is improved.
  • a guide pin that is removably fitted in a guide hole provided in the nozzle stocker is further provided, and when the guide pin fits in the guide hole, the engaging member is aligned with the nozzle accommodated in the nozzle accommodating portion.
  • the engagement member can be aligned with the nozzle stored in the nozzle storage portion, and the engagement member is engaged with the nozzle. The work can be facilitated.
  • the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage unit cannot be performed unless the removal restriction is released.
  • the removal of the restriction can be performed manually by the operator so that the nozzle can be properly taken out.
  • it can also comprise as follows and can aim at the further improvement of workability
  • an operation member that operates a control member that controls the restriction of the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage portion by the nozzle stocker is provided, and the operation member includes an engagement member engaged with the nozzle of the nozzle storage portion.
  • the nozzle take-out device may be configured to operate the control member until the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage unit is released until the nozzle is removed from the nozzle storage unit and the restriction of the nozzle extraction from the nozzle storage unit is released. .
  • the operation member provided in the nozzle extraction device With this function, the restriction on nozzle removal is released. As a result, the worker can execute the nozzle removal without releasing the restriction himself, and the workability for the worker is improved.
  • a nozzle take-out device mounting table includes a mounting member on which the nozzle extracting device can be mounted, and a base that supports the mounting member.
  • a nozzle take-out device mounting table makes it possible to perform maintenance on the nozzle in a state where the nozzle take-out device that holds the nozzle taken out from the nozzle stocker is placed on the placement member, and the workability of the operator who performs the maintenance Contribute to improving
  • the nozzle take-out device mounting table further includes a contact member that contacts the nozzle held by the nozzle take-out device in a state of being placed on the placement member and restricts the nozzle from falling off the nozzle take-out device. May be configured. Such a configuration can suppress the dropout of the nozzle even when a force is applied to the nozzle as the maintenance is performed, and thus contributes to improving the workability of the operator who performs the maintenance.
  • the nozzle further includes a gripping portion that is fixed to the base and gripped when being carried, so that the mounting member and the base can be carried by the gripping portion with the nozzle take-out device placed on the mounting member.
  • You may comprise an extraction device mounting base.
  • the nozzle can be taken out only by engaging the engaging member with the nozzle and then separating the engaging member from the nozzle stocker. As a result, the nozzle can be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker that houses the nozzle.
  • FIG. 12 is a front view illustrating a state where one nozzle stocker is selectively raised. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the nozzle extraction apparatus which can apply this invention.
  • FIG. It is a top view of the nozzle extraction apparatus shown in FIG. It is a bottom view of the nozzle taking-out apparatus shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the nozzle extraction apparatus which took out the nozzle from the nozzle accommodating part. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the operation
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view schematically illustrating a partial configuration of a component mounting device.
  • an XYZ orthogonal coordinate system including the substrate transport direction X, the width direction Y, and the vertical direction Z is shown as appropriate.
  • the X-axis arrow side is referred to as one side, and the opposite side of the X-axis arrow is referred to as the other side as appropriate.
  • the component mounting apparatus 1 has a schematic configuration in which a component supplied by a component supply unit 3 is transferred by a head unit 4 to a board loaded in a transport lane 2. More specifically, two transport lanes 2 extending in parallel with the substrate transport direction X, and two component supply units 3 provided on each side of the transport lane 2 in the width direction Y,
  • the component mounting apparatus 1 includes four head units 4.
  • Each of the two transport lanes 2 has a common configuration, and carries a substrate into the substrate from the upstream side in the substrate transport direction X and stops at a predetermined stop position 20 (dashed line in FIG. 1); A board unloading operation for unloading the board that has received the component mounting at the stop position 20 to the downstream side in the board transport direction X is executed. At this time, each transport lane 2 has a configuration capable of stopping the substrate at each of two different stop positions 20 in the substrate transport direction X, for example.
  • Each of the two transfer lanes 2 includes two transfer conveyors 21 extending in parallel with the board transfer direction X. In the component mounting apparatus 1, the four transfer conveyors 21 are arranged in the width direction Y.
  • the outer two are fixed conveyors fixed in the width direction Y, and the inner two are movable conveyors movable in the width direction Y. Therefore, by moving the movable conveyor 21 in the width direction Y, the width of the transport lane 2 can be adjusted according to the width of the substrate.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a case where two stop positions 20 are set in each of the two transfer lanes 2 and the substrate is transferred while setting a total of four stop positions 20. It is also possible to set one stop position 20 for each conveyance lane 2 and set a total of two stop positions 20.
  • the substrate transfer is executed only in one of the two transfer lanes, and the substrate is transferred in the other. Does not have to be executed.
  • the two component supply units 3 are arranged in the board conveyance direction X on each side of the conveyance lane 2 in the width direction Y, and the component mounting apparatus 1 is provided with a total of four component supply units 3.
  • Each component supply unit 3 has a configuration in which a plurality of tape feeders 31 are arranged in the substrate transport direction X.
  • Each tape feeder 31 has a schematic configuration in which a tape for storing small electronic components such as an integrated circuit (IC), a transistor, and a capacitor is wound around a reel, and the electronic components are intermittently fed from the reel.
  • Supply electronic components The type of feeder constituting the component supply unit 3 is not limited to a tape-type feeder, and may be a tray-type feeder that supplies electronic components while being placed on a tray.
  • Each of the four head units 4 has three mounting heads 5 arranged in the X direction, and a component supplied by the component supply unit 3 by sucking the component with a nozzle at the tip of each mounting head 5 Is transferred to the substrate which stops at the stop position 20.
  • the component mounting apparatus 1 is provided with a head driving mechanism 6 for moving the head unit 4.
  • head driving mechanisms 6 are provided corresponding to the four component supply units 3 described above, and each head drive mechanism 6 has a corresponding component supply unit 3 on the inner side in the Y direction ( Adjacent from the transportation lane 2 side).
  • the four head driving mechanisms 6 each drive one head unit 4.
  • Each head driving mechanism 6 has a configuration in which an X-axis beam 61 extending in the X direction while supporting the head unit 4 movably in the X direction is supported movably in the Y direction.
  • An X-axis ball screw 62 attached to the head unit 4 and extending in the X direction and an X-axis servo motor 63 that rotationally drives the X-axis ball screw 62 are attached to the X-axis beam 61.
  • the X-axis servomotor 63 rotates the X-axis ball screw 62, the head unit 5 moves along the X-axis beam 61 in the X direction.
  • Each head driving mechanism 6 includes a Y-axis ball screw 64 that is attached to the X-axis beam 61 and extends in the Y direction, and a Y-axis servo motor 65 that rotationally drives the Y-axis ball screw 64. Then, when the Y-axis servomotor 63 rotationally drives the Y-axis ball screw 64, the X-axis beam moves in the Y direction along with the head unit 5.
  • Each head drive mechanism 6 configured in this manner is in charge between the corresponding component supply unit 3 and the substrate at the stop position 20 by appropriately rotating the X-axis servo motor 63 and the Y-axis servo motor 65.
  • the head unit 4 to be moved can be moved.
  • the head unit 4 can pick up the components supplied by the component supply unit 3 with the mounting head 5 and transfer them to the substrate stopped at the stop position 20.
  • a camera 68 and a nozzle changer 7 are disposed adjacent to each other from the inside in the Y direction (conveyance lane 2 side).
  • the camera 68 and the nozzle changer 7 are provided between the component supply unit 3 and the transport lane 2 (in other words, the movement path of the head unit 4).
  • the camera 68 is arranged in parallel with the vertical direction Z and faces upward, and is held by the head unit 4 passing through the upper side, or a position recognition mark member 41 (described later) attached to the head unit 4. 3).
  • the nozzle changer 7 replaces nozzles attached to the mounting heads 5 of the head unit 4, and details thereof will be described later.
  • FIG. 2 is a side view showing an example of a head unit provided in the component mounting apparatus of FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view in the X direction showing an example of a head unit provided in the component mounting apparatus of FIG.
  • the head unit 4 includes three mounting heads 5 arranged in a straight line at a predetermined arrangement pitch Lh in the X direction.
  • Each of the three mounting heads 5 has a schematic configuration in which a nozzle N is mounted on the lower end portion of the shaft 50 extending in the Z direction.
  • the mounting head 5 has eight shafts 50 arranged at an arrangement pitch equal to the circumferential direction centered on a central axis C51 parallel to the Z direction, and nozzles provided at the lower ends of the shafts 50.
  • the nozzle N is detachably attached to the attachment portion 51.
  • a leaf spring 52 whose lower end is bent toward the shaft 50 is opposed to the outer periphery of the lower end of the shaft 50 with a gap. Then, when the nozzle N is pushed upward with respect to the nozzle mounting portion 51 in a state where the top of the nozzle N is fitted to the shaft 50 from the outside while the tip of the nozzle N is directed downward, the engagement provided on the outer periphery of the nozzle N The mating protrusion Ne enters the gap between the shaft 50 and the leaf spring 52 while pushing the lower end of the leaf spring 511 outward.
  • the outer peripheral projection Ne of the nozzle N is engaged with the lower end portion of the leaf spring 52, and the nozzle N is mounted on the nozzle mounting portion 51 with its tip directed downward.
  • the nozzle N thus mounted on the nozzle mounting portion 51 is held on the nozzle mounting portion 51 by the elastic force of the leaf spring 511.
  • the nozzle N is formed with a flange Nf that protrudes laterally between the engagement protrusion Ne and the lower end (tip) of the nozzle N. The function of this Nf will be described later together with the nozzle changer 7.
  • a vent passage 53 extending in the Z direction from the nozzle mounting portion 51 is formed at the center of each shaft 50, while a nozzle hole Nv penetrating in the Z direction is formed at the center of the nozzle N, and the nozzle mounting
  • the nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N attached to the part 51 communicates with the air passage 53. Therefore, it is possible to cause the mounting head 51 to perform component mounting while adjusting the air pressure of the nozzle hole Nv through the air passage 53.
  • negative pressure is applied to the nozzle hole Nv while the tip of the nozzle N is in contact with the component, and the component is adsorbed to the tip of the nozzle N. Can do.
  • the mounting head 51 can raise and lower the eight shafts 50 individually. Therefore, the holding of the component from the component supply unit 3 and the placement of the component on the board can be executed by selectively raising and lowering the shaft 50 on which the nozzle N as the execution subject is mounted.
  • the mounting head 51 is a rotary mounting head that can integrally rotate the eight shafts 50 around the central axis C51. Therefore, the position of the nozzle N can be adjusted by appropriately rotating the eight shafts 50.
  • the rod-shaped position recognition mark members 41 extending in the Z direction are arranged on both outer sides in the X direction of the three heads 5 configured as described above.
  • Each mark member 41 is fixed to the head unit 3 and is imaged by the camera 68 and used for position recognition of the head unit 3.
  • the head unit 3 has a camera 43 that captures an image of a component adsorbed by the nozzle N, and an illumination 45 that illuminates the field of view of the camera 43.
  • the camera 43 (the optical system 431 thereof) opposes the tip of the nozzle N mounted on the mounting head 5 from the Y direction, and images the component adsorbed by the nozzle N from the Y direction.
  • the camera 43 is arranged on the Y direction side of the mounting head 5.
  • a rod-like reflecting member 47 is provided at the center of the eight nozzles N arranged in a circumferential shape in the mounting head 5. The light from the illumination 45 is reflected by the reflecting member 47, and the field of view of the camera 43 can be illuminated more brightly.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of a nozzle changer.
  • FIG. 4 shows a state in which the nozzles N are stored in all the nozzle storage portions of the nozzle changer 7.
  • the nozzle changer 7 performs a mounting operation for mounting the nozzle N stored in the nozzle stocker 7 on the mounting head 5 and a storing operation for storing the nozzle N mounted on the mounting head 5 in the nozzle stocker 7.
  • four nozzle stockers 8 having a common configuration are arranged at an equal pitch in the Y direction on the upper part of the nozzle changer 7, and each nozzle stocker 8 performs a mounting operation and a storing operation. Is possible.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of a nozzle stocker provided in the nozzle changer of FIG.
  • FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of a nozzle stocker provided in the nozzle changer of FIG.
  • the nozzle stocker 8 will be described with reference to FIGS.
  • the nozzle stocker 8 has a rectangular parallelepiped stocker body 80 extending in the X direction, and a nozzle storage portion 81 that opens upward on the upper surface of the stocker body 80, and the nozzle N is inserted into and removed from the vertical direction Z. Store in the storage unit 81.
  • the storage unit 81 stores the nozzle N.
  • one nozzle storage unit 81U is configured from eight nozzle storage portions 81 arranged circumferentially at an equal pitch, and three more Nozzle storage units 81U are arranged in a straight line at an equal pitch in the X direction.
  • the arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81 corresponds to the arrangement of the nozzle mounting portions 51 in the head unit 4.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing the correspondence between the arrangement of nozzle mounting portions in the head unit and the arrangement of nozzle storage portions in the nozzle stocker.
  • the arrangement of the nozzle mounting portions 51 in the head unit 4 is shown as viewed from below.
  • the arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81 in the nozzle stocker 8 is shown upward. The state seen from is shown.
  • a state in which the rotation angles of the respective mounting heads 5 are adjusted to be equal to each other is shown, and the nozzle mounting portion 51 is represented by a circular shape of the shaft 50 on which the nozzle N is mounted.
  • the three mounting heads 5 are linearly arranged in the X direction with the arrangement pitch Lh. Further, in each mounting head 5, eight nozzle mounting portions 51 are arranged circumferentially at an arrangement pitch Lo in the circumferential direction.
  • the circumference O51 in which the eight nozzle mounting portions 51 are arranged has a radius Ro.
  • the circumference O51 is a virtual circle passing through the tip of the nozzle N mounted on each of the eight nozzle mounting portions 51.
  • nozzle stocker 8 three nozzle storage units 81U are linearly arranged in the X direction at an arrangement pitch equal to the arrangement pitch Lh. Further, in each nozzle storage unit 81U, eight nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged in the circumferential direction at an arrangement pitch equal to the arrangement pitch Lo.
  • the circumference O81 where the eight nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged has the same radius as the radius Ro.
  • the circumference O81 is a virtual circle passing through the tip of the nozzle N accommodated in each of the eight nozzle mounting portions 81.
  • the nozzle storage portions 81 when the nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged in this way, the nozzle storage portions 81 belonging to different nozzle storage units 81U adjacent in the X direction and having the same arrangement in each nozzle storage unit 81U have an arrangement pitch Lh in the X direction. Arranged in
  • the arrangement of the nozzle mounting portions 51 in the head unit 4 and the arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81 in the nozzle stocker 8 are associated with each other. Therefore, if the rotation angle of each mounting head 5 of the head unit 5 is adjusted to match the arrangement angle of the nozzle mounting portion 51 and the arrangement angle of the nozzle storage portion 81 as shown in FIG.
  • the nozzle mounting portions 51 and the nozzle storage portions 81 can face each other in the Z direction in a one-to-one correspondence relationship.
  • each nozzle storage unit 81 On the upper surface of the stocker body 80, bearing holes 801 that are recessed in a substantially disk shape are formed around each nozzle storage unit 81, and the eight nozzle storage portions 81 open at the bottom of the bearing holes 801.
  • An annular shutter 82 having an outer diameter substantially the same as or slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the bearing hole 801 is fitted into each bearing hole 801 and provided to each nozzle housing unit 81U.
  • the center of the circumferential arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage portions 81, the circular center of the bearing hole 801, and the center of the annular shape of the shutter 82 coincide with each other.
  • 82 is rotatable around the nozzle housing unit 81 ⁇ / b> U while sliding between the inner wall of the bearing hole 801.
  • a presser plate 803 that protrudes to the inside of the bearing hole 801 and presses the shutter 82 from above is screwed around each bearing hole 801, and the shutter 82 falls off from the bearing hole 801. Is prevented.
  • the shutter 82 is provided for each of the three nozzle storage units 81U.
  • Each shutter 82 has the following configuration, thereby restricting the insertion and removal of the nozzles N with respect to the eight nozzle storage portions 81 of the corresponding nozzle storage unit 81U. That is, the shutter 82 includes an annular peripheral portion 821 and eight projecting portions 822 that protrude inward from the peripheral portion 821.
  • the peripheral edge portion 821 has an inner diameter larger than the diameter of a circumscribed circle circumscribing the eight nozzle storage portions 81 constituting the nozzle storage unit 81U, and surrounds the nozzle storage unit 81U from the outside.
  • the eight protrusions 822 are arranged circumferentially at an equal pitch along the inner wall of the peripheral edge 821.
  • each projection 822 is inserted into and removed from the insertion / removal restriction position Pr protruding from the insertion / removal path of the nozzle N with respect to the corresponding nozzle storage part 81 and the insertion / removal permission position Pp deviating from the insertion / removal path. Rotate between.
  • each protrusion 822 restricts insertion / removal of the nozzle N with respect to the corresponding nozzle storage portion 81 at the insertion / removal restriction position Pr, while permitting insertion / removal of the nozzle N with respect to the corresponding nozzle storage portion 81 at the insertion / removal permission position Pp. . 5 and 6, each protrusion 822 is located at the insertion / removal restriction position Pr.
  • the shutter 82 Since the shutter 82 has the above-described configuration, by restricting or rotating the shutter 82 as appropriate, the insertion / removal of the nozzles N is collectively controlled with respect to the eight nozzle storage portions 81 corresponding to the shutter 82. be able to. That is, when the shutter 82 takes a rotating state (insertion / removal restriction state) in which each protrusion 822 is located at the insertion / removal restriction position Pr, the eight nozzle storage portions 81 corresponding to the shutter 82 have no nozzles. N insertion / removal is regulated collectively.
  • Such rotation of the shutter 82 is performed via a crank plate 83 provided for each shutter 82 on the upper surface of the stocker body 80. That is, the shutter 82 has a pin 823 that protrudes upward from the peripheral edge 821.
  • the crank plate 83 is provided adjacent to the bearing hole 801 in which the shutter 82 is fitted, and is configured to be rotatable while being engaged with the pin 823 of the shutter 82.
  • the crank plate 83 has an engaging portion 831 protruding inside the bearing hole 801, and engages with the pin 823 by a long hole 832 that penetrates the engaging portion 831 in the Z direction. Therefore, when the crank plate 83 rotates, the shutter 82 rotates in conjunction with the crank plate 83.
  • the length of the long hole 832 is longer than the outer diameter of the pin 823, and play is provided between the long hole 832 and the pin 823 so that the shutter 82 can be smoothly interlocked with the crank plate 83. Has been.
  • the shutter 82 and the crank plate 83 are provided for each of the three nozzle storage units 81U.
  • the nozzle stocker 8 has a mechanism for collectively switching the state of the three shutters 82 to either the insertion / removal restricted state or the insertion / removal permitted state by rotating the three crank plates 83 at a time. It has. That is, the guide groove 805 extending in the X direction is formed on the side surface in the Y direction of the stocker body 80. The guide groove 805 extends from directly below the shutter 82 located at one end (left side in FIG. 5) in the X direction, and opens at the end of the stocker body 80 on the other side (right side in FIG. 5) in the X direction.
  • a slider 84 that is longer than the guide groove 805 in the X direction is fitted into the guide groove 805.
  • the slider 84 is provided so as to be movable in the X direction along the guide groove 805 while partially protruding from the end of the guide groove 805 on the other side in the X direction (right side in FIG. 5).
  • the slider 84 has a pin 841 protruding upward, which is disposed below each of the three crank plates 83 arranged in the X direction.
  • each of the three pins 841 arranged in the X direction engages with a notch 833 formed in the clamp plate 83 positioned above. Therefore, when the slider 84 is moved in the X direction, the three crank plates 83 that engage with the slider 84 via the three pins 841 rotate at once, and the three shutters 82 rotate at the same time. Move.
  • the three shutters 82 interlocked with the slider 84 are rotated at once, and the three shutters 82 are set in either the insertion / removal restricted state or the insertion / removal permitted state.
  • the state can be switched at once.
  • FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an example of the switching operation between the insertion / removal restriction state and the insertion / removal permission state, and illustrates a state in which the nozzle N is stored in each nozzle storage unit 81 of the nozzle storage unit 81U.
  • the configuration related to one nozzle storage unit 81U is representatively shown, but the configuration related to three nozzle storage units 81U belonging to the same nozzle stocker 8 performs the same operation collectively. .
  • each protrusion 822 is positioned at the insertion / removal restriction position Pr protruding in the insertion / removal path of the nozzle N with respect to the nozzle storage portion 81, and restricts the insertion / removal of the nozzle N into the nozzle storage portion 81.
  • FIG. 1 shows that as shown in FIG. 1
  • each protrusion 822 positioned at the insertion / removal restriction position Pr is a width of the nozzle Nf of the nozzle N stored in the nozzle storage portion 81. Positioned immediately above, the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 is restricted.
  • each protrusion 822 is positioned at an insertion / removal permission position Pp that deviates from the insertion / removal path of the nozzle N with respect to the nozzle storage unit 81, and permits insertion / removal of the nozzle N into / from the nozzle storage unit 81.
  • FIG. 1 shows that in the lower column of the figure, in the insertion / removal permission state, the pin 841 is moved to the other side Xr in the X direction along with the slider 84. Therefore, the crank plate 83 is in a state of being rotated counterclockwise Rb, and the shutter 82 is in a state of being rotated clockwise Rf.
  • each protrusion 822 is positioned at an insertion / removal permission position Pp that deviates from the insertion / removal path of the nozzle N with respect to the nozzle storage unit 81, and permits insertion / removal of the nozzle N into / from the nozzle storage unit 81.
  • each protrusion 822 positioned at the insertion / removal permission position Pp is the width of the nozzle N stored in the nozzle storage portion 81.
  • the nozzle N is removed from just above, and the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 is permitted.
  • the sliders 84 are moved to the X1 side or the Xr side in the X direction, whereby the shutters 82 can be collectively rotated to the counterclockwise side Rb or the clockwise side Rf. . Therefore, by simply operating the slider 84, switching from the insertion / removal permitted state to the insertion / removal prohibited state or switching from the insertion / removal prohibited state to the insertion / removal permitted state can be performed collectively for each shutter 82. it can.
  • the stocker body 80 incorporates an elastic member (not shown) such as a spring for urging the slider 84 to one side in the X direction (left side in FIG. 5), and each shutter 82 is inserted and removed by this elastic member. It is urged in the rotation direction Rb that is in the restricted state.
  • the slider 84 has a shutter operation portion 843 protruding upward at a portion protruding from the stocker body 80 to the other side in the X direction (right side in FIG. 5). Therefore, by operating the shutter operation unit 843, the slider 84 can be moved in the X direction against the urging force of the elastic member.
  • the stocker body 80 includes a stopper 85 provided on the moving path of the slider 84 on the other side in the X direction of the slider 84 (the right side in FIG. 5). Therefore, when the slider 84 hits the stopper, further movement of the slider 84 against the urging force is restricted.
  • a ring 84a that is rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to the Y direction is attached to the end of one side Xl of the slider 84 in the X direction. Therefore, the slider 84 can be moved to the other side Xr in the X direction by pressing the ring 84a to the other side Xr in the X direction.
  • the slider 84 is formed thick in the Y direction in the thick portion 845 provided with the pins 841.
  • the thick portion 845 protrudes from the guide groove 805 in the Y direction, and moves as the slider 84 moves.
  • a cover member 807 that covers the guide groove 805 is screwed to the side surface of the stocker body 80 while avoiding the movement range of the thick portion 845 of the slider 84. The cover member 807 prevents the slider 84 from falling off the guide groove 805.
  • the nozzles N can be taken out from the nozzle storage portion 81 of the nozzle stocker 8 in a lump. Therefore, guide holes 86 extending in the Z direction are formed at both ends of the nozzle stocker 8 in order to facilitate the mutual positioning of the nozzle stocker 8 and the nozzle extraction device 9 during the nozzle extraction operation.
  • FIG. 9 is a side view showing an example of the nozzle changer of FIG. 4
  • FIG. 10 is a front view showing an example of the nozzle changer of FIG.
  • On the upper surface of the base 70 of the nozzle changer 7, four stocker raising / lowering mechanisms 71 having a common configuration are arranged at equal pitches in the Y direction, and four nozzles are disposed above the stocker raising / lowering mechanism 71.
  • Stockers 8 are arranged at equal pitches in the Y direction.
  • the arrangement pitch of the stocker elevating mechanism 71 and the arrangement pitch of the nozzle stocker 8 are equal to each other, and the four stocker elevating mechanisms 71 and the four nozzle stockers 8 are associated with each other. And each stocker raising / lowering mechanism 71 raises / lowers the nozzle stocker 8 just provided correspondingly.
  • the support frame 710 that forms the skeleton of the stocker lifting mechanism 71 is erected on the base 70 and extends in the Z direction.
  • the stocker elevating mechanism 71 includes a Z-axis cylinder 712 fixed to the lower portion of the support frame 710 and an elevating plate 713 provided on the upper portion of the support frame 710 so as to be movable up and down.
  • the Z-axis cylinder 712 is a rod cylinder (air cylinder) that advances and retracts the cylinder rod 712a in the Z direction by air.
  • the Z-axis cylinder 712 is supplied with air from an air supply device 701 housed in the lower part of the base 70 via an air hose 702.
  • the cylinder rod 712a is moved up and down.
  • the elevating plate 713 is supported by a guide member 714 fixed to the upper part of the support frame 710 so as to be movable up and down.
  • the upper part of the cylinder rod 712 a of the Z-axis cylinder 712 is attached to the lift plate 713 by a joint 715. Therefore, the elevating plate 713 can be moved up and down by the Z-axis cylinder 712.
  • the stocker elevating mechanism 71 has a support bottom plate 716 that supports the nozzle stocker 8 from below, and the upper portion of the elevating plate 713 is fixed to the support bottom plate 716. Therefore, the nozzle stocker 8 moves up and down together with the lift plate 713.
  • Such a stocker raising / lowering mechanism 71 can raise and lower the corresponding nozzle stocker 8 by moving the cylinder rod 712a of the Z-axis cylinder 712 forward and backward in the Z direction.
  • a stocker lifting mechanism 71 is individually provided for each of the four nozzle stockers 8. Therefore, the four nozzle stockers 8 can be raised and lowered individually.
  • the nozzle changer 7 has a shutter operation mechanism 73 for operating the shutter 82 of the raised nozzle stocker 8 by operating the shutter operation portion 843 of the raised nozzle stocker 8 among the four nozzle stockers 8.
  • the shutter operation mechanism 73 is disposed on the other side in the X direction of the four nozzle stockers 8 (the right side in FIG. 10), and is attached to the support frame 710 via the connection frame 75.
  • the shutter operation mechanism 73 has a schematic configuration in which a clutch member 731 facing the shutter operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 from above is driven in the X direction by an X-axis cylinder 732.
  • the connection frame 75 includes a mounting plate 75a provided parallel to the YZ plane on the other side in the X direction of the four nozzle stockers 8 and the support frame 710 (right side in FIG. 10), and both sides of the mounting plate 75a in the Y direction.
  • the frame member 730 of the shutter operation mechanism 73 is attached to the upper end of the attachment flat plate 75a and protrudes from the attachment flat plate 75a to the other side in the X direction (the right side in FIG. 10).
  • the frame member 730 has a flat plate shape parallel to the XY plane, and is positioned at the center of the arrangement of the four nozzle stockers 8 in the Y direction.
  • the clutch member 731 is attached to the upper surface of the frame member 730 via the X-axis guide mechanism 733, and is movable in the X direction.
  • the X-axis guide mechanism 733 includes an X-axis rail 733a fixed to the upper surface of the frame member 730, and an X-axis slider 733b movable in the X direction along the X-axis rail 733a.
  • a clutch member 731 is screwed to the shaft slider 733b.
  • the clutch member 731 includes a first extending plate 731a, a second extending plate 731b, and an engaging claw 731c.
  • the first extending plate 731a is a plate extending in the X direction from the X-axis slider 733b toward the nozzle stocker side 8, and is bent in a stepped manner at a portion protruding from the X-axis slider 733b.
  • the second extending plate 731b is a plate extending in the X direction from the first extending plate 731a to above the four nozzle stockers 8.
  • the second extending plate 731b has a width wider than the arrangement of the four shutter operation units 843 in the Y direction, and faces the four shutter operation units 843 arranged in the Y direction from above.
  • the engaging claw 731c is bent downward from the tip in the X direction on the nozzle stocker side 8 of the second extending plate 732b, and has the same width as the second extending plate 731b in the Y direction.
  • the X-axis cylinder 732 is attached to the lower surface of the frame member 730 and has a cylinder rod 732a extending in the X direction toward the nozzle stocker 8 side.
  • the cylinder rod 732a extends through the through hole (not shown) provided in the attachment flat plate 75a of the connection frame 75 in the X direction and extends from the attachment flat plate 75a to the nozzle stocker 8 side.
  • the X-axis cylinder 732 is a rod cylinder (air cylinder) that advances and retracts the cylinder rod 732a in the X direction by air, and receives supply of air from the air supply device 701 housed in the lower part of the base 70 via the air hose 703. To move the cylinder rod 732a.
  • the tip of the cylinder rod 732 a on the nozzle stocker 8 side is connected to an engagement flat plate 735 that engages with the clutch member 731.
  • rod members 736 that are spaced apart in the X direction and extend in the Y direction are fixed to the bottom surface of the clutch member 731, and the engaging flat plate 735 is free to play between the rod members 736. And is engaged with the clutch member 731. Therefore, by moving the cylinder rod 732a of the X-axis cylinder 732 forward and backward in the X direction, the clutch member 731 can be moved in the X direction and brought into contact with and separated from the nozzle stocker 8.
  • FIG. 11 is a perspective view illustrating a state where one nozzle stocker 8 is selectively raised
  • FIG. 12 is a front view illustrating a state where one nozzle stocker is selectively raised. is there.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 only the leftmost nozzle stocker 8 in FIG. 4 is raised, the other nozzle stockers 8 are lowered, the cylinder rod 732a extends to the nozzle stocker 8 side, and the clutch member 731 is Close to the nozzle stocker 8.
  • the above-described stocker raising / lowering mechanism 71 raises and lowers the nozzle stocker 8 between the raised position Pu and the lowered position Pd below the raised position Pu.
  • the second extending plate 731b of the clutch member 731 faces the operation portion 843 of each of the four nozzle stockers 8 from above.
  • the height of the clutch member 731 is set to a height at which the second extending plate 731 is positioned slightly above the upper end of the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 at the raised position Pu.
  • a clearance less than the length of the engaging claw 731c of the clutch member 731 is vacant between the upper end of the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 at the raised position Pu and the second extending plate 731b of the clutch member 731. ing. Further, in a state where the cylinder rod 732a is extended, the engaging claw 731c of the clutch member 731 is located on the one side Xl in the X direction further than the operation portion 843 pushed to the one side Xl in the X direction by the urging force. .
  • the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 located at the raised position Pu is located at the lowered position Pd while the engaging claw 731c of the clutch member 731 is engaged on one side Xl in the X direction.
  • the engaging claw 731c of the clutch member 731 is disengaged downward from the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 and is not engaged.
  • the shutter operation mechanism 73 can operate the nozzle stocker 8 at the raised position Pu via the clutch member 731. That is, when the shutter operating mechanism 73 operates the X-axis cylinder 732 and contracts the cylinder rod 732a, the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 is pulled to the other side Xr in the X direction by the clutch member 731. As a result, the slider 84 moves to the other side Xr in the X direction, and the shutters 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 are collectively switched from the insertion / removal prohibited state to the insertion / removal permitted state.
  • the slider 84 is moved in one direction in the X direction by the urging force as the clutch member 731 moves to one side X1 in the X direction.
  • the shutters 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 are collectively switched from the insertion / removal permitted state to the insertion / removal prohibited state.
  • the clutch member 731 can switch the shutters 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 at the raised position Pu between the insertion / removal permitted state and the insertion / removal prohibited state.
  • the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 at the lowered position Pd does not engage with the clutch member 731. Therefore, the shutters 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 at the lowered position Pd are maintained in the insertion / removal prohibited state regardless of the operation of the shutter operation mechanism 73.
  • the nozzle changer 7 can not only simply move the nozzle stocker 8 up and down by the stocker lifting mechanism 71 but also control the formation and blocking of the power transmission path between the shutter 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 and the shutter operation mechanism 73. it can. That is, if the nozzle stocker 8 is raised to the raised position Pu by the nozzle stocker lifting mechanism 71, a power transmission path between the nozzle stocker 8 and the shutter operation mechanism 73 can be formed. Further, if the nozzle stocker 8 is lowered to the lowered position Pd by the nozzle stocker raising / lowering mechanism 71, the power transmission path between the nozzle stocker 8 and the shutter operation mechanism 73 can be interrupted.
  • FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing an example of a nozzle take-out device to which the present invention can be applied.
  • FIG. 14 is a plan view of the nozzle take-out device shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 15 is a bottom view of the nozzle take-out device shown in FIG.
  • the nozzle take-out device 9 has a schematic configuration in which an engagement member 91 that is detachably engaged with the nozzle N is supported by a rectangular parallelepiped support member 90 that is long in the longitudinal direction Dx and short in the width direction Dy. Yes.
  • the operator brings the nozzle take-out device 9 closer to the nozzle stocker 8 from the engagement / disengagement direction Dz and engages the engagement member 91 of the nozzle take-out device 9 with the nozzle N accommodated in the nozzle stocker 8.
  • the nozzle N can be taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 by separating the nozzle take-out device 9 from the nozzle stocker 8 in the engaging / disengaging direction Dz.
  • the side on which the nozzle take-out device 9 is moved when the nozzle take-out device 9 is brought close to the nozzle stocker 8 is represented as the approach side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz.
  • the side on which the nozzle take-out device 9 is moved when the nozzle take-out device 9 is moved away from the nozzle stocker is represented as a separated side Dz ( ⁇ ) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz.
  • an orthogonal coordinate system including a longitudinal direction Dx, a width direction Dy, and an engagement / disengagement direction Dz is shown as appropriate.
  • the support member 90 On the approaching side Dz (+) surface of the support member 90, three recesses 901 are arranged in a straight line at equal pitches in the longitudinal direction Dx. Further, the support member 90 is formed with a cutout portion 902 cut out in the width direction Dy in the middle of the longitudinal direction Dx, specifically, between the concave portion 901 at one end and the concave portion 901 at the center.
  • the recess 901 has a circular shape in a plan view and opens on the approaching side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz. In the recess 901, eight engaging members 91 are arranged at equal pitches around the circumference to constitute an engaging unit 91U.
  • the engaging units 91U are provided in the respective recesses 901, three engaging units 91U are linearly arranged at equal pitches in the longitudinal direction Dx on the surface on the approaching side Dz (+) of the support member 90. Will be.
  • Such an arrangement of the engaging members 91 corresponds to the arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81 in the nozzle stocker 8.
  • three nozzle storage units 81U are linearly arranged in the X direction with the arrangement pitch Lh. Further, in each nozzle storage unit 81U, eight nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged circumferentially at an arrangement pitch Lo in the circumferential direction.
  • the circumference O81 in which the eight nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged has a radius Ro.
  • three engagement units 91U are linearly arranged in the X direction at an arrangement pitch equal to the arrangement pitch Lh. Further, in each engagement unit 91U, eight engagement members 91 are arranged in the circumferential direction with an arrangement pitch equal to the arrangement pitch Lo.
  • the circumference O91 where the eight engaging members 91 are arranged has the same radius as the radius Ro.
  • the circumference O91 is a virtual circle passing through the tip of the nozzle N engaged with each of the eight engaging members 91.
  • the arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81 in the nozzle stocker 8 and the arrangement of the engaging members 91 in the nozzle take-out device 9 are associated with each other. Therefore, the engaging member 91 and each nozzle housing are accommodated by making the approaching side Dz (+) of the nozzle take-out device 9 face the upper surface of the nozzle stocker 8 while making the engaging / disengaging direction Dz of the nozzle take-out device 9 parallel to the Z direction.
  • the portions 81 can be opposed to each other in the Z direction with a one-to-one correspondence.
  • the nozzle storage device 81 of the nozzle stocker 8 is brought closer to the nozzle stocker 8 from the engagement / disengagement direction Dz by making the engagement members 91 and the nozzle storage portions 81 face each other.
  • the engaging members 91 of the nozzle take-out device 9 can be collectively engaged with the nozzles N accommodated therein.
  • a rubber member 92 having a circular shape in plan view is screwed to the center of each recess 901 of the support member 90.
  • the rubber member 92 has a smaller diameter than the inscribed circle of the plurality of engaging members 91 arranged in a circumferential shape, and the eight engaging members 91 surrounding the rubber member 92 and the rubber member 92 are included. There is a gap between them.
  • the rubber member 92 slightly protrudes toward the approach side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz with respect to the recess 901.
  • the engagement member 91 protrudes greatly toward the approaching side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz with respect to the recess 901 and the rubber member 91, respectively.
  • the engagement member 91 is formed with a vent hole 911 penetrating in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz.
  • the air hole 911 communicates with the nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N that engages with the engaging member 91 through which the air hole 911 passes.
  • an air blowing port 93 (FIG. 15) communicating with the vent holes 911 of each of the eight engaging members 91 provided in the concave portion 901 is provided in the bottom portion of the concave portion 901.
  • the air outlet 93 is provided for each of the three recesses 901.
  • the nozzle take-out device 9 is provided at both ends of the support member 90 in the longitudinal direction Dy and protrudes toward the approaching side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz, or at the end of the support member 90 in the longitudinal direction Dy.
  • An operating member 96 is provided.
  • the guide pins 95 are provided corresponding to the guide holes 86 of the nozzle stocker 8. More specifically, in a state where the nozzle take-out device 9 is opposed to the nozzle stocker 8, each guide pin is opposed to each guide hole 86 and can be inserted and removed in the Z direction. It is provided in the stocker body 80.
  • the operation member 96 supports the pressing button 961 and the contact lever 962 on the rotating plate 960 while rotatably supporting a flat rotating plate 960 around a rotating shaft C96 provided at the corner of the support member 90.
  • the rotating flat plate 960 is a flat plate provided along the surface on the separation side Dz ( ⁇ ) of the support member 90, and has a window 940 a at a portion facing the air outlet 93.
  • the window 960a exposes the air outlet 93 without being hidden by the rotating flat plate 960.
  • the push button 961 is provided on the longitudinal direction Dx side of the rotation axis C96 and faces the notch 902 of the support member 90 from the width direction Dy, and with respect to the notch 902 as the rotating plate 960 rotates.
  • the contact lever 962 is provided adjacent to the side surface of the support member 90 on the opposite side of the rotation axis C96 in the width direction Dy, and protrudes greatly from the support member 90 to the approach side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz. Yes.
  • the abutment lever 962 is displaced in the rotation direction Dr along with the rotation of the rotation flat plate 960, thereby being displaced to the inner side Dr (+) of the support member 90 in the longitudinal direction Dx or the outer side of the support member 90. It can be displaced to Dr (-).
  • the press button 961 comes out of the notch portion 902 while the contact lever 962 is displaced inwardly to Dr (+).
  • the pressing member 961 enters the notch 902 in a state where the contact lever 962 is displaced outward Dr ( ⁇ ).
  • the operation member 96 is urged in a direction in which the contact lever 962 is displaced inwardly to Dr (+) by an urging member (not shown) provided on the rotating shaft C96. Therefore, when the operator pushes the pressing button 961 against the urging force into the notch 902, the contact lever 962 is displaced outward Dr ( ⁇ ), while when the operator releases the pressing button 961, the contact lever 962 is moved. It is displaced inward Dr (+) by the urging force.
  • FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view showing a nozzle take-out device in which a nozzle is taken out from the nozzle storage portion.
  • the tip Nt of the nozzle N faces downward and fits in the nozzle housing portion 81, while the nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N opens upward on the opposite side of the tip Nt. Yes.
  • the engagement / disengagement direction Dz of the nozzle take-out device 9 is made to coincide with the Z direction, and the nozzle take-out device 9 is brought close to the nozzle stocker 8 from above, the nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N accommodated in the nozzle stocker 8 becomes the nozzle
  • the engagement member 91 of the take-out device 9 is fitted from the outside.
  • the nozzle N is sandwiched between the engaging member 91 and the rubber member 92 at the periphery of the nozzle hole Nv, and is pushed to the engaging member 91 by the elastic force of the rubber member 92.
  • the nozzle N is held by the engaging member 91 by the frictional force acting between the nozzle N and the engaging member 91 and the frictional force acting between the nozzle N and the rubber member 92.
  • the support member 90 is provided with the air blowing port 93 described above.
  • the air blowing port 93 includes an opening 931 that opens to the bottom surface (the surface on the separation side Dz ( ⁇ )) of the support member 90 at the center of the recess 901, and the opening 931 and the engaging member 91. It is comprised with the connection path 932 which connects the vent hole 911.
  • the connection path 932 extends from the opening 931 toward the engagement / disengagement direction Dz into the support member 90, and then radially diverges in a direction orthogonal to the engagement / disengagement direction Dz to the vent 911 of each engagement member 91. It arrives.
  • the nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N engaged with the engaging member 91 communicates with the vent hole 911 of the engaging member 91. Therefore, the operator can perform flushing cleaning for flushing air to the nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N held by the engaging member 91 by blowing air into the opening 931 of the air blowing port 93 (air blow). it can.
  • FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing an example of an operation when taking out the nozzle from the nozzle changer using the nozzle take-out device.
  • the nozzles N stored in the second nozzle stocker 8 from the back are collectively extracted by the nozzle extraction device 9 from the state where the nozzles N are stored in all the nozzle storage portions 81 of the nozzle changer 7. Illustrated.
  • each process of the figure is performed by the operator.
  • the operator sets the approach side Dz (+) of the nozzle take-out device 9 to the second nozzle stocker from the back while making the engagement / disengagement direction Dz of the nozzle take-out device 9 parallel to the Z direction. 8 is opposed to the upper surface.
  • the nozzle N accommodated in each nozzle accommodating part 81 of the 2nd nozzle stocker 8 and each engaging member 91 of the nozzle taking-out apparatus 9 mutually oppose in a Z direction by the one-to-one correspondence.
  • each nozzle N and each engagement member 91 are thus opposed, the operator moves the nozzle take-out device 9 to the approach side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz and causes the nozzle stocker 8 to move the nozzle take-out device. 9 is approached from the engagement / disengagement direction Dz.
  • the engaging members 91 of the nozzle take-out device 9 are collectively engaged with the nozzles N stored in the nozzle storing portions 81 of the nozzle stocker 8 as in the engaging step shown in the center of FIG. Match.
  • two guide pins 95 of the guide pin 95 of the nozzle take-out device 9 are inserted into the two guide holes 86 of the nozzle stocker 8 in the middle of the approach of the nozzle take-out device 9 to the nozzle stocker 8.
  • the approach / engagement of the engagement member 91 with each nozzle N is executed.
  • the contact lever 962 of the nozzle take-out device 9 contacts a ring 84a provided on the slider 84 of the nozzle stocker 8 from one side Xl in the X direction.
  • the contact lever 96 pushes the slider 84 to the other side Xr in the X direction.
  • the restriction of insertion / removal of the nozzle N by the shutter 82 is released (that is, the state of the shutter 82 is switched from the insertion / removal restriction state to the insertion / removal permission state). Therefore, in a state where the engagement members 91 are engaged with the nozzles N, the nozzles N can be taken out from the nozzle stocker 8.
  • the operator moves the nozzle take-out device 9 from the nozzle stocker 8 to the separation side Dz ( ⁇ ) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz, and separates the nozzle take-out device 9 from the nozzle stocker 8 in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz.
  • the nozzles N that can be removed from the nozzle accommodating portion 81 are removed from the nozzle accommodating portion 81 of the nozzle stocker 8 while being held by the engaging member 91 as in the separation step shown at the bottom of FIG. It is.
  • the length of the contact lever 96 in the Z direction is set so that the restriction of the insertion / removal of the nozzle N by the shutter 82 is released until the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 is completed.
  • the nozzle extraction operation for extracting the nozzle N from the nozzle exchanger 7 using the nozzle extraction device 9 is completed.
  • the engaging member 91 engages with the nozzle N from the opposite side of the tip Nt, the tip of the nozzle N taken out from the nozzle storage portion 81 and held in the nozzle take-out device 9 is It will be exposed.
  • FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing an example of work when the nozzle is stored in the nozzle changer using the nozzle take-out device.
  • the nozzles N are collectively added to all the nozzle storage parts 81 of the nozzle stocker 8.
  • the case of storing is illustrated.
  • each process of the figure is performed by the operator.
  • the operator sets the approach side Dz (+) of the nozzle take-out device 9 to the second nozzle stocker from the back while making the engagement / disengagement direction Dz of the nozzle take-out device 9 parallel to the Z direction. 8 is opposed to the upper surface.
  • the nozzle N is previously engaged with each engaging member 91 of the nozzle take-out device 9 by the operator.
  • each nozzle accommodating part 81 of the 2nd nozzle stocker 8 and the nozzle N hold
  • each nozzle accommodating portion 81 and each nozzle N are opposed to each other, the operator moves the nozzle take-out device 9 to the approaching side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz and causes the nozzle stocker 8 to move the nozzle take-out device. 9 is approached from the engagement / disengagement direction Dz.
  • the nozzles N held by the nozzle take-out device 9 are collectively stored in the nozzle storage portions 81 of the nozzle stocker 8 as in the storage process shown in the center of FIG.
  • the operator pushes the pressing button 961 into the cutout portion 902 and moves the contact lever 962 to the outer side Dr ( ⁇ ). Displace.
  • the shutter 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 enters the insertion / removal restriction state, and the removal of the nozzles N stored in the nozzle storage portions 81 from the nozzle storage portions 81 is restricted.
  • each nozzle N that is restricted from being taken out from the nozzle storage portion 81 is detached from the engagement member 91 and remains in the nozzle storage portion 81 of the nozzle stocker 8.
  • the nozzle storing operation for storing the nozzle N in the nozzle changer 7 using the nozzle take-out device 9 is completed.
  • the nozzle N is extracted using the nozzle extraction device 9 provided with the engagement member 91 that is detachably engaged with the nozzle N. That is, when the engagement member 91 is separated from the nozzle stocker 8 after being engaged with the nozzle N accommodated in the nozzle accommodating portion 81 of the nozzle stocker 8, the nozzle N is taken out from the nozzle accommodating portion 81 and held. . Therefore, for example, an operator who takes out the nozzle N can take out the nozzle N simply by separating the nozzle 91 from the nozzle stocker 8 after engaging the engaging member 91 with the nozzle N. Thus, the nozzle N can be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 that houses the nozzle N.
  • a plurality of engagement members 91 are arranged corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage portions 81 arranged in the nozzle stocker 8.
  • the plurality of engaging members 91 can be collectively engaged with the nozzles N accommodated in the plurality of nozzle accommodating portions 81, respectively. Therefore, a plurality of nozzles N can be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 at once.
  • the support member 90 is provided with a blower port 93 communicating with the hole of the nozzle N held by the engagement member 91. Therefore, for example, by blowing air from the air blowing port 93, flushing cleaning for flushing air to the hole of the nozzle N can be easily performed.
  • the engaging member 91 engages the nozzle N from the opposite side of the tip Nt where the nozzle N holds the object, and holds the nozzle N in a state where the tip Nt of the nozzle N is exposed. Therefore, since the tip Nt of the nozzle N taken out by the nozzle take-out device 9 can be visually checked, for example, an appropriate cleaning method can be easily determined according to the state of contamination of the nozzle tip Nt, and convenience for the operator is improved.
  • the nozzle take-out device 9 is provided with a guide pin 95 that is detachably fitted into a guide hole 86 provided in the nozzle stocker 8.
  • the engagement member 91 is aligned with the nozzle N stored in the nozzle storage portion 81.
  • the engagement member 91 can be aligned with the nozzle N stored in the nozzle storage portion 81. The operation of engaging 91 with the nozzle N can be facilitated.
  • the nozzle stocker 8 appropriately regulates the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81.
  • the restriction of the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage portion 81 by the nozzle stocker 8 is controlled by the position of the slider 84 (control member).
  • the nozzle take-out device 9 is provided with an operation member 96 for operating the slider 84. The operating member 96 operates the slider 84 until the engaging member 91 engaged with the nozzle N of the nozzle storage portion 81 is separated from the nozzle stocker 8 and the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 is completed.
  • the restriction on the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 is released.
  • the nozzle extraction device By the function of the operation member 96 provided in 9, the restriction of taking out the nozzle N is released.
  • the worker can take out the nozzle N without releasing the restriction himself, and the workability for the worker is improved.
  • Nozzle extraction device mounting table The above is an example of the nozzle extraction device 9. Next, the nozzle take-out device mounting base 10 for mounting the nozzle take-out device 9 will be described.
  • 19 and 20 are perspective views showing an example of a nozzle take-out device mounting table to which the present invention can be applied.
  • FIG. 19 shows a state where the nozzle take-out device 9 is not placed
  • FIG. 20 shows a nozzle take-out device. A state in which the device 9 is placed is shown.
  • the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10 includes a flat plate-shaped base 100, two standing portions 101 erected upward from both ends of the base 100, and a mounting member that protrudes forward from each of the erected portions 101. 103. These two mounting members 103 are arranged horizontally, and each mounting member 103 has a through hole 103a through which the guide pin 95 of the nozzle take-out device 9 can be inserted and removed vertically. Therefore, when the operator makes the nozzle extraction device 9 approach the nozzle extraction device mounting table 10 after the nozzle extraction device 9 is opposed to the nozzle extraction device mounting table 10 from above, two guide pins 95 are provided.
  • the nozzle take-out device 9 is horizontally placed on the placement member 103 in a state of being inserted into the through holes 103a.
  • the nozzle take-out device 9 can be placed on the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10.
  • a receiving hole 110a is provided below each through hole 103a, and the tip of the guide pin 95 inserted into the through hole 103a fits into the receiving hole 110a.
  • each receiving member 105 is erected upward from the base 100 and is positioned so as to face the center of the engagement unit 91 ⁇ / b> U of the nozzle extraction device 9 mounted on the nozzle extraction device mounting table 10.
  • Each receiving member 105 has a flange 105f that comes into contact with the nozzle N held by the opposing engagement unit 91U from below, and restricts the nozzle N from dropping from the nozzle take-out device 9.
  • the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10 has a rod-like gripping portion 107 that is horizontally stretched between two standing portions 101.
  • the grip portion 107 is provided above the mounting member 103, and the operator can grip the grip portion 107 in a state where the nozzle extraction device 9 is mounted on the nozzle extraction device mounting table 10. . Therefore, the operator can carry the nozzle take-out device mounting base 10 with the nozzle take-out device 9 placed on the placement member 103 by grasping the grip portion 107.
  • the operator can appropriately perform maintenance on the nozzles N held by the nozzle take-out device 9 by using such a nozzle take-out device mounting table 10. That is, as shown in FIG. 20, the air outlet 93 of the nozzle take-out device 9 placed on the nozzle take-out device mounting base 10 opens upward. Accordingly, it is possible to perform flushing washing on the nozzles N held by the nozzle take-out device 9 by blowing air from the blower opening 93. Further, the nozzle take-out device 9 can be carried together with the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10, and the nozzle N can be immersed in the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning tank, or the nozzle N can be subjected to ultrasonic cleaning.
  • the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10 is configured so that the nozzle take-out device 9 holding the nozzle N taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 is placed on the placement member 103 with respect to the nozzle N. Maintenance can be performed, which contributes to improving the workability of the worker who performs the maintenance.
  • the nozzle N held by the nozzle take-out device 9 placed on the placement member 103 is brought into contact with the nozzle take-out device 9 to restrict the dropout of the nozzle N from the nozzle take-out device 9.
  • a member 105 is provided.
  • the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10 is provided with a gripping portion 107 that is fixed to the base 100 and gripped when being carried. Such a configuration contributes to improving the workability of an operator who performs maintenance because the nozzle take-out device 9 holding the nozzle N taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 can be carried as necessary.
  • the nozzle extraction device 9 corresponds to an example of the “nozzle extraction device” of the present invention
  • the nozzle extraction device mounting table 10 corresponds to an example of the “nozzle extraction device mounting table” of the present invention.
  • the component mounting system 200 including the component mounting apparatus 1, the nozzle changer 7 and the nozzle take-out device 9 corresponds to an example of the “component mounting system” of the present invention.
  • 7 and the nozzle take-out device 9 correspond to an example of the “nozzle exchange system” of the present invention.
  • FIG. 21 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of a component mounting system and a nozzle replacement system.
  • the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made to the above without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
  • the plurality of engaging members 91 are arranged circumferentially corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage portions 81 arranged circumferentially in the nozzle stocker 8.
  • the nozzle take-out device 9 may be configured.
  • FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing a modified example of the nozzle take-out device, in which a modified example of the nozzle take-out device and a nozzle changer corresponding thereto are shown.
  • a nozzle N is provided in each engagement member 91 of the nozzle take-out device 9. The held state is shown.
  • a plurality of nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged in a straight line.
  • a plurality of engaging members 91 are linearly arranged in the nozzle take-out device 9 according to the modification.
  • the nozzle take-out device 9 also includes an engagement member 91 that is detachably engaged with the nozzle N.
  • the engagement member 91 is connected to the nozzle N accommodated in the nozzle accommodating portion 81 of the nozzle stocker 8.
  • the nozzle N is taken out from the nozzle storage portion 81 and held. Therefore, for example, an operator who takes out the nozzle N can take out the nozzle N simply by separating the nozzle 91 from the nozzle stocker 8 after engaging the engaging member 91 with the nozzle N.
  • the nozzle N can be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 that houses the nozzle N.
  • the restriction of taking out the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 performed by the shutter 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 is released by the operation member 96.
  • the nozzle take-out device 9 may be configured without the operation member 96. In this case, the operator can appropriately perform the removal of the nozzle N by manually releasing the restriction.
  • the common air outlet 93 is provided for the eight engaging members 91 constituting the same engaging unit 91U.
  • the nozzle take-out device 9 may be configured by removing the air blowing port 93. In this case, it is not necessary to provide the vent hole 911 in the engaging member 91.
  • the specific configuration such as the shape and dimensions of the engagement member 91 can be changed as appropriate.
  • the mode of engaging the engaging member 91 and the nozzle N is not limited to the frictional engagement as described above.
  • an elastic member such as a spring is used. May be used.
  • the nozzle changer 7, the nozzle take-out device 9, and the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10 may be configured while appropriately removing the guide holes 86, the guide pins 95, the through holes 103 a and the like provided in the above embodiment. Absent.

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In order to enable easy retrieval of a nozzle (N) from a nozzle stocker (8) housing the nozzle, a nozzle retrieval device (9) comprising an engagement member (91) that disengageably engages with the nozzle (N) is used to retrieve the nozzle (N). In other words, once this engagement member (91) is engaged to the nozzle (N) housed in a nozzle housing unit (81) in the nozzle stocker (8) and then separated from the nozzle stocker (8), the engagement member (91) retrieves the nozzle (N) from the nozzle housing unit (81) and holds same. Accordingly, an operator performing nozzle (N) retrieval work can retrieve the nozzle (N) simply by engaging the engagement member (91) to the nozzle (N), then separating same from the nozzle stocker (8). As a result, the nozzle (N) can be readily retrieved from the nozzle stocker (8) housing the nozzle (N).

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ノズル取出装置、ノズル取出装置載置台、ノズル交換システム、部品実装システムNozzle extraction device, nozzle extraction device mounting table, nozzle replacement system, component mounting system
 この発明は、実装ヘッドに着脱されるノズルを収納するノズルストッカーからノズルを取り出す技術に関する。 The present invention relates to a technique for taking out a nozzle from a nozzle stocker that houses a nozzle attached to and detached from a mounting head.
 従来、実装ヘッドに着脱自在に装着されたノズルで部品を吸着しつつ実装ヘッドを移動させることで、基板に部品を実装する部品実装装置が知られている。また、特許文献1では、実装ヘッドから取り外されたノズルを収納するノズルストッカーを搭載した部品実装装置が記載されている。特に、この部品実装装置では、ノズルストッカーが着脱自在に設けられている。 Conventionally, a component mounting apparatus for mounting a component on a substrate by moving the mounting head while adsorbing the component with a nozzle that is detachably mounted on the mounting head is known. Further, Patent Document 1 describes a component mounting apparatus equipped with a nozzle stocker that stores a nozzle removed from a mounting head. In particular, in this component mounting apparatus, a nozzle stocker is detachably provided.
特開2010-109193号公報JP 2010-109193 A
 上述のようなノズルは、部品実装で用いられるに連れて汚れが付着したり劣化したりするため、洗浄等のメンテナンスをノズルに適宜行うことが求められる。これに対して、特許文献1のようにノズルストッカーを着脱自在に設けた構成は、ノズルストッカーを部品実装装置から取り外してノズルストッカーに収納されたノズルにメンテナンスを実行できるため好適である。しかしながら、ノズルストッカーにノズルを収納した状態のままでは、ノズルの周囲にあるノズルストッカーの他の部材が障害になる等の理由から、ノズルへのメンテナンスを効率的に行うことが難しい場合があった。そこで、ノズルストッカーからノズルを容易に取り出すことを可能とする技術が求められていた。 Since the nozzles as described above are contaminated or deteriorated as they are used in component mounting, it is required to appropriately perform maintenance such as cleaning on the nozzles. On the other hand, the configuration in which the nozzle stocker is detachably provided as in Patent Document 1 is preferable because the nozzle stocker can be removed from the component mounting apparatus and maintenance can be performed on the nozzles stored in the nozzle stocker. However, if the nozzle is stored in the nozzle stocker, it may be difficult to efficiently maintain the nozzle due to other obstacles in the nozzle stocker around the nozzle. . Therefore, there has been a demand for a technique that enables the nozzle to be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker.
 この発明は上記課題に鑑みなされたものであり、ノズルを収納するノズルストッカーからノズルを容易に取り出すことを可能とする技術の提供を目的とする。 The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique that allows a nozzle to be easily taken out from a nozzle stocker that houses the nozzle.
 本発明にかかるノズル取出装置は、上記目的を達成するために、ノズルに係脱自在に係合する係合部材と、係合部材を支持する支持部材とを備え、係合部材は、ノズルに係合されることで、ノズルを取り出して保持できる。 In order to achieve the above object, a nozzle take-out device according to the present invention includes an engaging member that is detachably engaged with a nozzle, and a support member that supports the engaging member. By being engaged, the nozzle can be taken out and held.
 本発明にかかるノズル交換システムは、上記目的を達成するために、ノズル収納部にノズルを取出自在に収納するノズルストッカーを有するノズル交換機と、ノズルに係脱自在に係合する係合部材を有するノズル取出装置とを備え、係合部材は、ノズルストッカーのノズル収納部に収納されたノズルに係合された後にノズルストッカーから離間されると、ノズルをノズル収納部から取り出して保持する。 In order to achieve the above object, a nozzle replacement system according to the present invention includes a nozzle changer having a nozzle stocker for removably storing a nozzle in a nozzle storage portion, and an engagement member that is detachably engaged with the nozzle. A nozzle take-out device, and when the engagement member is separated from the nozzle stocker after being engaged with the nozzle housed in the nozzle housing portion of the nozzle stocker, the engagement member takes out the nozzle from the nozzle housing portion and holds the nozzle.
 本発明にかかる部品実装システムは、上記目的を達成するために、ノズル装着部にノズルを着脱自在に装着する実装ヘッドと、ノズル収納部にノズルを取出自在に収納するノズルストッカーを有して、ノズル収納部に収納されていたノズルをノズル装着部に装着する装着動作あるいはノズル装着部に装着されていたノズルをノズル収納部に収納する収納動作を実行するノズル交換機と、ノズルに係脱自在に係合する係合部材を有するノズル取出装置とを備え、係合部材は、ノズルストッカーのノズル収納部に収納されたノズルに係合された後にノズルストッカーから離間されると、ノズルをノズル収納部から取り出して保持する。 In order to achieve the above object, the component mounting system according to the present invention has a mounting head for detachably mounting a nozzle on a nozzle mounting portion, and a nozzle stocker for detachably storing a nozzle in a nozzle storage portion, A nozzle changer that performs a mounting operation for mounting the nozzles stored in the nozzle storage unit on the nozzle mounting unit or a storage operation for storing the nozzles mounted on the nozzle mounting unit in the nozzle storage unit, and the nozzles can be freely attached and detached. A nozzle take-out device having an engaging member to be engaged, and when the engaging member is engaged with the nozzle housed in the nozzle housing portion of the nozzle stocker and then separated from the nozzle stocker, the nozzle is placed in the nozzle housing portion. Remove from and hold.
 このように構成された本発明(ノズル取出装置、ノズル交換システム、部品実装システム)では、ノズルに係脱自在に係合する係合部材が具備されている。この係合部材は、ノズルに係合されることで、ノズルを取り出して保持することができる。したがって、例えばノズルの取出作業を行う作業者は、係合部材をノズルに係合させるのに続いてノズルストッカーから離間させるだけで、ノズルを取り出すことができる。こうして、ノズルを収納するノズルストッカーからノズルを容易に取り出すことが可能となっている。 In the present invention (nozzle extraction device, nozzle replacement system, and component mounting system) configured as described above, an engagement member is provided that is detachably engaged with the nozzle. This engaging member can be taken out and held by being engaged with the nozzle. Therefore, for example, an operator who performs the nozzle extraction operation can extract the nozzle only by separating the engagement member from the nozzle stocker after engaging the engagement member with the nozzle. In this way, it is possible to easily remove the nozzle from the nozzle stocker that houses the nozzle.
 また、本発明は、複数のノズル収納部が配列されたノズルストッカーからノズルを取り出すにあたって特に好適に構成することができる。具体的には、支持部材では、ノズルストッカーに配列された複数のノズル収納部の配列に対応して複数の係合部材が配列されており、複数の係合部材は、複数のノズル収納部のそれぞれに収納されたノズルに一括して係合可能であるように、ノズル取出装置を構成すれば良い。このような構成では、ノズルストッカーから複数のノズルを一括して容易に取り出すことができる。 Further, the present invention can be particularly suitably configured when taking out a nozzle from a nozzle stocker in which a plurality of nozzle storage portions are arranged. Specifically, in the support member, a plurality of engagement members are arranged corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage portions arranged in the nozzle stocker, and the plurality of engagement members are arranged in the plurality of nozzle storage portions. What is necessary is just to comprise a nozzle taking-out apparatus so that it can engage with the nozzle accommodated in each at once. In such a configuration, a plurality of nozzles can be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker.
 なお、ノズル収納部および係合部材の配列態様としては、種々の態様が考えられる。例示すると、複数の係合部材は、ノズルストッカーにおいて円周状に配列された複数のノズル収納部の配列に対応して円周状に配列されているように、ノズル取出装置を構成しても良い。あるいは、複数の係合部材は、ノズルストッカーにおいて直線状に配列された複数のノズル収納部の配列に対応して直線状に配列されているように、ノズル取出装置を構成しても良い。 In addition, various aspects can be considered as an arrangement | sequence aspect of a nozzle accommodating part and an engaging member. For example, the nozzle take-out device may be configured such that the plurality of engaging members are arranged in a circle corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage units arranged in a circle in the nozzle stocker. good. Alternatively, the nozzle take-out device may be configured such that the plurality of engaging members are arranged linearly corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage units arranged linearly in the nozzle stocker.
 また、支持部材は、係合部材に保持されたノズルの孔に連通する送風口を有するように、ノズル取出装置を構成しても良い。このような構成では、例えば送風口からエアを吹き込むことで、ノズルの孔に対してエアをフラッシュするフラッシング洗浄を容易に実行することができる。 Further, the nozzle take-out device may be configured so that the support member has a blower opening communicating with the hole of the nozzle held by the engaging member. In such a configuration, for example, by flushing air from a blower port, flushing cleaning that flushes air to the hole of the nozzle can be easily performed.
 また、係合部材は、ノズルが対象物を保持する先端の逆側からノズルに係合して、ノズルの先端を露出させた状態でノズルを保持するように、ノズル取出装置を構成しても良い。このような構成では、取り出したノズルの先端を目視できるため、例えばノズル先端の汚れの状況に応じた適切な洗浄方法を容易に判断でき、作業者にとっての利便性が向上する。 Further, the engaging member may be configured in the nozzle take-out device so that the nozzle engages with the nozzle from the opposite side of the tip holding the object and holds the nozzle with the tip of the nozzle exposed. good. In such a configuration, since the tip of the taken-out nozzle can be visually observed, for example, an appropriate cleaning method can be easily determined according to the state of dirt on the nozzle tip, and convenience for the operator is improved.
 また、ノズルストッカーに設けられたガイド孔に挿脱自在に嵌るガイドピンをさらに備え、ガイドピンがガイド孔に嵌ると、係合部材がノズル収納部に収納されたノズルに対して位置合わせされるように、ノズル取出装置を構成しても良い。このような構成では、ノズルストッカーのガイド孔にガイドピンを嵌めることで、ノズル収納部に収納されたノズルに対して係合部材を位置合わせすることができ、係合部材をノズルに係合させる作業を容易とすることが可能となる。 Further, a guide pin that is removably fitted in a guide hole provided in the nozzle stocker is further provided, and when the guide pin fits in the guide hole, the engaging member is aligned with the nozzle accommodated in the nozzle accommodating portion. Thus, you may comprise a nozzle taking-out apparatus. In such a configuration, by engaging the guide pin in the guide hole of the nozzle stocker, the engagement member can be aligned with the nozzle stored in the nozzle storage portion, and the engagement member is engaged with the nozzle. The work can be facilitated.
 ところで、ノズルストッカーにおいてノズル収納部からのノズルの取り出しが適宜規制されるような場合、取り出しの規制を解除してからでないと、ノズル収納部からのノズルの取り出しが行えない。このような場合には、作業者が手作業で規制の解除を行うことで、ノズルの取り出しを適切に実行することができる。あるいは、次のように構成して、作業者にとっての作業性のさらなる向上を図ることもできる。 By the way, in the case where the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage unit is appropriately regulated in the nozzle stocker, the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage unit cannot be performed unless the removal restriction is released. In such a case, the removal of the restriction can be performed manually by the operator so that the nozzle can be properly taken out. Or it can also comprise as follows and can aim at the further improvement of workability | operativity for an operator.
 すなわち、ノズルストッカーでノズル収納部からのノズルの取り出しの規制を制御するする制御部材を操作する操作部材をさらに備え、操作部材は、ノズル収納部のノズルに係合された係合部材がノズルストッカーから離間されて、ノズル収納部からのノズルの取り出しが完了するまで、制御部材を操作して、ノズル収納部からのノズルの取り出しの規制を解除するように、ノズル取出装置を構成しても良い。このような構成では、ノズル収納部のノズルに係合された係合部材がノズルストッカーから離間されて、ノズル収納部からのノズルの取り出しが完了するまでは、ノズル取出装置に設けられた操作部材の機能によって、ノズルの取り出しの規制が解除される。その結果、作業者は、規制の解除を自ら行うことなく、ノズルの取り出しを実行することができ、作業者にとっての作業性が向上する。 That is, an operation member that operates a control member that controls the restriction of the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage portion by the nozzle stocker is provided, and the operation member includes an engagement member engaged with the nozzle of the nozzle storage portion. The nozzle take-out device may be configured to operate the control member until the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage unit is released until the nozzle is removed from the nozzle storage unit and the restriction of the nozzle extraction from the nozzle storage unit is released. . In such a configuration, until the engagement member engaged with the nozzle of the nozzle storage part is separated from the nozzle stocker and the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage part is completed, the operation member provided in the nozzle extraction device With this function, the restriction on nozzle removal is released. As a result, the worker can execute the nozzle removal without releasing the restriction himself, and the workability for the worker is improved.
 また、本発明にかかるノズル取出装置載置台は、上記のノズル取出装置を載置可能な載置部材と、載置部材を支持する基台とを備えている。かかるノズル取出装置載置台は、ノズルストッカーから取り出したノズルを保持するノズル取出装置を載置部材に載置した状態で、ノズルに対するメンテナンスを実行することを可能とし、メンテナンスを行う作業者の作業性を向上させることに資する。 Also, a nozzle take-out device mounting table according to the present invention includes a mounting member on which the nozzle extracting device can be mounted, and a base that supports the mounting member. Such a nozzle take-out device mounting table makes it possible to perform maintenance on the nozzle in a state where the nozzle take-out device that holds the nozzle taken out from the nozzle stocker is placed on the placement member, and the workability of the operator who performs the maintenance Contribute to improving
 また、載置部材に載置された状態のノズル取出装置に保持されたノズルに当接して、ノズル取出装置からのノズルの脱落を規制する当接部材をさらに備えるように、ノズル取出装置載置台を構成しても良い。かかる構成は、メンテナンスの実行に伴ってノズルに力が加わったとしてもノズルの脱落を抑制できるため、メンテナンスを行う作業者の作業性を向上させることに資する。 In addition, the nozzle take-out device mounting table further includes a contact member that contacts the nozzle held by the nozzle take-out device in a state of being placed on the placement member and restricts the nozzle from falling off the nozzle take-out device. May be configured. Such a configuration can suppress the dropout of the nozzle even when a force is applied to the nozzle as the maintenance is performed, and thus contributes to improving the workability of the operator who performs the maintenance.
 また、基台に固定されて持ち運びに際して把持される把持部をさらに備え、把持部によって、載置部材に載置されたノズル取出装置を伴って載置部材および基台を持ち運びできるように、ノズル取出装置載置台を構成しても良い。かかる構成は、ノズルストッカーから取り出したノズルを保持するノズル取出装置を必要に応じて適宜持ち運びできるため、メンテナンスを行う作業者の作業性を向上させることに資する。 In addition, the nozzle further includes a gripping portion that is fixed to the base and gripped when being carried, so that the mounting member and the base can be carried by the gripping portion with the nozzle take-out device placed on the mounting member. You may comprise an extraction device mounting base. Such a configuration contributes to improving the workability of an operator who performs maintenance because the nozzle take-out device that holds the nozzle taken out from the nozzle stocker can be carried as necessary.
 本発明によれば、係合部材をノズルに係合させた後に係合部材をノズルストッカーから離間させるだけで、ノズルを取り出すことができる。その結果、ノズルを収納するノズルストッカーからノズルを容易に取り出すことが可能となっている。 According to the present invention, the nozzle can be taken out only by engaging the engaging member with the nozzle and then separating the engaging member from the nozzle stocker. As a result, the nozzle can be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker that houses the nozzle.
部品実装装置の部分的構成を模式的に例示する平面図である。It is a top view which illustrates typically the partial composition of a component mounting device. 図1の部品実装装置が備えるヘッドユニットの一例を示す側面図である。It is a side view which shows an example of the head unit with which the component mounting apparatus of FIG. 1 is provided. 図1の部品実装装置が備えるヘッドユニットの一例を示すX方向の部分断面図である。It is a fragmentary sectional view of the X direction which shows an example of the head unit with which the component mounting apparatus of FIG. 1 is provided. ノズル交換機の一例を示す斜視図である。It is a perspective view which shows an example of a nozzle switch. 図4のノズル交換機が具備するノズルストッカーの一例を示す斜視図である。It is a perspective view which shows an example of the nozzle stocker which the nozzle changer of FIG. 4 comprises. 図4のノズル交換機が具備するノズルストッカーの一例を示す平面図である。It is a top view which shows an example of the nozzle stocker with which the nozzle changer of FIG. 4 comprises. ヘッドユニットでのノズル装着部の配列とノズルストッカーでのノズル収納部の配列との対応関係を模式的に示す図である。It is a figure which shows typically the correspondence of the arrangement | sequence of the nozzle mounting part in a head unit, and the arrangement | sequence of the nozzle storage part in a nozzle stocker. 挿脱規制状態および挿脱許可状態の切換動作の一例を示す平面図である。It is a top view which shows an example of switching operation | movement of an insertion / extraction control state and an insertion / removal permission state. 図4のノズル交換機の一例を示す側面図である。It is a side view which shows an example of the nozzle switching device of FIG. 図4のノズル交換機の一例を示す正面図である。It is a front view which shows an example of the nozzle switching device of FIG. 1個のノズルストッカー8が選択的に上昇した状態を例示する斜視図である。It is a perspective view which illustrates the state where one nozzle stocker 8 selectively rose. 図12は、1個のノズルストッカーが選択的に上昇した状態を例示する正面図である。FIG. 12 is a front view illustrating a state where one nozzle stocker is selectively raised. 本発明を適用可能なノズル取出装置の一例を示す斜視図である。It is a perspective view which shows an example of the nozzle extraction apparatus which can apply this invention. 図13に示すノズル取出装置の平面図である。It is a top view of the nozzle extraction apparatus shown in FIG. 図13に示すノズル取出装置の底面図である。It is a bottom view of the nozzle taking-out apparatus shown in FIG. ノズル収納部からノズルを取り出したノズル取出装置を示す断面図である。It is sectional drawing which shows the nozzle extraction apparatus which took out the nozzle from the nozzle accommodating part. ノズル取出装置を用いてノズル交換機からノズルを取り出す際の作業の一例を示す斜視図である。It is a perspective view which shows an example of the operation | work at the time of taking out a nozzle from a nozzle exchanger using a nozzle taking-out apparatus. ノズル取出装置を用いてノズル交換機へノズルを収納する際の作業の一例を示す斜視図である。It is a perspective view which shows an example of the operation | work at the time of accommodating a nozzle to a nozzle exchanger using a nozzle taking-out apparatus. 本発明を適用可能なノズル取出装置載置台の一例を示す斜視図である。It is a perspective view which shows an example of the nozzle extraction apparatus mounting base which can apply this invention. 本発明を適用可能なノズル取出装置載置台の一例を示す斜視図である。It is a perspective view which shows an example of the nozzle extraction apparatus mounting base which can apply this invention. 部品実装システムおよびノズル交換システムの一例を模式的に示すブロック図である。It is a block diagram which shows typically an example of a component mounting system and a nozzle exchange system. ノズル取出装置の変形例を示す斜視図である。It is a perspective view which shows the modification of a nozzle taking-out apparatus.
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 図1は、部品実装装置の部分的構成を模式的に例示する平面図である。同図および以下に示す図では、基板搬送方向X、幅方向Yおよび鉛直方向ZからなるXYZ直交座標系を適宜示す。また、X軸の矢印側を一方側と称し、X軸の矢印の反対側を他方側と適宜称する。部品実装装置1は、搬送レーン2が搬入した基板に対して、部品供給部3が供給する部品をヘッドユニット4により移載する概略構成を具備する。より具体的には、基板搬送方向Xに並行して延設された2本の搬送レーン2と、これら搬送レーン2の幅方向Yの両側それぞれに2個ずつ設けられた部品供給部3と、4個のヘッドユニット4とを部品実装装置1は備える。
Component Mounting Device FIG. 1 is a plan view schematically illustrating a partial configuration of a component mounting device. In the figure and the figures shown below, an XYZ orthogonal coordinate system including the substrate transport direction X, the width direction Y, and the vertical direction Z is shown as appropriate. The X-axis arrow side is referred to as one side, and the opposite side of the X-axis arrow is referred to as the other side as appropriate. The component mounting apparatus 1 has a schematic configuration in which a component supplied by a component supply unit 3 is transferred by a head unit 4 to a board loaded in a transport lane 2. More specifically, two transport lanes 2 extending in parallel with the substrate transport direction X, and two component supply units 3 provided on each side of the transport lane 2 in the width direction Y, The component mounting apparatus 1 includes four head units 4.
 2本の搬送レーン2それぞれは共通の構成を具備しており、基板を基板搬送方向Xの上流側から搬入して所定の停止位置20(図1の一点鎖線)で停止させる基板搬入動作と、停止位置20で部品実装を受けた基板を基板搬送方向Xの下流側へ搬出する基板搬出動作とを実行する。この際、各搬送レーン2は、例えば基板搬送方向Xにおいて異なる2つの停止位置20それぞれに基板を停止できる構成を具備する。2本の搬送レーン2のそれぞれは基板搬送方向Xに並行して延設された2本の搬送コンベア21で構成され、部品実装装置1では4本の搬送コンベア21が幅方向Yへ並ぶ。4本の搬送コンベア21のうち、外側の2本は幅方向Yに固定された固定コンベアであり、内側の2本は幅方向Yに移動自在な可動コンベアである。したがって、可動コンベア21の幅方向Yへ移動させることで、搬送レーン2の幅を基板の幅に応じて調整することができる。 Each of the two transport lanes 2 has a common configuration, and carries a substrate into the substrate from the upstream side in the substrate transport direction X and stops at a predetermined stop position 20 (dashed line in FIG. 1); A board unloading operation for unloading the board that has received the component mounting at the stop position 20 to the downstream side in the board transport direction X is executed. At this time, each transport lane 2 has a configuration capable of stopping the substrate at each of two different stop positions 20 in the substrate transport direction X, for example. Each of the two transfer lanes 2 includes two transfer conveyors 21 extending in parallel with the board transfer direction X. In the component mounting apparatus 1, the four transfer conveyors 21 are arranged in the width direction Y. Out of the four transport conveyors 21, the outer two are fixed conveyors fixed in the width direction Y, and the inner two are movable conveyors movable in the width direction Y. Therefore, by moving the movable conveyor 21 in the width direction Y, the width of the transport lane 2 can be adjusted according to the width of the substrate.
 ちなみに、2本の搬送レーン2における基板搬送の態様は、図1に例示したものに限られない。つまり、図1では、2本の搬送レーン2それぞれに2つずつ停止位置20を設定して、合計4つの停止位置20を設定しつつ基板搬送を行う場合が例示されているが、2本の搬送レーン2それぞれに1つずつ停止位置20を設定して、合計2つの停止位置20を設定することもできる。また、基板の幅が広いために2本の搬送レーン2で同時に基板搬送を実行できないような場合には、2本の搬送レーンのうちの一方でのみ基板搬送を実行して、他方では基板搬送を実行しなくても構わない。 Incidentally, the mode of substrate transfer in the two transfer lanes 2 is not limited to that illustrated in FIG. That is, FIG. 1 illustrates a case where two stop positions 20 are set in each of the two transfer lanes 2 and the substrate is transferred while setting a total of four stop positions 20. It is also possible to set one stop position 20 for each conveyance lane 2 and set a total of two stop positions 20. In addition, when the substrate width cannot be simultaneously executed in the two transfer lanes 2 due to the wide substrate width, the substrate transfer is executed only in one of the two transfer lanes, and the substrate is transferred in the other. Does not have to be executed.
 これら搬送レーン2の幅方向Yの両側それぞれでは、2個の部品供給部3が基板搬送方向Xに並んでおり、部品実装装置1では、合計4個の部品供給部3が設けられている。各部品供給部3は、複数のテープフィーダー31を基板搬送方向Xに配列した構成を具備する。各テープフィーダー31は、集積回路(IC)、トランジスタ、コンデンサ等の小片状の電子部品を収納するテープをリールに巻き回した概略構成を具備し、リールから電子部品を間欠的に送り出すことで、電子部品を供給する。なお、部品供給部3を構成するフィーダーの種類としては、テープ型のフィーダーに限られず、トレイに載置された状態で電子部品を供給するトレイ型のフィーダーであっても良い。 The two component supply units 3 are arranged in the board conveyance direction X on each side of the conveyance lane 2 in the width direction Y, and the component mounting apparatus 1 is provided with a total of four component supply units 3. Each component supply unit 3 has a configuration in which a plurality of tape feeders 31 are arranged in the substrate transport direction X. Each tape feeder 31 has a schematic configuration in which a tape for storing small electronic components such as an integrated circuit (IC), a transistor, and a capacitor is wound around a reel, and the electronic components are intermittently fed from the reel. Supply electronic components. The type of feeder constituting the component supply unit 3 is not limited to a tape-type feeder, and may be a tray-type feeder that supplies electronic components while being placed on a tray.
 4個のヘッドユニット4のそれぞれは、X方向に配列された3本の実装ヘッド5を有し、各実装ヘッド5の先端のノズルで部品を吸着することで、部品供給部3が供給する部品を停止位置20に停止する基板へ移載する。また、部品実装装置1では、ヘッドユニット4を移動させるためのヘッド駆動機構6が設けられている。具体的には、4個のヘッド駆動機構6が上述した4個の部品供給部3に対応して設けられており、各ヘッド駆動機構6は、対応する部品供給部3にY方向の内側(搬送レーン2側)から隣接する。そして、4個のヘッド駆動機構6がそれぞれ1個のヘッドユニット4の駆動を担う。 Each of the four head units 4 has three mounting heads 5 arranged in the X direction, and a component supplied by the component supply unit 3 by sucking the component with a nozzle at the tip of each mounting head 5 Is transferred to the substrate which stops at the stop position 20. Further, the component mounting apparatus 1 is provided with a head driving mechanism 6 for moving the head unit 4. Specifically, four head drive mechanisms 6 are provided corresponding to the four component supply units 3 described above, and each head drive mechanism 6 has a corresponding component supply unit 3 on the inner side in the Y direction ( Adjacent from the transportation lane 2 side). The four head driving mechanisms 6 each drive one head unit 4.
 各ヘッド駆動機構6は、X方向へ移動自在にヘッドユニット4を支持しつつX方向に延びるX軸ビーム61を、Y方向へ移動自在に支持した構成を具備する。X軸ビーム61には、ヘッドユニット4に取り付けられてX方向に延びるX軸ボールネジ62と、X軸ボールネジ62を回転駆動するX軸サーボモーター63とが取り付けられている。そして、X軸サーボモーター63がX軸ボールネジ62を回転駆動すると、ヘッドユニット5がX軸ビーム61に沿ってX方向へ移動する。また、各ヘッド駆動機構6は、X軸ビーム61に取り付けられてY方向に延びるY軸ボールネジ64と、Y軸ボールネジ64を回転駆動するY軸サーボモーター65とを有する。そして、Y軸サーボモーター63がY軸ボールネジ64を回転駆動すると、X軸ビームがヘッドユニット5を伴ってY方向へ移動する。 Each head driving mechanism 6 has a configuration in which an X-axis beam 61 extending in the X direction while supporting the head unit 4 movably in the X direction is supported movably in the Y direction. An X-axis ball screw 62 attached to the head unit 4 and extending in the X direction and an X-axis servo motor 63 that rotationally drives the X-axis ball screw 62 are attached to the X-axis beam 61. When the X-axis servomotor 63 rotates the X-axis ball screw 62, the head unit 5 moves along the X-axis beam 61 in the X direction. Each head driving mechanism 6 includes a Y-axis ball screw 64 that is attached to the X-axis beam 61 and extends in the Y direction, and a Y-axis servo motor 65 that rotationally drives the Y-axis ball screw 64. Then, when the Y-axis servomotor 63 rotationally drives the Y-axis ball screw 64, the X-axis beam moves in the Y direction along with the head unit 5.
 このように構成された各ヘッド駆動機構6は、X軸サーボモーター63とY軸サーボモーター65とを適宜回転させることで、対応する部品供給部3と停止位置20の基板との間で、担当するヘッドユニット4を移動させることができる。これによって、ヘッドユニット4は、部品供給部3が供給する部品を実装ヘッド5で吸着して、停止位置20に停止する基板へ移載することができる。 Each head drive mechanism 6 configured in this manner is in charge between the corresponding component supply unit 3 and the substrate at the stop position 20 by appropriately rotating the X-axis servo motor 63 and the Y-axis servo motor 65. The head unit 4 to be moved can be moved. As a result, the head unit 4 can pick up the components supplied by the component supply unit 3 with the mounting head 5 and transfer them to the substrate stopped at the stop position 20.
 また、4個の部品供給部3それぞれに対しては、カメラ68とノズル交換機7とがY方向の内側(搬送レーン2側)から隣接して配置されている。こうして、カメラ68およびノズル交換機7が、部品供給部3と搬送レーン2との間(換言すれば、ヘッドユニット4の移動経路)に設けられている。カメラ68は、鉛直方向Zに平行に上方を向いて配置されており、上側を通過するヘッドユニット4に保持された部品や、ヘッドユニット4に取り付けられた後述の位置認識用のマーク部材41(図3)を撮像する。また、ノズル交換機7は、ヘッドユニット4の各実装ヘッド5に取り付けられたノズルを交換するものであり、その詳細は後述する。 Also, for each of the four component supply units 3, a camera 68 and a nozzle changer 7 are disposed adjacent to each other from the inside in the Y direction (conveyance lane 2 side). Thus, the camera 68 and the nozzle changer 7 are provided between the component supply unit 3 and the transport lane 2 (in other words, the movement path of the head unit 4). The camera 68 is arranged in parallel with the vertical direction Z and faces upward, and is held by the head unit 4 passing through the upper side, or a position recognition mark member 41 (described later) attached to the head unit 4. 3). The nozzle changer 7 replaces nozzles attached to the mounting heads 5 of the head unit 4, and details thereof will be described later.
 図2は、図1の部品実装装置が備えるヘッドユニットの一例を示す側面図である。図3は、図1の部品実装装置が備えるヘッドユニットの一例を示すX方向の部分断面図である。続いては、図2および図3を用いて各ヘッドユニット4の構成について詳述する。なお、4個のヘッドユニット4は互いに同一の構成を具備するため、ここでは1個のヘッドユニット4について説明を行う。 FIG. 2 is a side view showing an example of a head unit provided in the component mounting apparatus of FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view in the X direction showing an example of a head unit provided in the component mounting apparatus of FIG. Next, the configuration of each head unit 4 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. Since the four head units 4 have the same configuration, only one head unit 4 will be described here.
 ヘッドユニット4は、X方向に所定の配列ピッチLhで直線状に並ぶ3本の実装ヘッド5を具備する。3本の実装ヘッド5それぞれは、Z方向に延びるシャフト50の下端部にノズルNを装着した概略構成を具備する。詳しくは、実装ヘッド5は、Z方向に平行な中心軸C51を中心とする周方向に等しい配列ピッチで配置された8本のシャフト50を有し、各シャフト50の下端部に設けられたノズル装着部51にノズルNを着脱自在に装着する。 The head unit 4 includes three mounting heads 5 arranged in a straight line at a predetermined arrangement pitch Lh in the X direction. Each of the three mounting heads 5 has a schematic configuration in which a nozzle N is mounted on the lower end portion of the shaft 50 extending in the Z direction. Specifically, the mounting head 5 has eight shafts 50 arranged at an arrangement pitch equal to the circumferential direction centered on a central axis C51 parallel to the Z direction, and nozzles provided at the lower ends of the shafts 50. The nozzle N is detachably attached to the attachment portion 51.
 ノズル装着部51では、その下端部がシャフト50へ向けて屈曲する板バネ52が、シャフト50の下端部の外周に隙間を空けて対向している。そして、ノズルNの先端を下側に向けつつノズルNの上部をシャフト50に外側から嵌めた状態でノズル装着部51に対してノズルNを上方へ押し込むと、ノズルNの外周に設けられた係合突起Neが板バネ511の下端部を外側に押し遣りながら、シャフト50と板バネ52のとの間の隙間に入り込む。その結果、ノズルNの外周突起Neが板バネ52の下端部に係合して、ノズルNはその先端を下側へ向けつつノズル装着部51に装着される。こうしてノズル装着部51に装着されたノズルNは、板バネ511の弾性力によってノズル装着部51に保持される。一方、ノズル装着部51に装着されたノズルNを板バネ51の弾性力に抗して下方に引っ張ることで、ノズル装着部51からノズルNを取り外すことができる。なお、ノズルNには、係合突起NeとノズルNの下端(先端)との間で側方に突出する鍔Nfが形成されている。この鍔Nfの機能については、ノズル交換機7と一緒に後述する。 In the nozzle mounting portion 51, a leaf spring 52 whose lower end is bent toward the shaft 50 is opposed to the outer periphery of the lower end of the shaft 50 with a gap. Then, when the nozzle N is pushed upward with respect to the nozzle mounting portion 51 in a state where the top of the nozzle N is fitted to the shaft 50 from the outside while the tip of the nozzle N is directed downward, the engagement provided on the outer periphery of the nozzle N The mating protrusion Ne enters the gap between the shaft 50 and the leaf spring 52 while pushing the lower end of the leaf spring 511 outward. As a result, the outer peripheral projection Ne of the nozzle N is engaged with the lower end portion of the leaf spring 52, and the nozzle N is mounted on the nozzle mounting portion 51 with its tip directed downward. The nozzle N thus mounted on the nozzle mounting portion 51 is held on the nozzle mounting portion 51 by the elastic force of the leaf spring 511. On the other hand, it is possible to remove the nozzle N from the nozzle mounting portion 51 by pulling the nozzle N mounted on the nozzle mounting portion 51 downward against the elastic force of the leaf spring 51. The nozzle N is formed with a flange Nf that protrudes laterally between the engagement protrusion Ne and the lower end (tip) of the nozzle N. The function of this Nf will be described later together with the nozzle changer 7.
 各シャフト50の中心には、ノズル装着部51からZ方向に延びる通気路53が形成されている一方、ノズルNの中心には、Z方向に貫通するノズル孔Nvが形成されており、ノズル装着部51に装着されたノズルNのノズル孔Nvは通気路53に連通する。したがって、通気路53を介してノズル孔Nvの気圧を調整しつつ、実装ヘッド51に部品実装を実行させることができる。具体的には、部品供給部3が供給する部品を保持する際には、ノズルNの先端を部品に接触させつつノズル孔Nvに負圧を与えて、ノズルNの先端に部品を吸着することができる。また、基板に部品を載置する際には、ノズル孔Nvに正圧を与えて、ノズルNから基板へ部品を瞬時に移すことができる。なお、実装ヘッド51は、8本のシャフト50を個別に昇降させることができる。したがって、部品供給部3からの部品の保持や、基板への部品の載置は、実行主体となるノズルNを装着したシャフト50を選択的に昇降させて実行することができる。さらに、実装ヘッド51は、中心軸C51を中心として8本のシャフト50を一体的に回転できるロータリー式の実装ヘッドである。したがって、8本のシャフト50を適宜回転させて、ノズルNの位置を調整することができる。 A vent passage 53 extending in the Z direction from the nozzle mounting portion 51 is formed at the center of each shaft 50, while a nozzle hole Nv penetrating in the Z direction is formed at the center of the nozzle N, and the nozzle mounting The nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N attached to the part 51 communicates with the air passage 53. Therefore, it is possible to cause the mounting head 51 to perform component mounting while adjusting the air pressure of the nozzle hole Nv through the air passage 53. Specifically, when holding the component supplied by the component supply unit 3, negative pressure is applied to the nozzle hole Nv while the tip of the nozzle N is in contact with the component, and the component is adsorbed to the tip of the nozzle N. Can do. Further, when placing a component on the substrate, a positive pressure is applied to the nozzle hole Nv, and the component can be instantaneously transferred from the nozzle N to the substrate. The mounting head 51 can raise and lower the eight shafts 50 individually. Therefore, the holding of the component from the component supply unit 3 and the placement of the component on the board can be executed by selectively raising and lowering the shaft 50 on which the nozzle N as the execution subject is mounted. Further, the mounting head 51 is a rotary mounting head that can integrally rotate the eight shafts 50 around the central axis C51. Therefore, the position of the nozzle N can be adjusted by appropriately rotating the eight shafts 50.
 このように構成された3本のヘッド5のX方向の両外側には、Z方向に延びる棒状の位置認識用のマーク部材41が配置されている。各マーク部材41はヘッドユニット3に固定されており、カメラ68により撮像されてヘッドユニット3の位置認識に用いられる。 さらに、ヘッドユニット3は、ノズルNに吸着された部品を撮像するカメラ43と、カメラ43の視野を照らす照明45とを有する。カメラ43(の光学系431)は、実装ヘッド5に装着されたノズルNの先端に対してY方向から対向して、ノズルNに吸着された部品をY方向から撮像する。このように、カメラ43は実装ヘッド5のY方向側に配置されている。また、実装ヘッド5において円周状に配列された8個のノズルNの中央には、棒状の反射部材47が設けられている。この反射部材47によって照明45からの光が反射されて、カメラ43の視野をより明るく照らすことができる。 The rod-shaped position recognition mark members 41 extending in the Z direction are arranged on both outer sides in the X direction of the three heads 5 configured as described above. Each mark member 41 is fixed to the head unit 3 and is imaged by the camera 68 and used for position recognition of the head unit 3. Furthermore, the head unit 3 has a camera 43 that captures an image of a component adsorbed by the nozzle N, and an illumination 45 that illuminates the field of view of the camera 43. The camera 43 (the optical system 431 thereof) opposes the tip of the nozzle N mounted on the mounting head 5 from the Y direction, and images the component adsorbed by the nozzle N from the Y direction. Thus, the camera 43 is arranged on the Y direction side of the mounting head 5. Further, a rod-like reflecting member 47 is provided at the center of the eight nozzles N arranged in a circumferential shape in the mounting head 5. The light from the illumination 45 is reflected by the reflecting member 47, and the field of view of the camera 43 can be illuminated more brightly.
 ノズル交換機
 以上が、部品実装装置1の概要である。続いては、ノズル交換機7について詳述する。図4は、ノズル交換機の一例を示す斜視図である。図4では、ノズル交換機7の全ノズル収納部にノズルNが収納されている状態が示されている。ノズル交換機7は、ノズルストッカー7に収納されていたノズルNを実装ヘッド5に装着する装着動作や、実装ヘッド5に装着されていたノズルNをノズルストッカー7に収納する収納動作を実行する。具体的には、ノズル交換機7の上部には、互いに共通する構成を具備する4個のノズルストッカー8がY方向に等ピッチで配列されており、各ノズルストッカー8が装着動作や収納動作を実行可能である。
Nozzle changer The above is the outline of the component mounting apparatus 1. Next, the nozzle changer 7 will be described in detail. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of a nozzle changer. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the nozzles N are stored in all the nozzle storage portions of the nozzle changer 7. The nozzle changer 7 performs a mounting operation for mounting the nozzle N stored in the nozzle stocker 7 on the mounting head 5 and a storing operation for storing the nozzle N mounted on the mounting head 5 in the nozzle stocker 7. Specifically, four nozzle stockers 8 having a common configuration are arranged at an equal pitch in the Y direction on the upper part of the nozzle changer 7, and each nozzle stocker 8 performs a mounting operation and a storing operation. Is possible.
 図5は、図4のノズル交換機が具備するノズルストッカーの一例を示す斜視図である。図6は、図4のノズル交換機が具備するノズルストッカーの一例を示す平面図である。図5および図6を併用しつつ、ノズルストッカー8について説明する。ノズルストッカー8は、X方向に延びる直方体状のストッカー本体80と、ストッカー本体80の上面において上方を向いて開口するノズル収納部81とを有し、鉛直方向Zから挿脱自在にノズルNをノズル収納部81に収納する。具体的には、ノズルNの鍔Nfより下側(先端側)がノズル収納部81に嵌入しつつ、ノズルNの鍔Nfから上側がノズル収納部81から突出した状態で(図4)、ノズル収納部81はノズルNを収納する。図5および図6に示すように、ストッカー本体80の上面では、円周状に等ピッチで配列された8個のノズル収納部81から1個のノズル収納ユニット81Uが構成され、さらに3個のノズル収納ユニット81UがX方向に直線状に等ピッチで配列されている。かかるノズル収納部81の配列は、ヘッドユニット4におけるノズル装着部51の配列に対応したものである。 FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of a nozzle stocker provided in the nozzle changer of FIG. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of a nozzle stocker provided in the nozzle changer of FIG. The nozzle stocker 8 will be described with reference to FIGS. The nozzle stocker 8 has a rectangular parallelepiped stocker body 80 extending in the X direction, and a nozzle storage portion 81 that opens upward on the upper surface of the stocker body 80, and the nozzle N is inserted into and removed from the vertical direction Z. Store in the storage unit 81. Specifically, the nozzle N with the lower side (front end side) of the nozzle Nf inserted into the nozzle storage portion 81 and the upper side of the nozzle N protruding from the nozzle storage portion 81 (FIG. 4). The storage unit 81 stores the nozzle N. As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, on the upper surface of the stocker body 80, one nozzle storage unit 81U is configured from eight nozzle storage portions 81 arranged circumferentially at an equal pitch, and three more Nozzle storage units 81U are arranged in a straight line at an equal pitch in the X direction. The arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81 corresponds to the arrangement of the nozzle mounting portions 51 in the head unit 4.
 図7は、ヘッドユニットでのノズル装着部の配列とノズルストッカーでのノズル収納部の配列との対応関係を模式的に示す図である。同図の上段の欄では、ヘッドユニット4でのノズル装着部51の配列を下方から見た様子が示され、同図の下段の欄では、ノズルストッカー8でのノズル収納部81の配列を上方から見た様子が示されている。なお、同図では、各実装ヘッド5の回転角度が互いに等しく調整された状態が示されており、ノズル装着部51はノズルNが装着されるシャフト50の円形状で表されている。 FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing the correspondence between the arrangement of nozzle mounting portions in the head unit and the arrangement of nozzle storage portions in the nozzle stocker. In the upper column of the figure, the arrangement of the nozzle mounting portions 51 in the head unit 4 is shown as viewed from below. In the lower column of the figure, the arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81 in the nozzle stocker 8 is shown upward. The state seen from is shown. In the figure, a state in which the rotation angles of the respective mounting heads 5 are adjusted to be equal to each other is shown, and the nozzle mounting portion 51 is represented by a circular shape of the shaft 50 on which the nozzle N is mounted.
 上述したとおり、ヘッドユニット4では、3本の実装ヘッド5がX方向に配列ピッチLhで直線状に配列されている。さらに、各実装ヘッド5では、8個のノズル装着部51が周方向に配列ピッチLoで円周状に配列されている。また、8個のノズル装着部51が配列される円周O51は半径Roを有する。ここで、円周O51は、8個のノズル装着部51それぞれに装着されたノズルNの先端を通る仮想円である。 As described above, in the head unit 4, the three mounting heads 5 are linearly arranged in the X direction with the arrangement pitch Lh. Further, in each mounting head 5, eight nozzle mounting portions 51 are arranged circumferentially at an arrangement pitch Lo in the circumferential direction. The circumference O51 in which the eight nozzle mounting portions 51 are arranged has a radius Ro. Here, the circumference O51 is a virtual circle passing through the tip of the nozzle N mounted on each of the eight nozzle mounting portions 51.
 これに対して、ノズルストッカー8では、3個のノズル収納ユニット81UがX方向に上記配列ピッチLhと等しい配列ピッチで直線状に配列されている。さらに、各ノズル収納ユニット81Uでは、8個のノズル収納部81が周方向に上記配列ピッチLoと等しい配列ピッチで配列されている。また、8個のノズル収納部81が配列される円周O81は、上記半径Roと同じ半径を有する。ここで、円周O81は、8個のノズル装着部81それぞれに収納されたノズルNの先端を通る仮想円である。ちなみに、こうしてノズル収納部81を配列した場合、X方向に隣接する異なるノズル収納ユニット81Uに属しつつ、各ノズル収納ユニット81Uにおける配置が等しい関係にあるノズル収納部81は、X方向に配列ピッチLhで配列される。 On the other hand, in the nozzle stocker 8, three nozzle storage units 81U are linearly arranged in the X direction at an arrangement pitch equal to the arrangement pitch Lh. Further, in each nozzle storage unit 81U, eight nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged in the circumferential direction at an arrangement pitch equal to the arrangement pitch Lo. The circumference O81 where the eight nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged has the same radius as the radius Ro. Here, the circumference O81 is a virtual circle passing through the tip of the nozzle N accommodated in each of the eight nozzle mounting portions 81. Incidentally, when the nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged in this way, the nozzle storage portions 81 belonging to different nozzle storage units 81U adjacent in the X direction and having the same arrangement in each nozzle storage unit 81U have an arrangement pitch Lh in the X direction. Arranged in
 このように、ヘッドユニット4でのノズル装着部51の配列と、ノズルストッカー8でのノズル収納部81の配列とが対応付けられている。したがって、ヘッドユニット5の各実装ヘッド5の回転角度を調整して、図7に示したようにノズル装着部51の配列角度とノズル収納部81の配列角度とを合わせておけば、ヘッドユニット4をノズルストッカー8にZ方向から対向させることで、各ノズル装着部51と各ノズル収納部81とを1対1の対応関係で相互にZ方向に対向させることができる。以上が、ヘッドユニット4でのノズル装着部の配列とノズルストッカー8でのノズル収納部の配列との対応関係の説明である。図4~図6に戻ってノズルストッカー8の説明を続ける。 As described above, the arrangement of the nozzle mounting portions 51 in the head unit 4 and the arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81 in the nozzle stocker 8 are associated with each other. Therefore, if the rotation angle of each mounting head 5 of the head unit 5 is adjusted to match the arrangement angle of the nozzle mounting portion 51 and the arrangement angle of the nozzle storage portion 81 as shown in FIG. By making the nozzle stocker 8 face each other in the Z direction, the nozzle mounting portions 51 and the nozzle storage portions 81 can face each other in the Z direction in a one-to-one correspondence relationship. The above is an explanation of the correspondence between the arrangement of nozzle mounting portions in the head unit 4 and the arrangement of nozzle storage portions in the nozzle stocker 8. Returning to FIGS. 4 to 6, the description of the nozzle stocker 8 will be continued.
 ストッカー本体80の上面において、各ノズル収納ユニット81の周囲には略円板状に窪んだ軸受孔801が形成されており、8個のノズル収納部81は軸受孔801の底部で開口する。そして、軸受孔801の内径と略同じか若干小さい外径を有する円環状のシャッター82が、各軸受孔801に嵌入されて、各ノズル収納ユニット81Uに対して設けられている。各ノズル収納ユニット81においては、複数のノズル収納部81の円周配列の中心と、軸受孔801の円形状の中心と、シャッター82の円環形状の中心とは相互に一致しており、シャッター82は、軸受孔801の内壁との間で摺動しつつノズル収納ユニット81Uの周囲を回動自在となっている。なお、ストッカー本体80の上面においては、軸受孔801の内側に突き出てシャッター82を上から押さえる押えプレート803が各軸受孔801の周囲にねじ止めされており、シャッター82の軸受孔801からの脱落が防止されている。 On the upper surface of the stocker body 80, bearing holes 801 that are recessed in a substantially disk shape are formed around each nozzle storage unit 81, and the eight nozzle storage portions 81 open at the bottom of the bearing holes 801. An annular shutter 82 having an outer diameter substantially the same as or slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the bearing hole 801 is fitted into each bearing hole 801 and provided to each nozzle housing unit 81U. In each nozzle storage unit 81, the center of the circumferential arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage portions 81, the circular center of the bearing hole 801, and the center of the annular shape of the shutter 82 coincide with each other. 82 is rotatable around the nozzle housing unit 81 </ b> U while sliding between the inner wall of the bearing hole 801. In addition, on the upper surface of the stocker body 80, a presser plate 803 that protrudes to the inside of the bearing hole 801 and presses the shutter 82 from above is screwed around each bearing hole 801, and the shutter 82 falls off from the bearing hole 801. Is prevented.
 このように、3個のノズル収納ユニット81Uそれぞれに対してシャッター82が設けられている。そして、各シャッター82は次のような構成を具備することで、対応するノズル収納ユニット81Uの8個のノズル収納部81に対するノズルNの挿脱を規制する。つまり、シャッター82は、円環状の周縁部821と、周縁部821から内側に突出する8個の突起部822とで構成される。周縁部821は、ノズル収納ユニット81Uを構成する8個のノズル収納部81に外接する外接円の径よりも大きい内径を有し、ノズル収納ユニット81Uを外側から囲む。8個の突出部822は、かかる周縁部821の内壁に沿って、円周状に等ピッチで配列されている。すなわち、ノズル収納ユニット81Uを構成する8個のノズル収納部81の周りには、これらと同数の突起部822が設けられており、8個のノズル収納部81と8個の突起部822とが対応付けられている。そして、シャッター82を回動させると、各突起部822は、対応するノズル収納部81に対するノズルNの挿脱経路に突出する挿脱規制位置Prと、当該挿脱経路から外れる挿脱許可位置Ppとの間で回動する。各突起部822は、挿脱規制位置Prにおいて対応するノズル収納部81に対するノズルNの挿脱を規制する一方、挿脱許可位置Ppにおいて対応するノズル収納部81に対するノズルNの挿脱を許可する。なお、図5および図6では、各突起部822は挿脱規制位置Prに位置している。 Thus, the shutter 82 is provided for each of the three nozzle storage units 81U. Each shutter 82 has the following configuration, thereby restricting the insertion and removal of the nozzles N with respect to the eight nozzle storage portions 81 of the corresponding nozzle storage unit 81U. That is, the shutter 82 includes an annular peripheral portion 821 and eight projecting portions 822 that protrude inward from the peripheral portion 821. The peripheral edge portion 821 has an inner diameter larger than the diameter of a circumscribed circle circumscribing the eight nozzle storage portions 81 constituting the nozzle storage unit 81U, and surrounds the nozzle storage unit 81U from the outside. The eight protrusions 822 are arranged circumferentially at an equal pitch along the inner wall of the peripheral edge 821. That is, the same number of protrusions 822 are provided around the eight nozzle storage portions 81 constituting the nozzle storage unit 81U, and the eight nozzle storage portions 81 and the eight protrusion portions 822 are provided. It is associated. When the shutter 82 is rotated, each projection 822 is inserted into and removed from the insertion / removal restriction position Pr protruding from the insertion / removal path of the nozzle N with respect to the corresponding nozzle storage part 81 and the insertion / removal permission position Pp deviating from the insertion / removal path. Rotate between. Each protrusion 822 restricts insertion / removal of the nozzle N with respect to the corresponding nozzle storage portion 81 at the insertion / removal restriction position Pr, while permitting insertion / removal of the nozzle N with respect to the corresponding nozzle storage portion 81 at the insertion / removal permission position Pp. . 5 and 6, each protrusion 822 is located at the insertion / removal restriction position Pr.
 シャッター82が上記構成を具備するため、シャッター82を適宜回動させることで、当該シャッター82に対応する8個のノズル収納部81に対して一括して、ノズルNの挿脱を規制あるいは許可することができる。つまり、各突起部822が挿脱規制位置Prに位置する回動状態(挿脱規制状態)をシャッター82が取ると、このシャッター82に対応する8個のノズル収納部81に対しては、ノズルNの挿脱が一括して規制される。一方、各突起部822が挿脱許可位置Ppに位置する回動状態(挿脱許可状態)をシャッター82が取ると、このシャッター82に対応する8個のノズル収納部81に対しては、ノズルNの挿脱が一括して許可される。 Since the shutter 82 has the above-described configuration, by restricting or rotating the shutter 82 as appropriate, the insertion / removal of the nozzles N is collectively controlled with respect to the eight nozzle storage portions 81 corresponding to the shutter 82. be able to. That is, when the shutter 82 takes a rotating state (insertion / removal restriction state) in which each protrusion 822 is located at the insertion / removal restriction position Pr, the eight nozzle storage portions 81 corresponding to the shutter 82 have no nozzles. N insertion / removal is regulated collectively. On the other hand, when the shutter 82 takes a rotating state (insertion / removal permitted state) in which each protrusion 822 is positioned at the insertion / removal permission position Pp, the nozzles corresponding to the eight nozzle storage portions 81 corresponding to the shutter 82 are not nozzles. N insertion / removal is permitted at once.
 このようなシャッター82の回動は、ストッカー本体80の上面において各シャッター82に対して設けられたクランクプレート83を介して行われる。つまり、シャッター82は、周縁部821から上方へ突出するピン823を有する。これに対して、クランクプレート83は、シャッター82が嵌入された軸受孔801に隣接して設けられ、シャッター82のピン823に係合しつつ回転自在に構成されている。具体的には、クランクプレート83は、軸受孔801の内側に突出した係合部831を有し、係合部831をZ方向に貫通する長孔832によってピン823に係合する。したがって、クランクプレート83が回動すると、シャッター82がクランクプレート83に連動して回動する。なお、長孔832の長さをピン823の外径よりも長くして、長孔832とピン823との間に遊びを設けることで、シャッター82がクランクプレート83にスムーズに連動できるように構成されている。 Such rotation of the shutter 82 is performed via a crank plate 83 provided for each shutter 82 on the upper surface of the stocker body 80. That is, the shutter 82 has a pin 823 that protrudes upward from the peripheral edge 821. On the other hand, the crank plate 83 is provided adjacent to the bearing hole 801 in which the shutter 82 is fitted, and is configured to be rotatable while being engaged with the pin 823 of the shutter 82. Specifically, the crank plate 83 has an engaging portion 831 protruding inside the bearing hole 801, and engages with the pin 823 by a long hole 832 that penetrates the engaging portion 831 in the Z direction. Therefore, when the crank plate 83 rotates, the shutter 82 rotates in conjunction with the crank plate 83. The length of the long hole 832 is longer than the outer diameter of the pin 823, and play is provided between the long hole 832 and the pin 823 so that the shutter 82 can be smoothly interlocked with the crank plate 83. Has been.
 こうして、ストッカー本体80の上面では、3個のノズル収納ユニット81Uそれぞれに対して、シャッター82とクランクプレート83が設けられている。さらに、ノズルストッカー8は、3個のクランクプレート83を一括して回動させることで、挿脱規制状態および挿脱許可状態のいずれかに3個のシャッター82の状態を一括して切り換える機構を具備する。つまり、ストッカー本体80のY方向の側面には、X方向に延びるガイド溝805が形成されている。このガイド溝805は、X方向の一方側(図5の左側)の端に位置するシャッター82の直下から伸びて、X方向の他方側(図5の右側)におけるストッカー本体80の端で開口する。そして、X方向にガイド溝805よりも長いスライダー84が、ガイド溝805に嵌入されている。このスライダー84は、X方向の他方側(図5の右側)においてガイド溝805の端から部分的に突出しつつ、ガイド溝805に沿ってX方向へ移動自在に設けられている。 Thus, on the upper surface of the stocker body 80, the shutter 82 and the crank plate 83 are provided for each of the three nozzle storage units 81U. Further, the nozzle stocker 8 has a mechanism for collectively switching the state of the three shutters 82 to either the insertion / removal restricted state or the insertion / removal permitted state by rotating the three crank plates 83 at a time. It has. That is, the guide groove 805 extending in the X direction is formed on the side surface in the Y direction of the stocker body 80. The guide groove 805 extends from directly below the shutter 82 located at one end (left side in FIG. 5) in the X direction, and opens at the end of the stocker body 80 on the other side (right side in FIG. 5) in the X direction. . A slider 84 that is longer than the guide groove 805 in the X direction is fitted into the guide groove 805. The slider 84 is provided so as to be movable in the X direction along the guide groove 805 while partially protruding from the end of the guide groove 805 on the other side in the X direction (right side in FIG. 5).
 さらに、スライダー84は、X方向に並ぶ3個のクランクプレート83それぞれの下方に配置された、上方へ突出するピン841を有する。こうしてX方向に並ぶ3本のピン841のそれぞれは、上方に位置するクランププレート83に形成された切欠部833に係合する。したがって、スライダー84をX方向に移動させると、3本のピン841を介してスライダー84に係合する3個のクランクプレート83が一括して回動し、3個のシャッター82も一括して回動する。こうしてスライダー84をX方向に移動させることで、スライダー84に連動する3個のシャッター82を一括して回動させて、挿脱規制状態および挿脱許可状態のいずれかに3個のシャッター82の状態を一括して切り換えることができる。 Furthermore, the slider 84 has a pin 841 protruding upward, which is disposed below each of the three crank plates 83 arranged in the X direction. Thus, each of the three pins 841 arranged in the X direction engages with a notch 833 formed in the clamp plate 83 positioned above. Therefore, when the slider 84 is moved in the X direction, the three crank plates 83 that engage with the slider 84 via the three pins 841 rotate at once, and the three shutters 82 rotate at the same time. Move. By moving the slider 84 in the X direction in this way, the three shutters 82 interlocked with the slider 84 are rotated at once, and the three shutters 82 are set in either the insertion / removal restricted state or the insertion / removal permitted state. The state can be switched at once.
 図8は、挿脱規制状態および挿脱許可状態の切換動作の一例を示す平面図であり、ノズル収納ユニット81Uの各ノズル収納ユニット81にノズルNが収納されている状態が例示されている。なお、同図では、1個のノズル収納ユニット81Uに関する構成が代表して示されているが、同じノズルストッカー8に属する3個のノズル収納ユニット81Uに関する構成は、一括して同じ動作を実行する。 FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an example of the switching operation between the insertion / removal restriction state and the insertion / removal permission state, and illustrates a state in which the nozzle N is stored in each nozzle storage unit 81 of the nozzle storage unit 81U. In the figure, the configuration related to one nozzle storage unit 81U is representatively shown, but the configuration related to three nozzle storage units 81U belonging to the same nozzle stocker 8 performs the same operation collectively. .
 同図上段の欄に示すように挿脱規制状態では、スライダー84に伴ってピン841は、X方向の一方側Xlに移動した状態にある。したがって、クランクプレート83は時計回り側Rfに回動した状態にあり、シャッター82は反時計回りRbに回動した状態にある。その結果、各突起部822は、ノズル収納部81に対するノズルNの挿脱経路に突出する挿脱規制位置Prに位置して、ノズル収納部81へのノズルNの挿脱を規制する。特に図8に示すようにノズル収納部81にノズルNが挿入されている場合は、挿脱規制位置Prに位置する各突起部822は、ノズル収納部81に収納されるノズルNの鍔Nfの直上に位置して、ノズル収納部81からのノズルNの取出を規制する。 As shown in the upper column of the figure, in the insertion / removal restricted state, the pin 841 is moved to one side Xl in the X direction along with the slider 84. Therefore, the crank plate 83 is in a state of being rotated clockwise Rf, and the shutter 82 is in a state of being rotated counterclockwise Rb. As a result, each protrusion 822 is positioned at the insertion / removal restriction position Pr protruding in the insertion / removal path of the nozzle N with respect to the nozzle storage portion 81, and restricts the insertion / removal of the nozzle N into the nozzle storage portion 81. In particular, as shown in FIG. 8, when the nozzle N is inserted into the nozzle storage portion 81, each protrusion 822 positioned at the insertion / removal restriction position Pr is a width of the nozzle Nf of the nozzle N stored in the nozzle storage portion 81. Positioned immediately above, the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 is restricted.
 同図下段の欄に示すように挿脱許可状態では、スライダー84に伴ってピン841は、X方向の他方側Xrに移動した状態にある。したがって、クランクプレート83は反時計回り側Rbに回動した状態にあり、シャッター82は時計回りRfに回動した状態にある。その結果、各突起部822は、ノズル収納部81に対するノズルNの挿脱経路から外れる挿脱許可位置Ppに位置して、ノズル収納部81へのノズルNの挿脱を許可する。特に図8に示すようにノズル収納部81にノズルNが挿入されている場合は、挿脱許可位置Ppに位置する各突起部822は、ノズル収納部81に収納されるノズルNの鍔Nfの直上から外れて、ノズル収納部81からのノズルNの取出を許可する。 As shown in the lower column of the figure, in the insertion / removal permission state, the pin 841 is moved to the other side Xr in the X direction along with the slider 84. Therefore, the crank plate 83 is in a state of being rotated counterclockwise Rb, and the shutter 82 is in a state of being rotated clockwise Rf. As a result, each protrusion 822 is positioned at an insertion / removal permission position Pp that deviates from the insertion / removal path of the nozzle N with respect to the nozzle storage unit 81, and permits insertion / removal of the nozzle N into / from the nozzle storage unit 81. In particular, as shown in FIG. 8, when the nozzle N is inserted into the nozzle storage portion 81, each protrusion 822 positioned at the insertion / removal permission position Pp is the width of the nozzle N stored in the nozzle storage portion 81. The nozzle N is removed from just above, and the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 is permitted.
 このように、ノズルストッカー8では、スライダー84をX方向のXl側あるいはXr側へ移動させることで、各シャッター82を一括して反時計回り側Rbあるいは時計回り側Rfへ回動させることができる。そのため、スライダー84を操作するだけで、挿脱許可状態から挿脱禁止状態への切換あるいは挿脱禁止状態から挿脱許可状態への切換を、各シャッター82に対して一括して実行することができる。 As described above, in the nozzle stocker 8, the sliders 84 are moved to the X1 side or the Xr side in the X direction, whereby the shutters 82 can be collectively rotated to the counterclockwise side Rb or the clockwise side Rf. . Therefore, by simply operating the slider 84, switching from the insertion / removal permitted state to the insertion / removal prohibited state or switching from the insertion / removal prohibited state to the insertion / removal permitted state can be performed collectively for each shutter 82. it can.
 図4~図6に戻って説明を続ける。ストッカー本体80には、スライダー84をX方向の一方側(図5の左側)に付勢するばね等の弾性部材(図示省略)が内蔵されており、各シャッター82は、この弾性部材によって挿脱規制状態となる回動方向Rbに付勢されている。一方、スライダー84は、ストッカー本体80からX方向の他方側(図5の右側)に突出した部分に、上方へ突出するシャッター操作部843を有している。したがって、シャッター操作部843を操作することで、弾性部材の付勢力に抗してスライダー84をX方向へ移動させることができる。ただし、ストッカー本体80は、スライダー84のX方向の他方側(図5の右側)で、スライダー84の移動経路に設けられたストッパー85を備える。したがって、スライダー84がストッパーに突き当たると、付勢力に抗したスライダー84のそれ以上の移動が規制される。また、スライダー84のX方向の一方側Xlの端には、Y方向に平行な回転軸を中心に回転自在なリング84aが取り付けられている。したがって、リング84aをX方向の他方側Xrへ押圧することで、スライダー84をX方向の他方側Xrへ移動させることができる。 Returning to FIGS. 4 to 6, the description will be continued. The stocker body 80 incorporates an elastic member (not shown) such as a spring for urging the slider 84 to one side in the X direction (left side in FIG. 5), and each shutter 82 is inserted and removed by this elastic member. It is urged in the rotation direction Rb that is in the restricted state. On the other hand, the slider 84 has a shutter operation portion 843 protruding upward at a portion protruding from the stocker body 80 to the other side in the X direction (right side in FIG. 5). Therefore, by operating the shutter operation unit 843, the slider 84 can be moved in the X direction against the urging force of the elastic member. However, the stocker body 80 includes a stopper 85 provided on the moving path of the slider 84 on the other side in the X direction of the slider 84 (the right side in FIG. 5). Therefore, when the slider 84 hits the stopper, further movement of the slider 84 against the urging force is restricted. In addition, a ring 84a that is rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to the Y direction is attached to the end of one side Xl of the slider 84 in the X direction. Therefore, the slider 84 can be moved to the other side Xr in the X direction by pressing the ring 84a to the other side Xr in the X direction.
 スライダー84は、ピン841が設けられた肉厚部845においてY方向に肉厚に形成されている。この肉厚部845は、ガイド溝805からY方向に突出しており、スライダー84の移動に伴って移動する。一方、ストッカー本体80の側面に対しては、スライダー84の肉厚部845の移動範囲を避けつつガイド溝805を覆うカバー部材807がねじ止めされている。このカバー部材807によって、スライダー84のガイド溝805からの脱落が防止されている。 The slider 84 is formed thick in the Y direction in the thick portion 845 provided with the pins 841. The thick portion 845 protrudes from the guide groove 805 in the Y direction, and moves as the slider 84 moves. On the other hand, a cover member 807 that covers the guide groove 805 is screwed to the side surface of the stocker body 80 while avoiding the movement range of the thick portion 845 of the slider 84. The cover member 807 prevents the slider 84 from falling off the guide groove 805.
 ところで、後述するノズル取出装置9(図13)を用いることによって、ノズルストッカー8のノズル収納部81からノズルNを一括して取り出すことができる。そこで、ノズルストッカー8の両端には、ノズル取出作業の際にノズルストッカー8とノズル取出装置9との相互の位置決めを容易とするために、Z方向に延びるガイド孔86が形成されている。 By the way, by using the nozzle take-out device 9 (FIG. 13) described later, the nozzles N can be taken out from the nozzle storage portion 81 of the nozzle stocker 8 in a lump. Therefore, guide holes 86 extending in the Z direction are formed at both ends of the nozzle stocker 8 in order to facilitate the mutual positioning of the nozzle stocker 8 and the nozzle extraction device 9 during the nozzle extraction operation.
 以上が、図4のノズル交換機7が備えるノズルストッカー8の構成の詳細である。続いては、図4、図9および図10を用いて、ノズルストッカー8を昇降させるストッカー昇降機構71について説明する。ここで、図9は、図4のノズル交換機の一例を示す側面図であり、図10は、図4のノズル交換機の一例を示す正面図である。ノズル交換機7の基台70の上面には、互いに共通する構成を具備する4個のストッカー昇降機構71がY方向に等ピッチで配列されており、これらストッカー昇降機構71の上側に4個のノズルストッカー8がY方向に等ピッチで配列されている。ストッカー昇降機構71の配列ピッチとノズルストッカー8の配列ピッチとは互いに等しく、4個のストッカー昇降機構71と4個のノズルストッカー8とが対応付けられている。そして、各ストッカー昇降機構71は対応して設けられた直上のノズルストッカー8を昇降させる。 The above is the details of the configuration of the nozzle stocker 8 provided in the nozzle changer 7 of FIG. Next, a stocker lifting mechanism 71 that lifts and lowers the nozzle stocker 8 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 9, and 10. Here, FIG. 9 is a side view showing an example of the nozzle changer of FIG. 4, and FIG. 10 is a front view showing an example of the nozzle changer of FIG. On the upper surface of the base 70 of the nozzle changer 7, four stocker raising / lowering mechanisms 71 having a common configuration are arranged at equal pitches in the Y direction, and four nozzles are disposed above the stocker raising / lowering mechanism 71. Stockers 8 are arranged at equal pitches in the Y direction. The arrangement pitch of the stocker elevating mechanism 71 and the arrangement pitch of the nozzle stocker 8 are equal to each other, and the four stocker elevating mechanisms 71 and the four nozzle stockers 8 are associated with each other. And each stocker raising / lowering mechanism 71 raises / lowers the nozzle stocker 8 just provided correspondingly.
 ストッカー昇降機構71の骨格をなす支持フレーム710は、基台70上に立設されてZ方向に延びている。ストッカー昇降機構71は、支持フレーム710の下部に固定されたZ軸シリンダー712と、支持フレーム710の上部に昇降自在に設けられた昇降平板713とを有する。Z軸シリンダー712は、シリンダーロッド712aをエアによってZ方向へ進退させるロッドシリンダー(エアシリンダー)であり、基台70の下部に収容されたエア供給装置701からエアホース702を介してエアの供給を受けてシリンダーロッド712aを昇降させる。昇降平板713は、支持フレーム710の上部に固定されたガイド部材714によって昇降自在に支持されている。そして、Z軸シリンダー712のシリンダーロッド712aの上部がジョイント715によって昇降平板713に取り付けられている。したがって、Z軸シリンダー712によって、昇降平板713を昇降させることができる。また、ストッカー昇降機構71は、ノズルストッカー8を下側から支持する支持底板716を有し、昇降平板713の上部が支持底板716に固定されている。したがって、ノズルストッカー8は、昇降平板713と一緒に昇降する。 The support frame 710 that forms the skeleton of the stocker lifting mechanism 71 is erected on the base 70 and extends in the Z direction. The stocker elevating mechanism 71 includes a Z-axis cylinder 712 fixed to the lower portion of the support frame 710 and an elevating plate 713 provided on the upper portion of the support frame 710 so as to be movable up and down. The Z-axis cylinder 712 is a rod cylinder (air cylinder) that advances and retracts the cylinder rod 712a in the Z direction by air. The Z-axis cylinder 712 is supplied with air from an air supply device 701 housed in the lower part of the base 70 via an air hose 702. The cylinder rod 712a is moved up and down. The elevating plate 713 is supported by a guide member 714 fixed to the upper part of the support frame 710 so as to be movable up and down. The upper part of the cylinder rod 712 a of the Z-axis cylinder 712 is attached to the lift plate 713 by a joint 715. Therefore, the elevating plate 713 can be moved up and down by the Z-axis cylinder 712. The stocker elevating mechanism 71 has a support bottom plate 716 that supports the nozzle stocker 8 from below, and the upper portion of the elevating plate 713 is fixed to the support bottom plate 716. Therefore, the nozzle stocker 8 moves up and down together with the lift plate 713.
 このようなストッカー昇降機構71は、Z軸シリンダー712のシリンダーロッド712aをZ方向へ進退させることで、対応するノズルストッカー8を昇降させることができる。また、ノズル交換機7では、4個のノズルストッカー8それぞれに対してストッカー昇降機構71が個別に設けられている。したがって、4個のノズルストッカー8を個別に昇降させることが可能となっている。 Such a stocker raising / lowering mechanism 71 can raise and lower the corresponding nozzle stocker 8 by moving the cylinder rod 712a of the Z-axis cylinder 712 forward and backward in the Z direction. In the nozzle changer 7, a stocker lifting mechanism 71 is individually provided for each of the four nozzle stockers 8. Therefore, the four nozzle stockers 8 can be raised and lowered individually.
 さらに、ノズル交換機7は、4個のノズルストッカー8のうち上昇したノズルストッカー8のシャッター操作部843を操作して、上昇したノズルストッカー8のシャッター82を操作するシャッター操作機構73を有する。シャッター操作機構73は、4個のノズルストッカー8のX方向の他方側(図10の右側)に配置されており、接続フレーム75を介して支持フレーム710に取り付けられている。このシャッター操作機構73は、次に説明するように、ノズルストッカー8のシャッター操作部843に上方から対向するクラッチ部材731を、X軸シリンダー732でX方向へ駆動する概略構成を備える。 Furthermore, the nozzle changer 7 has a shutter operation mechanism 73 for operating the shutter 82 of the raised nozzle stocker 8 by operating the shutter operation portion 843 of the raised nozzle stocker 8 among the four nozzle stockers 8. The shutter operation mechanism 73 is disposed on the other side in the X direction of the four nozzle stockers 8 (the right side in FIG. 10), and is attached to the support frame 710 via the connection frame 75. As will be described below, the shutter operation mechanism 73 has a schematic configuration in which a clutch member 731 facing the shutter operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 from above is driven in the X direction by an X-axis cylinder 732.
 接続フレーム75は、4個のノズルストッカー8および支持フレーム710のX方向の他方側(図10の右側)でYZ平面に平行に設けられた取付平板75aと、取付平板75aのY方向の両側において支持フレーム710側へ向けてX方向に屈曲する2枚の屈曲平板75bとを有し、これら屈曲平板75bがY方向の両端に位置する支持フレーム710にねじ止めされている。そして、シャッター操作機構73のフレーム部材730が、取付平板75aの上端に取り付けられて、取付平板75aからX方向の他方側(図10の右側)に突出する。フレーム部材730はXY平面に平行な平板形状を有し、Y方向において4個のノズルストッカー8の配列の中央に位置する。 The connection frame 75 includes a mounting plate 75a provided parallel to the YZ plane on the other side in the X direction of the four nozzle stockers 8 and the support frame 710 (right side in FIG. 10), and both sides of the mounting plate 75a in the Y direction. There are two bent flat plates 75b bent in the X direction toward the support frame 710, and these bent flat plates 75b are screwed to the support frames 710 located at both ends in the Y direction. The frame member 730 of the shutter operation mechanism 73 is attached to the upper end of the attachment flat plate 75a and protrudes from the attachment flat plate 75a to the other side in the X direction (the right side in FIG. 10). The frame member 730 has a flat plate shape parallel to the XY plane, and is positioned at the center of the arrangement of the four nozzle stockers 8 in the Y direction.
 クラッチ部材731は、X軸ガイド機構733を介してフレーム部材730の上面に取り付けられており、X方向へ移動自在となっている。具体的には、X軸ガイド機構733は、フレーム部材730の上面に固定されたX軸レール733aと、X軸レール733aに沿ってX方向へ移動自在なX軸スライダー733bとを有し、X軸スライダー733bにクラッチ部材731がねじ止めされている。クラッチ部材731は、第1延設板731a、第2延設板731bおよび係合爪731cとで構成される。第1延設板731aは、X軸スライダー733bからノズルストッカー側8へ向けてX方向へ延びる板であり、X軸スライダー733bから突出した部分で階段状に屈曲する。第2延設板731bは、第1延設板731aから4個のノズルストッカー8の上方までX方向へ延びる板である。この第2延設板731bは、Y方向において4個のシャッター操作部843の配列よりも広い幅を有し、Y方向に並ぶ4個のシャッター操作部843に上方から対向する。係合爪731cは、第2延設板732bのノズルストッカー側8のX方向の先端から下方に屈曲して設けられ、Y方向に第2延設板731bと同じ幅を有する。 The clutch member 731 is attached to the upper surface of the frame member 730 via the X-axis guide mechanism 733, and is movable in the X direction. Specifically, the X-axis guide mechanism 733 includes an X-axis rail 733a fixed to the upper surface of the frame member 730, and an X-axis slider 733b movable in the X direction along the X-axis rail 733a. A clutch member 731 is screwed to the shaft slider 733b. The clutch member 731 includes a first extending plate 731a, a second extending plate 731b, and an engaging claw 731c. The first extending plate 731a is a plate extending in the X direction from the X-axis slider 733b toward the nozzle stocker side 8, and is bent in a stepped manner at a portion protruding from the X-axis slider 733b. The second extending plate 731b is a plate extending in the X direction from the first extending plate 731a to above the four nozzle stockers 8. The second extending plate 731b has a width wider than the arrangement of the four shutter operation units 843 in the Y direction, and faces the four shutter operation units 843 arranged in the Y direction from above. The engaging claw 731c is bent downward from the tip in the X direction on the nozzle stocker side 8 of the second extending plate 732b, and has the same width as the second extending plate 731b in the Y direction.
 X軸シリンダー732は、フレーム部材730の下面に取り付けられており、ノズルストッカー8側へ向けてX方向に延びるシリンダーロッド732aを有する。このシリンダーロッド732aは、接続フレーム75の取付平板75aに設けられた貫通孔(不図示)をX方向に貫通して、取付平板75aよりノズルストッカー8側にまで延びる。X軸シリンダー732は、シリンダーロッド732aをエアによってX方向へ進退させるロッドシリンダー(エアシリンダー)であり、基台70の下部に収容されたエア供給装置701からエアホース703を介してエアの供給を受けてシリンダーロッド732aを移動させる。そして、シリンダーロッド732aのノズルストッカー8側の先端が、クラッチ部材731に係合する係合平板735に接続されている。具体的には、クラッチ部材731の底面には、X方向に間隔を空けて配置されつつそれぞれY方向に延びる棒部材736が固定されており、係合平板735は、棒部材736の間に遊びを持って嵌入して、クラッチ部材731に係合する。したがって、X軸シリンダー732のシリンダーロッド732aをX方向へ進退させることで、クラッチ部材731をX方向へ移動させて、ノズルストッカー8に接離させることができる。 The X-axis cylinder 732 is attached to the lower surface of the frame member 730 and has a cylinder rod 732a extending in the X direction toward the nozzle stocker 8 side. The cylinder rod 732a extends through the through hole (not shown) provided in the attachment flat plate 75a of the connection frame 75 in the X direction and extends from the attachment flat plate 75a to the nozzle stocker 8 side. The X-axis cylinder 732 is a rod cylinder (air cylinder) that advances and retracts the cylinder rod 732a in the X direction by air, and receives supply of air from the air supply device 701 housed in the lower part of the base 70 via the air hose 703. To move the cylinder rod 732a. The tip of the cylinder rod 732 a on the nozzle stocker 8 side is connected to an engagement flat plate 735 that engages with the clutch member 731. Specifically, rod members 736 that are spaced apart in the X direction and extend in the Y direction are fixed to the bottom surface of the clutch member 731, and the engaging flat plate 735 is free to play between the rod members 736. And is engaged with the clutch member 731. Therefore, by moving the cylinder rod 732a of the X-axis cylinder 732 forward and backward in the X direction, the clutch member 731 can be moved in the X direction and brought into contact with and separated from the nozzle stocker 8.
 このように構成されたシャッター操作機構73のクラッチ部材731は、ストッカー昇降機構71によって上昇されたノズルストッカー8のシャッター操作部843に選択的に係合して、上昇されたノズルストッカー8のシャッター82を操作することができる。かかる動作について、図11および図12を併用しつつ説明する。ここで、図11は、1個のノズルストッカー8が選択的に上昇した状態を例示する斜視図であり、図12は、1個のノズルストッカーが選択的に上昇した状態を例示する正面図である。図11および図12に示す例では、図4において左端のノズルストッカー8のみが上昇し、その他のノズルストッカー8が下降するとともに、シリンダーロッド732aがノズルストッカー8側に伸びており、クラッチ部材731がノズルストッカー8に寄っている。 The thus configured clutch member 731 of the shutter operation mechanism 73 selectively engages with the shutter operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 raised by the stocker elevating mechanism 71, and the shutter 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 raised. Can be operated. Such an operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12 together. Here, FIG. 11 is a perspective view illustrating a state where one nozzle stocker 8 is selectively raised, and FIG. 12 is a front view illustrating a state where one nozzle stocker is selectively raised. is there. In the example shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, only the leftmost nozzle stocker 8 in FIG. 4 is raised, the other nozzle stockers 8 are lowered, the cylinder rod 732a extends to the nozzle stocker 8 side, and the clutch member 731 is Close to the nozzle stocker 8.
 上述のストッカー昇降機構71は、上昇位置Puと上昇位置Puより下側の下降位置Pdの間でノズルストッカー8を昇降させる。一方、4個のノズルストッカー8それぞれの操作部843に対しては、上方からクラッチ部材731の第2延設板731bが対向する。クラッチ部材731の高さは、上昇位置Puにあるノズルストッカー8の操作部843の上端より若干上側に第2延設板731が位置する高さに設定されている。詳しくは、上昇位置Puにあるノズルストッカー8の操作部843の上端とクラッチ部材731の第2延設板731bとの間には、クラッチ部材731の係合爪731cの長さ未満のクリアランスが空いている。また、シリンダーロッド732aが延びた状態において、クラッチ部材731の係合爪731cは、付勢力でX方向の一方側Xlに押し遣られた操作部843よりもさらにX方向の一方側Xlに位置する。したがって、上昇位置Puに位置するノズルストッカー8の操作部843に対しては、クラッチ部材731の係合爪731cがX方向の一方側Xlで係合するのに対して、下降位置Pdに位置するノズルストッカー8の操作部843に対しては、クラッチ部材731の係合爪731cは下側に外れて係合しない。 The above-described stocker raising / lowering mechanism 71 raises and lowers the nozzle stocker 8 between the raised position Pu and the lowered position Pd below the raised position Pu. On the other hand, the second extending plate 731b of the clutch member 731 faces the operation portion 843 of each of the four nozzle stockers 8 from above. The height of the clutch member 731 is set to a height at which the second extending plate 731 is positioned slightly above the upper end of the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 at the raised position Pu. Specifically, a clearance less than the length of the engaging claw 731c of the clutch member 731 is vacant between the upper end of the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 at the raised position Pu and the second extending plate 731b of the clutch member 731. ing. Further, in a state where the cylinder rod 732a is extended, the engaging claw 731c of the clutch member 731 is located on the one side Xl in the X direction further than the operation portion 843 pushed to the one side Xl in the X direction by the urging force. . Accordingly, the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 located at the raised position Pu is located at the lowered position Pd while the engaging claw 731c of the clutch member 731 is engaged on one side Xl in the X direction. The engaging claw 731c of the clutch member 731 is disengaged downward from the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 and is not engaged.
 このようなノズル交換機7では、上昇位置Puにあるノズルストッカー8に対して、シャッター操作機構73がクラッチ部材731を介して操作を行うことができる。つまり、シャッター操作機構73がX軸シリンダー732を動作させて、シリンダーロッド732aを縮めると、ノズルストッカー8の操作部843が、クラッチ部材731によってX方向の他方側Xrへ引っ張られる。これによって、スライダー84がX方向の他方側Xrへ移動して、ノズルストッカー8の各シャッター82を挿脱禁止状態から挿脱許可状態へ一括して切り換える。また、シャッター操作機構73がX軸シリンダー732を動作させて、シリンダーロッド732aを延ばすと、クラッチ部材731のX方向の一方側Xlへの移動に伴って、スライダー84が付勢力によってX方向の一方側Xlへ移動して、ノズルストッカー8の各シャッター82を挿脱許可状態から挿脱禁止状態へ一括して切り換える。このようにクラッチ部材731は、上昇位置Puにあるノズルストッカー8の各シャッター82を一括して、挿脱許可状態と挿脱禁止状態との間で切り換えることができる。一方、下降位置Pdにあるノズルストッカー8の操作部843は、クラッチ部材731に係合しない。そのため、下降位置Pdにあるノズルストッカー8の各シャッター82は、シャッター操作機構73の操作によらず挿脱禁止状態に維持される。 In such a nozzle changer 7, the shutter operation mechanism 73 can operate the nozzle stocker 8 at the raised position Pu via the clutch member 731. That is, when the shutter operating mechanism 73 operates the X-axis cylinder 732 and contracts the cylinder rod 732a, the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 is pulled to the other side Xr in the X direction by the clutch member 731. As a result, the slider 84 moves to the other side Xr in the X direction, and the shutters 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 are collectively switched from the insertion / removal prohibited state to the insertion / removal permitted state. Further, when the shutter operating mechanism 73 operates the X-axis cylinder 732 and extends the cylinder rod 732a, the slider 84 is moved in one direction in the X direction by the urging force as the clutch member 731 moves to one side X1 in the X direction. Moving to the side Xl, the shutters 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 are collectively switched from the insertion / removal permitted state to the insertion / removal prohibited state. Thus, the clutch member 731 can switch the shutters 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 at the raised position Pu between the insertion / removal permitted state and the insertion / removal prohibited state. On the other hand, the operation portion 843 of the nozzle stocker 8 at the lowered position Pd does not engage with the clutch member 731. Therefore, the shutters 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 at the lowered position Pd are maintained in the insertion / removal prohibited state regardless of the operation of the shutter operation mechanism 73.
 つまり、ノズル交換機7は、ストッカー昇降機構71によってノズルストッカー8を単に昇降できるのみならず、ノズルストッカー8のシャッター82とシャッター操作機構73との間の動力伝達経路の形成および遮断を制御することができる。つまり、ノズルストッカー昇降機構71によりノズルストッカー8を上昇位置Puに上昇させれば、ノズルストッカー8とシャッター操作機構73との間の動力伝達経路を形成できる。また、ノズルストッカー昇降機構71によりノズルストッカー8を下降位置Pdに下降させれば、ノズルストッカー8とシャッター操作機構73との間の動力伝達経路を遮断できる。 That is, the nozzle changer 7 can not only simply move the nozzle stocker 8 up and down by the stocker lifting mechanism 71 but also control the formation and blocking of the power transmission path between the shutter 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 and the shutter operation mechanism 73. it can. That is, if the nozzle stocker 8 is raised to the raised position Pu by the nozzle stocker lifting mechanism 71, a power transmission path between the nozzle stocker 8 and the shutter operation mechanism 73 can be formed. Further, if the nozzle stocker 8 is lowered to the lowered position Pd by the nozzle stocker raising / lowering mechanism 71, the power transmission path between the nozzle stocker 8 and the shutter operation mechanism 73 can be interrupted.
 ノズル取出装置
 以上がノズル交換機7を具備する部品実装装置1の一例である。続いては、ノズル交換機7に収納されるノズルNをノズル交換機7から取り出す際に用いられるノズル取出装置について説明する。図13は、本発明を適用可能なノズル取出装置の一例を示す斜視図である。図14は、図13に示すノズル取出装置の平面図である。図15は、図13に示すノズル取出装置の底面図である。
Nozzle removal device The above is an example of the component mounting device 1 including the nozzle changer 7. Next, the nozzle take-out device used when taking out the nozzle N accommodated in the nozzle changer 7 from the nozzle changer 7 will be described. FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing an example of a nozzle take-out device to which the present invention can be applied. FIG. 14 is a plan view of the nozzle take-out device shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a bottom view of the nozzle take-out device shown in FIG.
 ノズル取出装置9は、長手方向Dxに長尺でかつ幅方向Dyに短尺な直方体形状の支持部材90により、ノズルNに径脱自在に係合する係合部材91を支持した概略構成を備えている。作業者は、ノズルストッカー8に対してノズル取出装置9を係脱方向Dzから接近させて、ノズルストッカー8に収納されるノズルNにノズル取出装置9の係合部材91を係合させた後に、ノズルストッカー8からノズル取出装置9を係脱方向Dzに離間させることで、ノズルストッカー8からノズルNを取り出すことができる。なお、図13~図15および以下に示す図面では適宜、ノズルストッカー8にノズル取出装置9を接近させる際にノズル取出装置9を移動させる側を係脱方向Dzの接近側Dz(+)と表し、ノズルストッカーからノズル取出装置9を離間させる際にノズル取出装置9を移動させる側を係脱方向Dzの離間側Dz(-)と表す。また、長手方向Dx、幅方向Dyおよび係脱方向Dzからなる直交座標系を適宜示す。 The nozzle take-out device 9 has a schematic configuration in which an engagement member 91 that is detachably engaged with the nozzle N is supported by a rectangular parallelepiped support member 90 that is long in the longitudinal direction Dx and short in the width direction Dy. Yes. The operator brings the nozzle take-out device 9 closer to the nozzle stocker 8 from the engagement / disengagement direction Dz and engages the engagement member 91 of the nozzle take-out device 9 with the nozzle N accommodated in the nozzle stocker 8. The nozzle N can be taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 by separating the nozzle take-out device 9 from the nozzle stocker 8 in the engaging / disengaging direction Dz. 13 to 15 and the drawings shown below, the side on which the nozzle take-out device 9 is moved when the nozzle take-out device 9 is brought close to the nozzle stocker 8 is represented as the approach side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz. The side on which the nozzle take-out device 9 is moved when the nozzle take-out device 9 is moved away from the nozzle stocker is represented as a separated side Dz (−) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz. In addition, an orthogonal coordinate system including a longitudinal direction Dx, a width direction Dy, and an engagement / disengagement direction Dz is shown as appropriate.
 支持部材90の接近側Dz(+)の面では、3個の凹部901が長手方向Dxに直線状に等ピッチで配列されている。また、支持部材90には、長手方向Dxの途中、具体的には一方端の凹部901と中央の凹部901の間で幅方向Dyに切り欠けられた切欠部902が形成されている。凹部901は平面視において円形状を有して、係脱方向Dzの接近側Dz(+)に開口している。凹部901では、8個の係合部材91が円周状に等ピッチで配列されて、係合ユニット91Uが構成されている。この係合ユニット91Uは、各凹部901に設けられているため、支持部材90の接近側Dz(+)の面では、3個の係合ユニット91Uが長手方向Dxに直線状に等ピッチで配列されることとなる。このような係合部材91の配列は、ノズルストッカー8でのノズル収納部81の配列に対応している。 On the approaching side Dz (+) surface of the support member 90, three recesses 901 are arranged in a straight line at equal pitches in the longitudinal direction Dx. Further, the support member 90 is formed with a cutout portion 902 cut out in the width direction Dy in the middle of the longitudinal direction Dx, specifically, between the concave portion 901 at one end and the concave portion 901 at the center. The recess 901 has a circular shape in a plan view and opens on the approaching side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz. In the recess 901, eight engaging members 91 are arranged at equal pitches around the circumference to constitute an engaging unit 91U. Since the engaging units 91U are provided in the respective recesses 901, three engaging units 91U are linearly arranged at equal pitches in the longitudinal direction Dx on the surface on the approaching side Dz (+) of the support member 90. Will be. Such an arrangement of the engaging members 91 corresponds to the arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81 in the nozzle stocker 8.
 つまり、図7を示しつつ上述した通り、ノズルストッカー8では、3個のノズル収納ユニット81UがX方向に配列ピッチLhで直線状に配列されている。さらに、各ノズル収納ユニット81Uでは、8個のノズル収納部81が周方向に配列ピッチLoで円周状に配列されている。また、8個のノズル収納部81が配列される円周O81は半径Roを有する。これに対して、ノズル取出装置9では、図14に示すように、3個の係合ユニット91UがX方向に上記配列ピッチLhと等しい配列ピッチで直線状に配列されている。さらに、各係合ユニット91Uでは、8個の係合部材91が周方向に上記配列ピッチLoと等しい配列ピッチで配列されている。また、8個の係合部材91が配列される円周O91は、上記半径Roと同じ半径を有する。ここで、円周O91は、8個の係合部材91それぞれに係合したノズルNの先端を通る仮想円である。 That is, as described above with reference to FIG. 7, in the nozzle stocker 8, three nozzle storage units 81U are linearly arranged in the X direction with the arrangement pitch Lh. Further, in each nozzle storage unit 81U, eight nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged circumferentially at an arrangement pitch Lo in the circumferential direction. The circumference O81 in which the eight nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged has a radius Ro. On the other hand, in the nozzle take-out device 9, as shown in FIG. 14, three engagement units 91U are linearly arranged in the X direction at an arrangement pitch equal to the arrangement pitch Lh. Further, in each engagement unit 91U, eight engagement members 91 are arranged in the circumferential direction with an arrangement pitch equal to the arrangement pitch Lo. The circumference O91 where the eight engaging members 91 are arranged has the same radius as the radius Ro. Here, the circumference O91 is a virtual circle passing through the tip of the nozzle N engaged with each of the eight engaging members 91.
 このように、ノズルストッカー8でのノズル収納部81の配列と、ノズル取出装置9での係合部材91の配列が対応付けられている。したがって、ノズル取出装置9の係脱方向DzをZ方向に平行にしつつノズル取出装置9の接近側Dz(+)をノズルストッカー8の上面に対向させることで、各係合部材91と各ノズル収納部81とを1対1の対応関係で相互にZ方向に対向させることができる。さらに、こうして各係合部材91と各ノズル収納部81とを対向させた状態から、ノズルストッカー8にノズル取出装置9を係脱方向Dzから接近させることで、ノズルストッカー8の各ノズル収納部81に収納されたノズルNに対して、ノズル取出装置9の各係合部材91を一括して係合させることができる。以上がノズルストッカー8でのノズル収納部81の配列とノズル取出装置9でのノズル収納部の配列との対応関係の説明である。 As described above, the arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81 in the nozzle stocker 8 and the arrangement of the engaging members 91 in the nozzle take-out device 9 are associated with each other. Therefore, the engaging member 91 and each nozzle housing are accommodated by making the approaching side Dz (+) of the nozzle take-out device 9 face the upper surface of the nozzle stocker 8 while making the engaging / disengaging direction Dz of the nozzle take-out device 9 parallel to the Z direction. The portions 81 can be opposed to each other in the Z direction with a one-to-one correspondence. Furthermore, the nozzle storage device 81 of the nozzle stocker 8 is brought closer to the nozzle stocker 8 from the engagement / disengagement direction Dz by making the engagement members 91 and the nozzle storage portions 81 face each other. The engaging members 91 of the nozzle take-out device 9 can be collectively engaged with the nozzles N accommodated therein. The above is the description of the correspondence between the arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81 in the nozzle stocker 8 and the arrangement of the nozzle storage portions in the nozzle take-out device 9.
 支持部材90の各凹部901の中央には、平面視において円形状を有するゴム部材92がねじ止めされている。ゴム部材92は、円周状に配列された複数の係合部材91の内接円より小さい径を有しており、ゴム部材92の外周と当該ゴム部材92を取り囲む8個の係合部材91との間には隙間が設けられている。ゴム部材92は、凹部901に対して係脱方向Dzの接近側Dz(+)に若干突出している。係合部材91は、凹部901およびゴム部材91それぞれに対して係脱方向Dzの接近側Dz(+)に大きく突出している。 A rubber member 92 having a circular shape in plan view is screwed to the center of each recess 901 of the support member 90. The rubber member 92 has a smaller diameter than the inscribed circle of the plurality of engaging members 91 arranged in a circumferential shape, and the eight engaging members 91 surrounding the rubber member 92 and the rubber member 92 are included. There is a gap between them. The rubber member 92 slightly protrudes toward the approach side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz with respect to the recess 901. The engagement member 91 protrudes greatly toward the approaching side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz with respect to the recess 901 and the rubber member 91, respectively.
 係合部材91には、係脱方向Dzに貫通する通気孔911が形成されている。通気孔911は、それが貫通する係合部材91に係合するノズルNのノズル孔Nvに連通する。また、支持部材90では、凹部901に設けられた8個の係合部材91それぞれの通気口911に連通する送風口93(図15)が当該凹部901の底部に設けられている。この送風口93は、3個の凹部901のそれぞれに対して設けられている。 The engagement member 91 is formed with a vent hole 911 penetrating in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz. The air hole 911 communicates with the nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N that engages with the engaging member 91 through which the air hole 911 passes. Further, in the support member 90, an air blowing port 93 (FIG. 15) communicating with the vent holes 911 of each of the eight engaging members 91 provided in the concave portion 901 is provided in the bottom portion of the concave portion 901. The air outlet 93 is provided for each of the three recesses 901.
 さらに、ノズル取出装置9は、支持部材90の長手方向Dyの両端に設けられて係脱方向Dzの接近側Dz(+)に突出するガイドピン95や、支持部材90の長手方向Dyの端に取り付けられた操作部材96を備える。ガイドピン95は、ノズルストッカー8のガイド孔86に対応して設けられている。より具体的には、ノズルストッカー8に対してノズル取出装置9が対向した状態で、各ガイドピン95が各ガイド孔86に対向してZ方向へ挿脱自在となるように、各ガイドピンはストッカー本体80に設けられている。 Further, the nozzle take-out device 9 is provided at both ends of the support member 90 in the longitudinal direction Dy and protrudes toward the approaching side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz, or at the end of the support member 90 in the longitudinal direction Dy. An operating member 96 is provided. The guide pins 95 are provided corresponding to the guide holes 86 of the nozzle stocker 8. More specifically, in a state where the nozzle take-out device 9 is opposed to the nozzle stocker 8, each guide pin is opposed to each guide hole 86 and can be inserted and removed in the Z direction. It is provided in the stocker body 80.
 操作部材96は、支持部材90の角に設けられた回動軸C96を中心に平板状の回動平板960を回動自在に支持しつつ、押圧ボタン961および当接レバー962を回動平板960に設けた概略構成を具備する。回動平板960は、支持部材90の離間側Dz(-)の面に沿って設けられた平板であり、送風口93に対向する部分に窓940aを有する。この窓960aによって送風口93が回動平板960に隠れることなく、露わになっている。押圧ボタン961は、回転軸C96の長手方向Dx側に設けられて支持部材90の切欠部902に幅方向Dyから対向しており、回動平板960の回動に伴って切欠部902に対して挿脱する。当接レバー962は、幅方向Dyにおいて回動軸C96の反対側で支持部材90の側面に隣接して設けられて、支持部材90より係脱方向Dzの接近側Dz(+)に大きく突出している。この当接レバー962は、回動平板960の回動に伴って回動方向Drに回動することで、長手方向Dxにおいて支持部材90の内側Dr(+)へ変位したり支持部材90の外側Dr(-)へ変位したりできる。 The operation member 96 supports the pressing button 961 and the contact lever 962 on the rotating plate 960 while rotatably supporting a flat rotating plate 960 around a rotating shaft C96 provided at the corner of the support member 90. The schematic configuration provided in FIG. The rotating flat plate 960 is a flat plate provided along the surface on the separation side Dz (−) of the support member 90, and has a window 940 a at a portion facing the air outlet 93. The window 960a exposes the air outlet 93 without being hidden by the rotating flat plate 960. The push button 961 is provided on the longitudinal direction Dx side of the rotation axis C96 and faces the notch 902 of the support member 90 from the width direction Dy, and with respect to the notch 902 as the rotating plate 960 rotates. Insert and remove. The contact lever 962 is provided adjacent to the side surface of the support member 90 on the opposite side of the rotation axis C96 in the width direction Dy, and protrudes greatly from the support member 90 to the approach side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz. Yes. The abutment lever 962 is displaced in the rotation direction Dr along with the rotation of the rotation flat plate 960, thereby being displaced to the inner side Dr (+) of the support member 90 in the longitudinal direction Dx or the outer side of the support member 90. It can be displaced to Dr (-).
 当接レバー962と押圧ボタン961とは回動平板960を介して接続されているため、当接レバー962が内側Dr(+)に変位した状態において押圧ボタン961は切欠部902から抜け出る一方、当接レバー962が外側Dr(-)へ変位した状態において押圧部材961は切欠部902に入り込む。さらに、操作部材96は、回転軸C96に設けられた不図示の付勢部材(バネ等)によって、当接レバー962が内側Dr(+)へ変位する方向へ付勢されている。したがって、作業者が押圧ボタン961を付勢力に抗して切欠部902へ押し込むと当接レバー962が外側Dr(-)へ変位する一方、作業者が押圧ボタン961を放すと当接レバー962が付勢力によって内側Dr(+)へ変位する。 Since the contact lever 962 and the press button 961 are connected via the rotating flat plate 960, the press button 961 comes out of the notch portion 902 while the contact lever 962 is displaced inwardly to Dr (+). The pressing member 961 enters the notch 902 in a state where the contact lever 962 is displaced outward Dr (−). Further, the operation member 96 is urged in a direction in which the contact lever 962 is displaced inwardly to Dr (+) by an urging member (not shown) provided on the rotating shaft C96. Therefore, when the operator pushes the pressing button 961 against the urging force into the notch 902, the contact lever 962 is displaced outward Dr (−), while when the operator releases the pressing button 961, the contact lever 962 is moved. It is displaced inward Dr (+) by the urging force.
 そして、図13~図15に示した構成を具備するノズル取出装置9は、ノズルストッカー8から取り出したノズルNを、図16に示すように保持することができる。 図16は、ノズル収納部からノズルを取り出したノズル取出装置を示す断面図である。ノズルNがノズルストッカー8に収納された状態において、ノズルNの先端Ntは下方を向いてノズル収納部81内に収まる一方、先端Ntの逆側においてノズルNのノズル孔Nvが上方へ開口している。したがって、ノズル取出装置9の係脱方向DzをZ方向に一致させて、ノズル取出装置9を上方からノズルストッカー8に接近させると、ノズルストッカー8に収納されるノズルNのノズル孔Nvが、ノズル取出装置9の係合部材91に対して外側から嵌る。この際、ノズルNがノズル孔Nvの周縁で係合部材91とゴム部材92との間に挟まれて、ゴム部材92の弾性力によって係合部材91に押し遣られる。その結果、ノズルNと係合部材91の間に働く摩擦力や、ノズルNとゴム部材92の間に働く摩擦力によって、ノズルNが係合部材91に保持される。 Then, the nozzle take-out device 9 having the configuration shown in FIGS. 13 to 15 can hold the nozzle N taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 as shown in FIG. FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view showing a nozzle take-out device in which a nozzle is taken out from the nozzle storage portion. In a state where the nozzle N is housed in the nozzle stocker 8, the tip Nt of the nozzle N faces downward and fits in the nozzle housing portion 81, while the nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N opens upward on the opposite side of the tip Nt. Yes. Therefore, when the engagement / disengagement direction Dz of the nozzle take-out device 9 is made to coincide with the Z direction, and the nozzle take-out device 9 is brought close to the nozzle stocker 8 from above, the nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N accommodated in the nozzle stocker 8 becomes the nozzle The engagement member 91 of the take-out device 9 is fitted from the outside. At this time, the nozzle N is sandwiched between the engaging member 91 and the rubber member 92 at the periphery of the nozzle hole Nv, and is pushed to the engaging member 91 by the elastic force of the rubber member 92. As a result, the nozzle N is held by the engaging member 91 by the frictional force acting between the nozzle N and the engaging member 91 and the frictional force acting between the nozzle N and the rubber member 92.
 また、支持部材90には、上述した送風口93が設けられている。具体的には図16に示すように、送風口93は、凹部901の中央で支持部材90の底面(離間側Dz(-)の面)に開く開口931と、開口931と係合部材91の通気口911とを接続する接続路932とで構成される。この接続路932は、開口931から係脱方向Dzへ向けて支持部材90の内部に延びた後に、係脱方向Dzに直交する方向に放射状に分岐して各係合部材91の通気口911に到る。しかも、係合部材91に係合されたノズルNのノズル孔Nvは、係合部材91の通気口911に連通する。したがって、作業者は、送風口93の開口931にエアを吹き込むことで(エアブロー)、係合部材91に保持するノズルNのノズルの孔Nvに対してエアをフラッシュするフラッシング洗浄を実行することができる。 Also, the support member 90 is provided with the air blowing port 93 described above. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, the air blowing port 93 includes an opening 931 that opens to the bottom surface (the surface on the separation side Dz (−)) of the support member 90 at the center of the recess 901, and the opening 931 and the engaging member 91. It is comprised with the connection path 932 which connects the vent hole 911. FIG. The connection path 932 extends from the opening 931 toward the engagement / disengagement direction Dz into the support member 90, and then radially diverges in a direction orthogonal to the engagement / disengagement direction Dz to the vent 911 of each engagement member 91. It arrives. In addition, the nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N engaged with the engaging member 91 communicates with the vent hole 911 of the engaging member 91. Therefore, the operator can perform flushing cleaning for flushing air to the nozzle hole Nv of the nozzle N held by the engaging member 91 by blowing air into the opening 931 of the air blowing port 93 (air blow). it can.
 図17は、ノズル取出装置を用いてノズル交換機からノズルを取り出す際の作業の一例を示す斜視図である。同図では、ノズル交換機7の全ノズル収納部81にノズルNが収納されている状態から、奥から2番目のノズルストッカー8に収納されたノズルNをノズル取出装置9により一括して取り出す場合が例示されている。なお、同図の各工程は作業者により実行される。 FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing an example of an operation when taking out the nozzle from the nozzle changer using the nozzle take-out device. In the figure, there is a case where the nozzles N stored in the second nozzle stocker 8 from the back are collectively extracted by the nozzle extraction device 9 from the state where the nozzles N are stored in all the nozzle storage portions 81 of the nozzle changer 7. Illustrated. In addition, each process of the figure is performed by the operator.
 同図の最上段に示す接近工程では、作業者は、ノズル取出装置9の係脱方向DzをZ方向に平行にしつつノズル取出装置9の接近側Dz(+)を奥から2番目のノズルストッカー8の上面に対向させる。これによって、2番目のノズルストッカー8の各ノズル収納部81に収納されたノズルNと、ノズル取出装置9の各係合部材91とが1対1の対応関係で相互にZ方向に対向する。こうして各ノズルNと各係合部材91とを対向させた状態から、作業者は、ノズル取出装置9を係脱方向Dzの接近側Dz(+)へ移動させて、ノズルストッカー8にノズル取出装置9を係脱方向Dzから接近させる。その結果、同図の中央に示す係合工程のように、ノズルストッカー8の各ノズル収納部81に収納されたノズルNに対して、ノズル取出装置9の各係合部材91が一括して係合する。 In the approach step shown at the top of the figure, the operator sets the approach side Dz (+) of the nozzle take-out device 9 to the second nozzle stocker from the back while making the engagement / disengagement direction Dz of the nozzle take-out device 9 parallel to the Z direction. 8 is opposed to the upper surface. Thereby, the nozzle N accommodated in each nozzle accommodating part 81 of the 2nd nozzle stocker 8 and each engaging member 91 of the nozzle taking-out apparatus 9 mutually oppose in a Z direction by the one-to-one correspondence. From the state in which each nozzle N and each engagement member 91 are thus opposed, the operator moves the nozzle take-out device 9 to the approach side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz and causes the nozzle stocker 8 to move the nozzle take-out device. 9 is approached from the engagement / disengagement direction Dz. As a result, the engaging members 91 of the nozzle take-out device 9 are collectively engaged with the nozzles N stored in the nozzle storing portions 81 of the nozzle stocker 8 as in the engaging step shown in the center of FIG. Match.
 ちなみに、ノズルストッカー8にノズル取出装置9を接近させる途中においては、ノズルストッカー8の2個のガイド孔86にノズル取出装置9のガイドピン95の2個のガイドピン95がそれぞれ挿入される。その結果、ノズルストッカー8のノズルNとノズル取出装置9の係合部材91とがXY面内で互いに位置決めされた状態で、各ノズルNに対する係合部材91の接近・係合が実行される。さらに、ノズル取出装置9の当接レバー962は、ノズルストッカー8のスライダー84に設けられたリング84aにX方向の一方側Xlから当接する。この際、当接レバー96を付勢する付勢力がスライダー84を付勢する付勢力よりも大きく設定されているため、当接レバー96は、スライダー84をX方向の他方側Xrへ押し遣ってシャッター82によるノズルNの挿脱規制を解除する(つまり、シャッター82の状態を挿脱規制状態から挿脱許可状態に切り換える)。そのため、各ノズルNに対して各係合部材91が係合した状態では、各ノズルNは、ノズルストッカー8から取出自在となっている。 Incidentally, two guide pins 95 of the guide pin 95 of the nozzle take-out device 9 are inserted into the two guide holes 86 of the nozzle stocker 8 in the middle of the approach of the nozzle take-out device 9 to the nozzle stocker 8. As a result, in the state where the nozzle N of the nozzle stocker 8 and the engagement member 91 of the nozzle take-out device 9 are positioned with respect to each other in the XY plane, the approach / engagement of the engagement member 91 with each nozzle N is executed. Further, the contact lever 962 of the nozzle take-out device 9 contacts a ring 84a provided on the slider 84 of the nozzle stocker 8 from one side Xl in the X direction. At this time, since the urging force for urging the contact lever 96 is set to be larger than the urging force for urging the slider 84, the contact lever 96 pushes the slider 84 to the other side Xr in the X direction. The restriction of insertion / removal of the nozzle N by the shutter 82 is released (that is, the state of the shutter 82 is switched from the insertion / removal restriction state to the insertion / removal permission state). Therefore, in a state where the engagement members 91 are engaged with the nozzles N, the nozzles N can be taken out from the nozzle stocker 8.
 続いて、作業者は、ノズルストッカー8からノズル取出装置9を係脱方向Dzの離間側Dz(-)へ移動させて、ノズルストッカー8からノズル取出装置9を係脱方向Dzへ離間させる。これによって、同図の最下段に示す離間工程のように、ノズル収納部81からの取り出しが可能となった各ノズルNが係合部材91に保持されつつノズルストッカー8のノズル収納部81から取り出される。ちなみに、ノズル収納部81からのノズルNの取り出しが完了するまで、シャッター82によるノズルNの挿脱規制が解除されるように、当接レバー96のZ方向の長さが設定されている。こうして、ノズル取出装置9を用いてノズル交換機7からノズルNを取り出すノズル取出作業が完了する。なお、同図に示すように、係合部材91は、先端Ntの逆側からノズルNに係合するため、ノズル収納部81から取り出されてノズル取出装置9に保持されたノズルNの先端は露わになる。 Subsequently, the operator moves the nozzle take-out device 9 from the nozzle stocker 8 to the separation side Dz (−) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz, and separates the nozzle take-out device 9 from the nozzle stocker 8 in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz. As a result, the nozzles N that can be removed from the nozzle accommodating portion 81 are removed from the nozzle accommodating portion 81 of the nozzle stocker 8 while being held by the engaging member 91 as in the separation step shown at the bottom of FIG. It is. Incidentally, the length of the contact lever 96 in the Z direction is set so that the restriction of the insertion / removal of the nozzle N by the shutter 82 is released until the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 is completed. In this way, the nozzle extraction operation for extracting the nozzle N from the nozzle exchanger 7 using the nozzle extraction device 9 is completed. As shown in the figure, since the engaging member 91 engages with the nozzle N from the opposite side of the tip Nt, the tip of the nozzle N taken out from the nozzle storage portion 81 and held in the nozzle take-out device 9 is It will be exposed.
 図18は、ノズル取出装置を用いてノズル交換機へノズルを収納する際の作業の一例を示す斜視図である。同図では、ノズル交換機7の奥から2番目のノズルストッカー8の全ノズル収納部81にノズルNが収納されていない状態から、当該ノズルストッカー8の全ノズル収納部81に一括してノズルNを収納する場合が例示されている。なお、同図の各工程は作業者により実行される。 FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing an example of work when the nozzle is stored in the nozzle changer using the nozzle take-out device. In the figure, from the state where the nozzles N are not stored in all the nozzle storage parts 81 of the second nozzle stocker 8 from the back of the nozzle changer 7, the nozzles N are collectively added to all the nozzle storage parts 81 of the nozzle stocker 8. The case of storing is illustrated. In addition, each process of the figure is performed by the operator.
 同図の最上段に示す接近工程では、作業者は、ノズル取出装置9の係脱方向DzをZ方向に平行にしつつノズル取出装置9の接近側Dz(+)を奥から2番目のノズルストッカー8の上面に対向させる。この際、ノズル取出装置9の各係合部材91には、ノズルNが作業者によって予め係合されている。これによって、2番目のノズルストッカー8の各ノズル収納部81とノズル取出装置9の各係合部材91に保持されたノズルNとが1対1の対応関係で相互にZ方向に対向する。こうして各ノズル収納部81と各ノズルNとを対向させた状態から、作業者は、ノズル取出装置9を係脱方向Dzの接近側Dz(+)へ移動させて、ノズルストッカー8にノズル取出装置9を係脱方向Dzから接近させる。その結果、同図の中央に示す収納工程のように、ノズルストッカー8の各ノズル収納部81に対して、ノズル取出装置9に保持された各ノズルNが一括して収納される。 In the approach step shown at the top of the figure, the operator sets the approach side Dz (+) of the nozzle take-out device 9 to the second nozzle stocker from the back while making the engagement / disengagement direction Dz of the nozzle take-out device 9 parallel to the Z direction. 8 is opposed to the upper surface. At this time, the nozzle N is previously engaged with each engaging member 91 of the nozzle take-out device 9 by the operator. Thereby, each nozzle accommodating part 81 of the 2nd nozzle stocker 8 and the nozzle N hold | maintained at each engaging member 91 of the nozzle extraction apparatus 9 mutually oppose in a Z direction by the one-to-one correspondence. Thus, from the state in which each nozzle accommodating portion 81 and each nozzle N are opposed to each other, the operator moves the nozzle take-out device 9 to the approaching side Dz (+) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz and causes the nozzle stocker 8 to move the nozzle take-out device. 9 is approached from the engagement / disengagement direction Dz. As a result, the nozzles N held by the nozzle take-out device 9 are collectively stored in the nozzle storage portions 81 of the nozzle stocker 8 as in the storage process shown in the center of FIG.
 また、同図に示す収納工程では、作業者は、ノズル収納部81へのノズルNの収納が完了した後に、押圧ボタン961を切欠部902へ押し込んで当接レバー962を外側Dr(-)へ変位させる。これによって、ノズルストッカー8のシャッター82が挿脱規制状態になり、各ノズル収納部81に収納されたノズルNのノズル収納部81からの取り出しが規制される。 Further, in the storing step shown in the figure, after the storage of the nozzle N in the nozzle storing portion 81 is completed, the operator pushes the pressing button 961 into the cutout portion 902 and moves the contact lever 962 to the outer side Dr (−). Displace. As a result, the shutter 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 enters the insertion / removal restriction state, and the removal of the nozzles N stored in the nozzle storage portions 81 from the nozzle storage portions 81 is restricted.
 続いて、作業者は、押圧ボタン961を切欠部902に押し込んだまま、ノズルストッカー8からノズル取出装置9を係脱方向Dzの離間側Dz(-)へ移動させて、ノズルストッカー8からノズル取出装置9を係脱方向Dzへ離間させる。これによって、同図の最下段に示す離間工程のように、ノズル収納部81からの取り出しが規制された各ノズルNは、係合部材91から外れてノズルストッカー8のノズル収納部81に残る。こうして、ノズル取出装置9を用いてノズル交換機7へノズルNを収納するノズル収納作業が完了する。 Subsequently, the operator moves the nozzle removal device 9 from the nozzle stocker 8 to the separation side Dz (−) in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz while pushing the push button 961 into the notch 902, and removes the nozzle from the nozzle stocker 8. The device 9 is separated in the engagement / disengagement direction Dz. As a result, as in the separation step shown at the bottom of the figure, each nozzle N that is restricted from being taken out from the nozzle storage portion 81 is detached from the engagement member 91 and remains in the nozzle storage portion 81 of the nozzle stocker 8. Thus, the nozzle storing operation for storing the nozzle N in the nozzle changer 7 using the nozzle take-out device 9 is completed.
 以上に説明したように、この実施形態では、ノズルNに係脱自在に係合する係合部材91が具備されたノズル取出装置9が用いて、ノズルNの取り出しが実行される。つまり、この係合部材91は、ノズルストッカー8のノズル収納部81に収納されたノズルNに係合された後にノズルストッカー8から離間されると、ノズル収納部81からノズルNを取り出して保持する。したがって、例えばノズルNの取出作業を行う作業者は、係合部材91をノズルNに係合させるのに続いてノズルストッカー8から離間させるだけで、ノズルNを取り出すことができる。こうして、ノズルNを収納するノズルストッカー8からノズルNを容易に取り出すことが可能となっている。 As described above, in this embodiment, the nozzle N is extracted using the nozzle extraction device 9 provided with the engagement member 91 that is detachably engaged with the nozzle N. That is, when the engagement member 91 is separated from the nozzle stocker 8 after being engaged with the nozzle N accommodated in the nozzle accommodating portion 81 of the nozzle stocker 8, the nozzle N is taken out from the nozzle accommodating portion 81 and held. . Therefore, for example, an operator who takes out the nozzle N can take out the nozzle N simply by separating the nozzle 91 from the nozzle stocker 8 after engaging the engaging member 91 with the nozzle N. Thus, the nozzle N can be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 that houses the nozzle N.
 また、係合部材91を支持する支持部材90では、ノズルストッカー8に配列された複数のノズル収納部81の配列に対応して複数の係合部材91が配列されている。そして、複数の係合部材91は、複数のノズル収納部81のそれぞれに収納されたノズルNに一括して係合可能となっている。したがって、ノズルストッカー8から複数のノズルNを一括して容易に取り出すことができる。 Further, in the support member 90 that supports the engagement member 91, a plurality of engagement members 91 are arranged corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage portions 81 arranged in the nozzle stocker 8. The plurality of engaging members 91 can be collectively engaged with the nozzles N accommodated in the plurality of nozzle accommodating portions 81, respectively. Therefore, a plurality of nozzles N can be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 at once.
 また、支持部材90には、係合部材91に保持されたノズルNの孔に連通する送風口93が設けられている。したがって、例えば送風口93からエアを吹き込むことで、ノズルNの孔に対してエアをフラッシュするフラッシング洗浄を容易に実行することができる。 Further, the support member 90 is provided with a blower port 93 communicating with the hole of the nozzle N held by the engagement member 91. Therefore, for example, by blowing air from the air blowing port 93, flushing cleaning for flushing air to the hole of the nozzle N can be easily performed.
 また、係合部材91は、ノズルNが対象物を保持する先端Ntの逆側からノズルNに係合して、ノズルNの先端Ntを露出させた状態でノズルNを保持する。したがって、ノズル取出装置9によって取り出したノズルNの先端Ntを目視できるため、例えばノズル先端Ntの汚れの状況に応じた適切な洗浄方法を容易に判断でき、作業者にとっての利便性が向上する。 Also, the engaging member 91 engages the nozzle N from the opposite side of the tip Nt where the nozzle N holds the object, and holds the nozzle N in a state where the tip Nt of the nozzle N is exposed. Therefore, since the tip Nt of the nozzle N taken out by the nozzle take-out device 9 can be visually checked, for example, an appropriate cleaning method can be easily determined according to the state of contamination of the nozzle tip Nt, and convenience for the operator is improved.
 また、ノズル取出装置9では、ノズルストッカー8に設けられたガイド孔86に挿脱自在に嵌るガイドピン95が設けられている。そして、ガイドピン95がガイド孔86に嵌ると、係合部材91がノズル収納部81に収納されたノズルNに対して位置合わせされる。このような構成では、ノズルストッカー8のガイド孔86にガイドピン95を嵌めることで、ノズル収納部81に収納されたノズルNに対して係合部材91を位置合わせすることができ、係合部材91をノズルNに係合させる作業を容易とすることが可能となる。 Further, the nozzle take-out device 9 is provided with a guide pin 95 that is detachably fitted into a guide hole 86 provided in the nozzle stocker 8. When the guide pin 95 is fitted into the guide hole 86, the engagement member 91 is aligned with the nozzle N stored in the nozzle storage portion 81. In such a configuration, by engaging the guide pin 95 in the guide hole 86 of the nozzle stocker 8, the engagement member 91 can be aligned with the nozzle N stored in the nozzle storage portion 81. The operation of engaging 91 with the nozzle N can be facilitated.
 ところで、上記ノズル交換機7では、ノズルストッカー8においてノズル収納部81からのノズルNの取り出しが適宜規制されている。具体的には、ノズルストッカー8でノズル収納部81からのノズルの取り出しの規制が、スライダー84(制御部材)の位置によって制御されている。このような場合、取り出しの規制を解除してからでないと、ノズル収納部81からのノズルNの取り出しが行えない。そこで、ノズル取出装置9では、スライダー84を操作する操作部材96が設けられている。そして、ノズル収納部81のノズルNに係合された係合部材91がノズルストッカー8から離間されて、ノズル収納部81からのノズルNの取り出しが完了するまで、操作部材96がスライダー84を操作して、ノズル収納部81からのノズルNの取り出しの規制を解除する。このような構成では、ノズル収納部81のノズルNに係合された係合部材91がノズルストッカー8から離間されて、ノズル収納部81からのノズルNの取り出しが完了するまでは、ノズル取出装置9に設けられた操作部材96の機能によって、ノズルNの取り出しの規制が解除される。その結果、作業者は、規制の解除を自ら行うことなく、ノズルNの取り出しを実行することができ、作業者にとっての作業性が向上する。 Incidentally, in the nozzle changer 7, the nozzle stocker 8 appropriately regulates the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81. Specifically, the restriction of the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage portion 81 by the nozzle stocker 8 is controlled by the position of the slider 84 (control member). In such a case, it is not possible to remove the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 unless the removal restriction is released. Therefore, the nozzle take-out device 9 is provided with an operation member 96 for operating the slider 84. The operating member 96 operates the slider 84 until the engaging member 91 engaged with the nozzle N of the nozzle storage portion 81 is separated from the nozzle stocker 8 and the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 is completed. Thus, the restriction on the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 is released. In such a configuration, until the engagement member 91 engaged with the nozzle N of the nozzle storage portion 81 is separated from the nozzle stocker 8 and the removal of the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 is completed, the nozzle extraction device By the function of the operation member 96 provided in 9, the restriction of taking out the nozzle N is released. As a result, the worker can take out the nozzle N without releasing the restriction himself, and the workability for the worker is improved.
 ノズル取出装置載置台
 以上がノズル取出装置9の一例である。続いては、ノズル取出装置9を載置するためのノズル取出装置載置台10について説明する。図19および図20は、本発明を適用可能なノズル取出装置載置台の一例を示す斜視図であり、図19ではノズル取出装置9が載置されていない状態が示され、図20ではノズル取出装置9が載置された状態が示されている。
Nozzle extraction device mounting table The above is an example of the nozzle extraction device 9. Next, the nozzle take-out device mounting base 10 for mounting the nozzle take-out device 9 will be described. 19 and 20 are perspective views showing an example of a nozzle take-out device mounting table to which the present invention can be applied. FIG. 19 shows a state where the nozzle take-out device 9 is not placed, and FIG. 20 shows a nozzle take-out device. A state in which the device 9 is placed is shown.
 ノズル取出装置載置台10は、平板状の基台100と、基台100の両端から上方へ立設された2本の立設部101と、各立設部101から前方へ突出する載置部材103とを有する。これら2個の載置部材103は水平に並んでおり、各載置部材103には、ノズル取出装置9のガイドピン95が挿脱自在な貫通孔103aが上下方向に貫通している。したがって、作業者がノズル取出装置載置台10に対してノズル取出装置9を上方から対向させた後に、ノズル取出装置載置台10にノズル取出装置9を接近させると、2本のガイドピン95が2個の貫通孔103aに挿入された状態で、ノズル取出装置9が載置部材103に水平に載置される。こうして、ノズル取出装置9をノズル取出装置載置台10に載置することができる。また、各貫通孔103aの下方では受孔110aが設けられており、貫通孔103aに挿入されたガイドピン95の先端は受孔110aに嵌る。こうして、ノズル取出装置載置台10に載置されたノズル取出装置9の安定が図られている。 The nozzle take-out device mounting table 10 includes a flat plate-shaped base 100, two standing portions 101 erected upward from both ends of the base 100, and a mounting member that protrudes forward from each of the erected portions 101. 103. These two mounting members 103 are arranged horizontally, and each mounting member 103 has a through hole 103a through which the guide pin 95 of the nozzle take-out device 9 can be inserted and removed vertically. Therefore, when the operator makes the nozzle extraction device 9 approach the nozzle extraction device mounting table 10 after the nozzle extraction device 9 is opposed to the nozzle extraction device mounting table 10 from above, two guide pins 95 are provided. The nozzle take-out device 9 is horizontally placed on the placement member 103 in a state of being inserted into the through holes 103a. Thus, the nozzle take-out device 9 can be placed on the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10. In addition, a receiving hole 110a is provided below each through hole 103a, and the tip of the guide pin 95 inserted into the through hole 103a fits into the receiving hole 110a. Thus, the stability of the nozzle take-out device 9 placed on the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10 is achieved.
 また、ノズル取出装置載置台10の基台100の上面では、係合ユニット91Uと同じ配列ピッチLhで、3つの受部材105が直線状に並んでいる。各受部材105は、基台100から上方に立設されており、ノズル取出装置載置台10に載置されたノズル取出装置9の係合ユニット91Uの中心に対向するように位置決めされている。そして、各受部材105は、対向する係合ユニット91Uに保持されるノズルNに対して下方から当接するフランジ105fを有しており、ノズル取出装置9からのノズルNの脱落を規制する。 Further, on the upper surface of the base 100 of the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10, the three receiving members 105 are arranged in a straight line with the same arrangement pitch Lh as the engagement units 91U. Each receiving member 105 is erected upward from the base 100 and is positioned so as to face the center of the engagement unit 91 </ b> U of the nozzle extraction device 9 mounted on the nozzle extraction device mounting table 10. Each receiving member 105 has a flange 105f that comes into contact with the nozzle N held by the opposing engagement unit 91U from below, and restricts the nozzle N from dropping from the nozzle take-out device 9.
 さらに、ノズル取出装置載置台10は、2本の立設部101に水平に架け渡された棒状の把持部107を有する。この把持部107は、載置部材103よりも上方に設けられており、ノズル取出装置載置台10にノズル取出装置9が載置された状態において、作業者は把持部107を把持することができる。したがって、作業者は、把持部107を掴むことで、載置部材103に載置されたノズル取出装置9を伴ってノズル取出装置載置台10を持ち運ぶことができる。 Furthermore, the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10 has a rod-like gripping portion 107 that is horizontally stretched between two standing portions 101. The grip portion 107 is provided above the mounting member 103, and the operator can grip the grip portion 107 in a state where the nozzle extraction device 9 is mounted on the nozzle extraction device mounting table 10. . Therefore, the operator can carry the nozzle take-out device mounting base 10 with the nozzle take-out device 9 placed on the placement member 103 by grasping the grip portion 107.
 そして、作業者は、このようなノズル取出装置載置台10を用いて、ノズル取出装置9に保持されるノズルNに適宜メンテナンスを実行することができる。つまり、図20に示すように、ノズル取出装置載置台10に載置されたノズル取出装置9の送風口93は、上方に開口している。したがって、送風口93からエアを吹き付けて、ノズル取出装置9に保持されるノズルNにフラッシング洗浄を施すことができる。また、ノズル取出装置9をノズル取出装置載置台10ごと持ち運んで、洗浄槽に貯留された洗浄液にノズルNを浸したり、超音波洗浄をノズルNに施したりすることができる。 The operator can appropriately perform maintenance on the nozzles N held by the nozzle take-out device 9 by using such a nozzle take-out device mounting table 10. That is, as shown in FIG. 20, the air outlet 93 of the nozzle take-out device 9 placed on the nozzle take-out device mounting base 10 opens upward. Accordingly, it is possible to perform flushing washing on the nozzles N held by the nozzle take-out device 9 by blowing air from the blower opening 93. Further, the nozzle take-out device 9 can be carried together with the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10, and the nozzle N can be immersed in the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning tank, or the nozzle N can be subjected to ultrasonic cleaning.
 以上に説明したように、この実施形態にかかるノズル取出装置載置台10は、ノズルストッカー8から取り出したノズルNを保持するノズル取出装置9を載置部材103に載置した状態で、ノズルNに対するメンテナンスを実行することを可能とし、メンテナンスを行う作業者の作業性を向上させることに資する。 As described above, the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10 according to this embodiment is configured so that the nozzle take-out device 9 holding the nozzle N taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 is placed on the placement member 103 with respect to the nozzle N. Maintenance can be performed, which contributes to improving the workability of the worker who performs the maintenance.
 また、ノズル取出装置載置台10では、載置部材103に載置された状態のノズル取出装置9に保持されたノズルNに当接して、ノズル取出装置9からのノズルNの脱落を規制する受部材105が設けられている。かかる構成は、メンテナンスの実行に伴ってノズルNに力が加わったとしてもノズルNの脱落を抑制できるため、メンテナンスを行う作業者の作業性を向上させることに資する。 In the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10, the nozzle N held by the nozzle take-out device 9 placed on the placement member 103 is brought into contact with the nozzle take-out device 9 to restrict the dropout of the nozzle N from the nozzle take-out device 9. A member 105 is provided. Such a configuration contributes to improving the workability of an operator who performs maintenance because the dropout of the nozzle N can be suppressed even when force is applied to the nozzle N as the maintenance is performed.
 また、ノズル取出装置載置台10では、基台100に固定されて持ち運びに際して把持される把持部107が設けられている。かかる構成は、ノズルストッカー8から取り出したノズルNを保持するノズル取出装置9を必要に応じて適宜持ち運びできるため、メンテナンスを行う作業者の作業性を向上させることに資する。 Further, the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10 is provided with a gripping portion 107 that is fixed to the base 100 and gripped when being carried. Such a configuration contributes to improving the workability of an operator who performs maintenance because the nozzle take-out device 9 holding the nozzle N taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 can be carried as necessary.
 その他
 以上に説明したように、ノズル取出装置9が本発明の「ノズル取出装置」の一例に相当し、ノズル取出装置載置台10が本発明「ノズル取出装置載置台」の一例に相当する。また、上記説明および図21に示すように、部品実装装置1、ノズル交換機7およびノズル取出装置9で構成される部品実装システム200が本発明の「部品実装システム」の一例に相当し、ノズル交換機7およびノズル取出装置9で構成されるノズル交換システム300が本発明の「ノズル交換システム」の一例に相当する。ここで、図21は、部品実装システムおよびノズル交換システムの一例を模式的に示すブロック図である。
Others As described above, the nozzle extraction device 9 corresponds to an example of the “nozzle extraction device” of the present invention, and the nozzle extraction device mounting table 10 corresponds to an example of the “nozzle extraction device mounting table” of the present invention. Further, as shown in the above description and FIG. 21, the component mounting system 200 including the component mounting apparatus 1, the nozzle changer 7 and the nozzle take-out device 9 corresponds to an example of the “component mounting system” of the present invention. 7 and the nozzle take-out device 9 correspond to an example of the “nozzle exchange system” of the present invention. Here, FIG. 21 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of a component mounting system and a nozzle replacement system.
 なお、本発明は上記実施形態に限定されるものではなく、その趣旨を逸脱しない限りにおいて上述したものに対して種々の変更を加えることが可能である。例えば、上記実施形態では、複数の係合部材91は、ノズルストッカー8において円周状に配列された複数のノズル収納部81の配列に対応して円周状に配列されていた。しかしながら、図22に示すように、ノズル取出装置9を構成しても良い。図22は、ノズル取出装置の変形例を示す斜視図であり、ノズル取出装置の変形例およびこれに対応するノズル交換機が併記されており、ノズル取出装置9の各係合部材91にノズルNが保持された状態を示している。同図に示すように、変形例にかかるノズル交換機7のノズルストッカー8では、複数のノズル収納部81が直線状に配列されている。このようなノズル収納部81の直線配列に対応して、変形例にかかるノズル取出装置9では、複数の係合部材91が直線状に配列されている。 The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made to the above without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the plurality of engaging members 91 are arranged circumferentially corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage portions 81 arranged circumferentially in the nozzle stocker 8. However, as shown in FIG. 22, the nozzle take-out device 9 may be configured. FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing a modified example of the nozzle take-out device, in which a modified example of the nozzle take-out device and a nozzle changer corresponding thereto are shown. A nozzle N is provided in each engagement member 91 of the nozzle take-out device 9. The held state is shown. As shown in the figure, in the nozzle stocker 8 of the nozzle changer 7 according to the modification, a plurality of nozzle storage portions 81 are arranged in a straight line. Corresponding to such a linear arrangement of the nozzle storage portions 81, a plurality of engaging members 91 are linearly arranged in the nozzle take-out device 9 according to the modification.
 かかるノズル取出装置9においても、ノズルNに係脱自在に係合する係合部材91が具備されており、この係合部材91は、ノズルストッカー8のノズル収納部81に収納されたノズルNに係合された後にノズルストッカー8から離間されると、ノズル収納部81からノズルNを取り出して保持する。したがって、例えばノズルNの取出作業を行う作業者は、係合部材91をノズルNに係合させるのに続いてノズルストッカー8から離間させるだけで、ノズルNを取り出すことができる。こうして、ノズルNを収納するノズルストッカー8からノズルNを容易に取り出すことが可能となっている。 The nozzle take-out device 9 also includes an engagement member 91 that is detachably engaged with the nozzle N. The engagement member 91 is connected to the nozzle N accommodated in the nozzle accommodating portion 81 of the nozzle stocker 8. When separated from the nozzle stocker 8 after being engaged, the nozzle N is taken out from the nozzle storage portion 81 and held. Therefore, for example, an operator who takes out the nozzle N can take out the nozzle N simply by separating the nozzle 91 from the nozzle stocker 8 after engaging the engaging member 91 with the nozzle N. Thus, the nozzle N can be easily taken out from the nozzle stocker 8 that houses the nozzle N.
 また、上記実施形態のノズル取出装置9では、ノズルストッカー8のシャッター82が行うノズル収納部81からのノズルNの取り出しの規制を、操作部材96によって解除していた。しかしながら、かかる操作部材96を排して、ノズル取出装置9を構成しても構わない。この場合、作業者が手作業で規制の解除を行うことで、ノズルNの取り出しを適切に実行することができる。 Further, in the nozzle take-out device 9 of the above-described embodiment, the restriction of taking out the nozzle N from the nozzle storage portion 81 performed by the shutter 82 of the nozzle stocker 8 is released by the operation member 96. However, the nozzle take-out device 9 may be configured without the operation member 96. In this case, the operator can appropriately perform the removal of the nozzle N by manually releasing the restriction.
 また、上記実施形態では、同一の係合ユニット91Uを構成する8個の係合部材91に対して共通の送風口93を設けていた。しかしながら、これらの係合部材91のそれぞれに、個別の送風口93を設けても良い。あるいは、送風口93を排して、ノズル取出装置9を構成しても構わない。この場合、係合部材91に通気孔911を設ける必要もない。 Further, in the above embodiment, the common air outlet 93 is provided for the eight engaging members 91 constituting the same engaging unit 91U. However, you may provide the separate ventilation port 93 in each of these engagement members 91, respectively. Alternatively, the nozzle take-out device 9 may be configured by removing the air blowing port 93. In this case, it is not necessary to provide the vent hole 911 in the engaging member 91.
 また、係合部材91の形状や寸法等の具体的構成についても、適宜変更が可能である。さらに、係合部材91とノズルNとを係合させる態様も、上述のような摩擦係合に限られず、例えばノズル装着部51へノズルNを装着する場合のように、バネ等の弾性部材を用いて係合させても構わない。 Also, the specific configuration such as the shape and dimensions of the engagement member 91 can be changed as appropriate. Further, the mode of engaging the engaging member 91 and the nozzle N is not limited to the frictional engagement as described above. For example, as in the case where the nozzle N is mounted on the nozzle mounting portion 51, an elastic member such as a spring is used. May be used.
 また、上記実施形態に設けられていた、ガイド孔86、ガイドピン95、貫通孔103a等についても適宜排しつつノズル交換機7、ノズル取出装置9、ノズル取出装置載置台10を構成しても構わない。 Further, the nozzle changer 7, the nozzle take-out device 9, and the nozzle take-out device mounting table 10 may be configured while appropriately removing the guide holes 86, the guide pins 95, the through holes 103 a and the like provided in the above embodiment. Absent.
 1…部品実装装置
 5…実装ヘッド
 51…ノズル装着部
 7…ノズル交換機
 8…ノズルストッカー
 81…ノズル収納部
 81U…ノズル収納ユニット
 82…シャッター
 84…スライダー(制御部材)
 86…ガイド孔
 N…ノズル
 Nv…ノズル孔
 Nt…ノズル先端
 9…ノズル取出装置
 90…支持部材
 91…係合部材
 93…送風口
 95…ガイドピン
 96…操作部材
 10…ノズル取出装置載置台
 100…基台
 101…立設部
 103…載置部材
 105…受部材(当接部材)
 107…把持部
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Component mounting apparatus 5 ... Mounting head 51 ... Nozzle mounting part 7 ... Nozzle changer 8 ... Nozzle stocker 81 ... Nozzle storage part 81U ... Nozzle storage unit 82 ... Shutter 84 ... Slider (control member)
86 ... Guide hole N ... Nozzle Nv ... Nozzle hole Nt ... Nozzle tip 9 ... Nozzle take-out device 90 ... Support member 91 ... Engagement member 93 ... Air blowing port 95 ... Guide pin 96 ... Operating member 10 ... Nozzle take-out device mounting table 100 ... Base 101 ... Standing portion 103 ... Placement member 105 ... Receiving member (contact member)
107 ... gripping part

Claims (13)

  1.  ノズルに係脱自在に係合する係合部材と、前記係合部材を支持する支持部材とを備え、前記係合部材は、前記ノズルに係合されることで、前記ノズルを取り出して保持できるノズル取出装置。 An engagement member that removably engages with the nozzle and a support member that supports the engagement member, and the engagement member is engaged with the nozzle so that the nozzle can be taken out and held. Nozzle removal device.
  2.  前記支持部材では、ノズルストッカーに配列された複数のノズル収納部の配列に対応して複数の前記係合部材が配列されており、前記複数の係合部材は、前記複数のノズル収納部のそれぞれに収納された前記ノズルに一括して係合可能である請求項1に記載のノズル取出装置。 In the support member, a plurality of the engaging members are arranged corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle accommodating portions arranged in the nozzle stocker, and the plurality of engaging members are respectively in the plurality of nozzle accommodating portions. The nozzle take-out device according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle take-out device can be collectively engaged with the nozzles housed in the nozzle.
  3.  前記複数の係合部材は、前記ノズルストッカーにおいて円周状に配列された前記複数のノズル収納部の配列に対応して円周状に配列されている請求項2に記載のノズル取出装置。 The nozzle take-out device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of engaging members are arranged circumferentially corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage portions arranged circumferentially in the nozzle stocker.
  4.  前記複数の係合部材は、前記ノズルストッカーにおいて直線状に配列された前記複数のノズル収納部の配列に対応して直線状に配列されている請求項2に記載のノズル取出装置。 The nozzle take-out device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of engaging members are arranged linearly corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of nozzle storage portions arranged linearly in the nozzle stocker.
  5.  前記支持部材は、前記係合部材に保持された前記ノズルの孔に連通する送風口を有する請求項1ないし4のいずれか一項に記載のノズル取出装置。 The nozzle take-out device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the support member has a blower opening communicating with the hole of the nozzle held by the engagement member.
  6.  前記係合部材は、前記ノズルが対象物を保持する先端の逆側から前記ノズルに係合して、前記ノズルの先端を露出させた状態で前記ノズルを保持する請求項1ないし5のいずれか一項に記載のノズル取出装置。 6. The engagement member according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the engagement member is engaged with the nozzle from a side opposite to a tip end where the nozzle holds an object, and holds the nozzle in a state where the tip end of the nozzle is exposed. The nozzle take-out device according to one item.
  7.  前記ノズルストッカーに設けられたガイド孔に挿脱自在に嵌るガイドピンをさらに備え、前記ガイドピンが前記ガイド孔に嵌ると、前記係合部材が前記ノズル収納部に収納された前記ノズルに対して位置合わせされる請求項1ないし6のいずれか一項に記載のノズル取出装置。 The guide pin further includes a guide pin that is removably fitted in a guide hole provided in the nozzle stocker. The nozzle take-out device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, which is aligned.
  8.  前記ノズルストッカーで前記ノズル収納部からの前記ノズルの取り出しの規制を制御する制御部材を操作する操作部材をさらに備え、前記操作部材は、前記ノズル収納部の前記ノズルに係合された前記係合部材が前記ノズルストッカーから離間されて、前記ノズル収納部からの前記ノズルの取り出しが完了するまで、前記制御部材を操作して、前記ノズル収納部からの前記ノズルの取り出しの規制を解除する請求項1ないし7のいずれか一項に記載のノズル取出装置。 The nozzle stocker further includes an operation member that operates a control member that controls regulation of the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage portion, and the operation member is engaged with the nozzle of the nozzle storage portion. The regulation of taking out the nozzle from the nozzle storage portion is released by operating the control member until the member is separated from the nozzle stocker and the removal of the nozzle from the nozzle storage portion is completed. The nozzle take-out device according to any one of 1 to 7.
  9.  請求項1ないし8のいずれか一項に記載のノズル取出装置を載置可能な載置部材と、前記載置部材を支持する基台とを備えたノズル取出装置載置台。 A nozzle take-out device mounting table comprising: a mounting member on which the nozzle extracting device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 can be mounted; and a base that supports the mounting member.
  10.  前記載置部材に載置された状態の前記ノズル取出装置に保持されたノズルに当接して、前記ノズル取出装置からの前記ノズルの脱落を規制する当接部材をさらに備えた請求項9に記載のノズル取出装置載置台。 The contact member which contacts the nozzle currently hold | maintained at the said nozzle taking-out apparatus in the state mounted in the said mounting member, and regulates the drop-off | omission of the said nozzle from the said nozzle taking-out apparatus is further provided. Nozzle take-out device mounting table.
  11.  前記基台に固定されて持ち運びに際して把持される把持部をさらに備え、前記把持部によって、前記載置部材に載置された前記ノズル取出装置を伴って前記載置部材および前記基台を持ち運びできる請求項9または10に記載のノズル取出装置載置台。 A gripping portion that is fixed to the base and gripped when being carried is further provided, and the gripping portion can carry the mounting member and the base with the nozzle take-out device placed on the mounting member. The nozzle take-out device mounting table according to claim 9 or 10.
  12.  ノズル収納部にノズルを取出自在に収納するノズルストッカーを有するノズル交換機と、
     前記ノズルに係脱自在に係合する係合部材を有するノズル取出装置と
    を備え、
     前記係合部材は、前記ノズルストッカーの前記ノズル収納部に収納された前記ノズルに係合された後に前記ノズルストッカーから離間されると、前記ノズルを前記ノズル収納部から取り出して保持するノズル交換システム。
    A nozzle changer having a nozzle stocker for removably storing nozzles in the nozzle storage section;
    A nozzle take-out device having an engaging member detachably engaged with the nozzle,
    The nozzle replacement system for taking out and holding the nozzle from the nozzle storage portion when the engagement member is engaged with the nozzle stored in the nozzle storage portion of the nozzle stocker and then separated from the nozzle stocker. .
  13.  ノズル装着部にノズルを着脱自在に装着する実装ヘッドと、
     ノズル収納部にノズルを取出自在に収納するノズルストッカーを有して、前記ノズル収納部に収納されていた前記ノズルを前記ノズル装着部に装着する装着動作あるいは前記装着箇所に装着されていた前記ノズルを前記ノズル収納部に収納する収納動作を実行するノズル交換機と、
     前記ノズルに係脱自在に係合する係合部材を有するノズル取出装置と
    を備え、
     前記係合部材は、前記ノズルストッカーの前記ノズル収納部に収納された前記ノズルに係合された後に前記ノズルストッカーから離間されると、前記ノズルを前記ノズル収納部から取り出して保持する部品実装システム。
    A mounting head for detachably mounting the nozzle on the nozzle mounting portion;
    A nozzle stocker for detachably storing the nozzle in the nozzle storage section, and the mounting operation for mounting the nozzle stored in the nozzle storage section on the nozzle mounting section or the nozzle mounted at the mounting position; A nozzle changer that performs a storage operation of storing the nozzle storage unit in the nozzle storage unit;
    A nozzle take-out device having an engaging member detachably engaged with the nozzle,
    When the engaging member is separated from the nozzle stocker after being engaged with the nozzle housed in the nozzle housing portion of the nozzle stocker, the component mounting system takes out the nozzle from the nozzle housing portion and holds it. .
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