FEEDER MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND FEEDER MAINTENANCE METHOD

• Main Authors: NOUDO AKIRA, YONEYAMA SHIGEKAZU, TAKADA TSUTOMU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 20.11.2014
• Subjects: CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; PRINTED CIRCUITS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a feeder maintenance device and a feeder maintenance method capable of preventing accuracy reduction in carrier tape feeding operation caused from a deformation of a tape holder member.SOLUTION: A tape holder member height measurement unit which includes an optical sensor 72 and a height calculation section 20d of a controller 20 measures the height of the upper face of a tape holder member 16 of a tape feeder 2 attached to a slot. The tape holder member height measurement unit compares a measured value obtained by measuring the height of the tape holder member 16 and a reference value to determine whether or not the measured value is abnormal. When it is determined that the measured value is abnormal, a notification is issued through a notification unit AN. 【課題】テープ押さえ部材の変形に起因したキャリヤテープの送り精度の低下を防止できるフィーダメンテナンス装置及びフィーダメンテナンス方法を提供する。【解決手段】スロットに取付けられたテープフィーダ２のテープ押さえ部材１６の上面の高さを光センサ７２と制御装置２０の高さ算出部２０ｄから成るテープ押さえ部材高さ測定手段によって測定する。そして、テープ押さえ部材高さ測定手段によりテープ押さえ部材１６の高さを測定して得られた測定値を基準値と比較して測定値が異常であるか否かを判断し、測定値が異常であると判断した場合には報知器ＡＮを用いた報知動作を行う。【選択図】図７