PART SUPPLY APPARATUS

• Main Authors: SENO, MAKITO, NISHIMORI, YUZO, TANINO, MASATO, MORITO, SUGIO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 27.11.1997
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; COMBINED OPERATIONS; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; OTHER WORKING OF METAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; TRANSPORTING; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS

An apparatus comprising a plurality of part supply units (A, B, C) each of which has a part supply table (11) on which a plurality of part supply cassettes (1) are mounted, a rail capable of guiding and supporting the part supply table so that the table can reciprocate, a base (22) on which the rail is fixed, a driving member (14) adapted to move in the direction in which a part determination table is moved, in such a manner that the driving member can be positioned within the base, and a connecting member (13f, 13c, 13r, 16) for connecting the part determination table and driving member together detachably. Appareil comprennent plusieurs unités d'alimentation en pièces (A, B, C) dotées chacune d'un plateau d'alimentation en pièces (11) sur lequel sont montées des cassettes d'alimentation en pièces (1), un rail conçu pour guider et supporter le plateau d'alimentation en pièces de sorte que ce dernier se déplacer en va-et-vient, un élément d'entraînement (14) conçu pour se déplacer dans le sens dans lequel le plateau de détermination de pièces se déplace, de sorte que ledit élément (14) puisse être positionné dans la base, et un élément de liaison (13f, 13c, 13r, 16) reliant de manière réversible le plateau de détermination de pièces à l'élément de liaison.