Abstract:
A method of feeding a component tape (100) towards a picking position (110) of a component mounting machine is disclosed. The feeding is performed by means of a feeding mechanism (130) configured to engage the component tape (100) at an engaging position (140) and to disengage the component tape (100) at a disengaging position (150). The method comprises engaging (510) the component tape (100) at the engaging position (140), moving (520, 530), by means of the feeding mechanism (130), the component tape (100) from the engaging position (140) to the disengaging position (150), disengaging (550) the component tape (100) at the disengaging position (150), and returning (560) the feeding mechanism (130) from the disengaging position (150) to the engaging position (140) and wherein the feeding mechanism (130) moves the component tape (100) in a linear motion between the engaging position (140) and the disengaging position (150).
Abstract:
A method for retrieving and presenting objects in an automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse adapted to obtain information related to upcoming SMT jobs, the method comprising receiving at least one of input data and a parameter representing a position within said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse; retrieving a bin from said position within said automated SMD warehouse at least partly based on said at least one of input data and/or a parameter representing said position within said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse; and -presenting said retrieved bin at, or close to, an output port, such as an opening, of said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse.
Abstract:
A container, or box, for use in a Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system includes an outer shell and at least one compartment. The outer shell has side walls and a base. The container is configured to store a plurality of SMT-job related objects in said at least one compartment where one of said SMT-job related objects is not a component tape reel, wherein said container has a logically and electronically unique identity in the SMT system represented by a barcode or RFID tag arranged on the container, said unique ID of the container being configured to be associated with each of the unique IDs of said plurality of SMT-job related objects stored in said at least one compartment.
Abstract:
A method and a system for changing operator display data on a display unit/electronic label located on a carrier in a Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system performing the steps of providing a carrier in the form of a bin or trolley configured to carry a plurality of bin load units, wherein said carrier comprises a display unit/electronic label; receiving or retrieving input data related to said carrier and an ongoing or upcoming SMT job; presenting display data on said display unit/electronic label based on said received input data; and scanning at least one barcode associated with or arranged on said carrier.
Abstract:
A method and a system generating display data on a display associated to a storage position comprised in a storage unit, the method comprising presenting display data based on input data on the display, wherein the input data is related to a Surface Mount Technology, SMT, job and the display data indicates at least one storage position comprised in the storage unit, receiving user input data from input means associated to the display, generating updated display data based on the input data, the display data and the user input data, presenting the updated display data on the display such that an SMT operator is presented with information or instructions regarding a loading, kitting, changeover work or replenishment work process.
Abstract:
A method and system for adjusting an exposure member (30) of a tape guide (10) for guiding component tapes (20) in a component mounting machine are disclosed. The exposure member is adapted to expose components (1) at a picking position (17), wherein the components are position in sequentially arranged compartments provided on a component tape having a carrier tape (21) and a cover (22). The method comprises retrieving (710) information indicating the configuration of the compartments, retrieving an exposure member setting associated with the configuration of the compartments, and operating an actuator based on the exposure member setting such that the exposure member is laterally adjusted to bring the cover to one side of the compartment to expose the component at the picking position.
Abstract:
A method for redistributing bin load units in an automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse, where said automated SMD warehouse is configured to obtain information related to upcoming SMT jobs from an SMT database, the method is comprisingautomatically redistributing stored bins or bin load units in said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse based on at least one of SMT job related information received or retrieved from said SMT database and predetermined rules for optimizing presentation of bin load units at a port of said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse.
Abstract:
A method in an automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse configured to store bins at predetermined positions within said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse, the method comprisingreceiving a bin at a port of said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse and scanning an identity tag attached to said bin to obtain a bin ID.
Abstract:
A method and a system for providing operator information in an Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system comprising an SMT information database, a SMT pick and place machine and an identity tag scanner, the method comprising: receiving a bin in said SMT pick and place machine, wherein said bin is adapted to comprise vertically oriented bin load units, wherein said bin load unit has an pallet identity tag attached to the bin load units upwards facing surface; starting SMT production on said SMT pick and place machine; scanning individual identity tags attached to bin load units comprising component tape reels to obtain bin load units IDs.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a storage unit for Surface Mount Technology (SMT) supplies, comprising a plurality of stacks having vertically stacked storage locations for SMT supplies, a terminal for inserting and receiving SMT supplies to and from said storage unit, a first collector arm for transporting SMT supplies between storage locations and said terminal, said collector arm being moveably arranged along said stacks so as to enable engagement with the vertically stacked storage locations of a stack. Further, the plurality of stacks are arranged in at least one cluster of two or more stacks in each cluster, wherein each stack of said at least one cluster is moveably arranged in relation to said collector arm so as to allow engagement of said collector arm with different stacks of the cluster upon movement of said two or more stacks in the cluster, thereby allowing said collector arm to engage storage locations of different stacks in said at least one cluster. The present invention further provides a method for operating a storage unit for SMT supplies.