Abstract: A component mounting machine includes a mounting control section to execute a mounting process based on a control program in which an execution order of a PP cycle including a collection operation of components and a mounting operation of mounting the components on a board is set, a supply control section to, when the collectable quantity of components in a bulk feeder to supply multiple components in a bulk state is less than a reference value, cause the bulk feeder to execute a supply operation of the components in parallel to a mounting cycle, and an order adjustment section to, when a required time for a mounting operation scheduled to be executed in parallel with the next supply operation scheduled based on the current collectable quantity is shorter than a required time for the supply operation, adjust an execution order of the PP cycle including the mounting operation.

Abstract: A situation awareness system that is configured to grasp a situation of a target person in a residence, includes one or more detection sensors configured to perform at least any one of detecting the target person, detecting a state of an installation object which is installed in the residence and of which the state is changeable due to an operation of the target person, and detecting a state of an environment in the residence, a voice response device configured to perform a voice response including an utterance to the target person, and a storage section configured to store information. The voice response device is configured to perform an utterance to the target person with a content in accordance with a result of the detection by the detection sensor, and store information including a conversation content with the target person accompanying the utterance in the storage section.

Abstract: The simulation device includes a simulation section and an output section. The simulation section is configured to simulate an operating status of a board work machine configured to perform predetermined board work on a board and produce a board product, and an operating status of an article moving device configured to supply an article needed for production of the board product to the board work machine based on a production plan of the board product. The output section is configured to output time series information indicating a temporal change of the operating status of the board work machine and a temporal change of the operating status of the article moving device, which are results of simulation by the simulation section.

Abstract: A component mounting device that performs mounting processing for mounting a component on a board based on a production program, includes: a storage section configured to store information; a setting section configured to set a correction value related to a mounting position of the component included in the production program; a storage control section configured to make the storage section store date and time information on which calibration related to the mounting processing is executed when the calibration is executed, and to make the storage section store the correction value in association with latest date and time information of the calibration when the correction value is set; and a correction section configured to perform a correction related to the mounting position using the correction value corresponding to the latest date and time information of the calibration without using the correction value not corresponding to the latest date and time information.

Abstract: An electrical circuit formation method including a wiring forming step of forming a metal wiring on a resin layer, an applying step of applying a conductive fluid on the metal wiring, a mounting step of mounting an electronic component such that an electrode comes into contact with the conductive fluid applied in the applying step, and a coating body forming step of forming a coating body with a curable resin to cover a periphery of the electronic component mounted in the mounting step, in which in the applying step, the conductive fluid is applied continuously in a direction in which the metal wiring extends, from a planned mounting position of the electrode to a position that extends out of an outer edge of the electronic component.

Abstract: The component mounter includes a mounting control section that controls a mounting operation for a component by the mounting head based on a control program to execute a mounting process. In a recovery process of attempting to mount a component anew with a mounting position related to the mounting operation as a target position in a case where an error has occurred in the mounting operation, the mounting control section executes the mounting operation for the component by using a designated holder that is one of the multiple holders allocated to the target position in the mounting process as the designated holder.

Abstract: A charging system for charging a battery of an automatic conveyance vehicle configured to automatically convey an article includes a temperature acquisition section configured to acquire a temperature when charging the battery, and a control section configured to control power supply of the automatic conveyance vehicle when charging the battery based on the temperature acquired by the temperature acquisition section.

Abstract: Provided is a management apparatus for a housing rack including multiple mounting lanes on which feeders configured to supply electronic components to an electronic component mounting machine are detachably mounted, and a lamp corresponding to each of the multiple mounting lanes, the management apparatus including: a storage section configured to store identification information of the feeder mounted on the mounting lane and maintenance information of the feeder identified by the identification information in association with each other; a specifying section configured to specify the identification information of the feeder requiring maintenance based on the maintenance information; and an output section configured to output a lighting command to the lamp corresponding to the mounting lane on which the feeder identified by the identification information specified by the specifying section is mounted.

Abstract: A foreign material removal system includes a conveyance device to convey a waste material, in which a target object and a foreign material are mixed, in a conveyance direction, a foreign material detection device to detect the foreign material, and a foreign material removal device to pick up the foreign material, carry the foreign material to a predetermined disposal place, and discard the foreign material. In the foreign material removal system, the foreign material removal device determines a possibility of pickup of the foreign material based on at least one of a feature or a surrounding situation of the foreign material detected by the foreign material detection device, and determines whether to pick up the foreign material or determines a priority of picking up the foreign material, based on the possibility of pickup.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pouch-type packaging material includes: a first folding process; a first cutting process of cutting the top-side sheet material, a second sub-region, a first main region, and a first sub-region along a first cutting line that extends from a portion where the top-side sheet material and the second sub-region overlap to a portion closer toward a bottom side in a z direction beyond a first boundary line; a second folding process; a second cutting process of cutting the top-side sheet material, the first sub-region, the first main region, and a second main region along a second cutting line to form a top-side sheet from the top-side sheet material, where the second cutting line extends from a portion where the top-side sheet material and the first sub-region overlap to a portion closer toward the bottom side in the z direction beyond the second boundary line.

Abstract: A component mounting machine includes a head having a holding member configured to hold the component, and a control device. The control device performs a pre-mounting inspection for inspecting a state of a component held in the holding member, and controls the head so that the component held in the holding member is mounted on the board in a case where a determination of normality is made in the pre-mounting inspection. In addition, the control device performs a post-mounting inspection for inspecting a state of the component already mounted on the board by the head in a case where a determination of abnormality is made in the pre-mounting inspection or in a case where a determination of abnormality suspicion is made which is within an allowable range determined to be normal but is suspected to be abnormal in the pre-mounting inspection.

Abstract: A backup pin configured to support from below a circuit board can be one of a soft backup pin or a hard backup pin. The soft backup pin includes a soft pin portion formed of a soft elastic material and configured to support from below the circuit board and an engaging pin portion configured to be held in engagement and released from engagement by an engagement holding tool attached to a mounting head of the component mounter performing raising and lowering, as well as rotating operations, the soft pin portion and the engaging pin portion being provided side by side. The engaging pin portion is formed into a shape common to an engaging portion of the hard backup pin which is held in engagement by the engagement holding tool.

Abstract: In a communication system, multiple nodes sequentially transmit a data frame along a communication direction and can read and write data from and to the data frame, and includes a specific node requiring data in the data frame transmitted by another network. In one network of two networks connected to a common bridge, a specific node is disposed within a half circumference of disposition positions of the multiple nodes on the upstream side in the communication direction with respect to the bridge, and in the other network, the specific node is disposed within a half circumference of the disposition positions of the multiple nodes on the downstream side in the communication direction with respect to the bridge.

Abstract: This is an improvement of a measuring device, for example, it is possible to stably measure an electrical characteristic even when a component is small. In the present measuring device, a recessed portion capable of accommodating at least a part of the components is provided in at least one of the pair of probes that grips the components. As described above, since a part of the components is accommodated in the recessed portion, it is possible to obtain at least one of the following: it is possible to more favorably grip the component by the pair of probes, and it is possible to grip the component at a fixed position by the pair of probes. As a result, it is possible to stably measure the electrical characteristic of the component.

Abstract: An article management device includes a determination section and a change section. The determination section determines whether there is an abnormality in multiple board work machines configured to perform a predetermined board work on a board. The change section changes a degree of priority of a replenishment work of replenishing the multiple board work machines with articles used in the multiple board work machines based on a type of abnormality in an abnormal work machine that is at least one of the multiple board work machines determined to have an abnormality by the determination section.

Abstract: A preparation device includes a fixing section configured to fix a component supply device to which a holding member configured to hold a component is attached and feed the holding member, a preparation capturing section configured to capture an image of the holding member fixed to the fixing section, and a preparation control section configured to execute an initial setting process of the holding member by using a captured image captured by the preparation capturing section and cause a storage section to store correspondence information that associates a captured image including a region of the holding member captured by the preparation capturing section in which the component is present and/or a feature value with identification information of the component supply device, and/or correspondence information that associates a captured image including a region of the holding member captured by the preparation capturing section in which the component is not present and/or a feature value with the identification

Abstract: A foreign matter removal system of the present disclosure includes a conveyance device configured to convey a waste material in which a target object and a foreign matter are mixed, a detecting module configured to detect the foreign matter contained in the waste material, and a foreign matter removal module provided downstream of the detecting module in a conveyance direction of the conveyance device, the foreign matter removal module being configured to remove the foreign matter detected by the detecting module from the waste material.

Abstract: An electrical circuit forming method including a wiring forming step of forming a metal wiring on a first resin layer, a resin layer forming step of forming a second resin layer having a hole through which a part of the metal wiring is exposed on the first resin layer using an ultraviolet curable resin, and a coating body forming step of forming a coating body covering the metal wiring exposed at an inside of the hole using a thermosetting resin or a conductive fluid, in which in the resin layer forming step, the second resin layer is formed such that a wall surface defining the hole protrudes toward the inside of the hole as the wall surface goes downward.

Abstract: A liquid transfer device includes a transfer table, a squeegee, and a squeegee holding mechanism. The transfer table has a bottom surface on which a liquid film is formed and transfers a liquid to a transfer target by immersing the transfer target in the liquid film. The squeegee is disposed above the transfer table and pushes and spreads the liquid on the transfer table by relatively moving along the bottom surface of the transfer table to form the liquid film. The squeegee has a side surface on a traveling direction side in contact with the liquid when the squeegee relatively moves along the bottom surface of the transfer table. The side surface of the squeegee has an upward inclination or is perpendicular to the bottom surface of the transfer table. The squeegee holding mechanism holds the squeegee to be movable in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A feeder that is arranged in multiples side by side and detachably attached to a component mounting machine, the feeder being for feeding a tape accommodating components to supply the components, the feeder includes a feeder main body including a holding section configured to hold a reel around which the tape is wound, and a plate-shaped cover configured to open and close the holding section by rotation via a support shaft. Further, the cover includes an inclined section that has an inclined surface inclined toward the feeder main body with respect to an outer surface of the cover and is provided at an end portion on a front side in an attachment direction of the feeder to the component mounting machine.