Abstract: In a component mounting machine, before the suction nozzle held by the rotary head is automatically exchanged, the nozzle ID codes of all suction nozzles arranged on the nozzle station are continuously read at a high speed and stored in association with the position of each suction nozzle. Sequentially imaging the nozzle ID code display section of each suction nozzle of each column is performed without stopping the mark imaging camera while moving the camera in an arrangement direction of the suction nozzle of each column of the nozzle station. The movement direction of the camera is reversed each time the last imaging operation of one column is completed and the camera is moved to imaging an adjacent column and the nozzle ID code of each suction nozzle of each column read at the image processing is stored in the storage in association with the position of each suction nozzle.

Abstract: A component mounting positional deviation amount measurement unit is set in a feeder setting section of a component mounting machine so as to be exchangeable with a cassette-type feeder, and includes measurement nozzle placement sections in which measurement nozzles exchangeably held in a mounting head of the component mounting machine are placed; measurement component placement sections in which measurement components are placed; and a measurement mounting table on which a measurement fiducial mark is provided.

Abstract: A component mounting machine which deals with a component remaining on a nozzle of a mounting head includes a board conveyance device conveying a board to a predetermined position, a component supply device accommodating multiple components therein, a component mounting device on which a mounting head which picks up and holds a component by vacuum pumping of a suction nozzle is installed and which mounts a component which is taken out from the component supply device onto a board which is conveyed by the board conveyance device, and a control device controlling each of the devices. The component mounting device performs lowering of the component, releasing the component with respect to the suction nozzle of the mounting head, a first lifting of the component to a middle height, a component pickup performed at the height of the first lifting, and a second lifting after the component pickup.

Abstract: A mounting device in which a loading distance separating adjacent characteristic components are lined up side by side is shorter than separation distance between suction nozzle and mark camera, processing to image characteristic component by mark camera and recognize the position of characteristic component is performed consecutively or in one batch. With the mounting device, because mounting head is moved a loading distance that is shorter than the separation distance between suction nozzle and mark camera and image processing is performed consecutively or in one batch, the movement distance of mounting head is shorter.

Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a base and multiple work machine modules that are attachable and detachable to and from the base arranged in the arrangement direction on the base or on the side of the base, in which the plurality of work machine modules include one or more processing work modules that perform machine processing work on a workpiece using a tool, and one or more supplementary work modules that perform supplementary work that is work supplementarily performed to the machine processing work. Since it is possible to easily increase and decrease the number of processing work modules and supplementary work modules or sort the modules, it is possible to easily recombine the modules with respect to modification of the manufacturing process.

Abstract: A work management device includes an operator information memory section, a work item memory section, an operator detection sections, and a work instruction section. The operator detection sections are installed at a plurality of spots of the electronic component mounting line and detect the operators near the spots. In a case in which the operator detection section detects the operator, when operator information regarding the operator is identical to operator information in the operator information memory section and the work item group of the work item memory section includes one work item or a plurality of work items which are able to be performed by the operator detected by the operator detection section, the work instruction section instructs the operator detected by the operator detection section in one work item or a plurality of work items selected from the one work item or the plurality of work items.

Abstract: A vertically sliding manual opening and closing door with good one-handed operability, including: a plate-like door member configured to open and close an opening section by being slid vertically; a support member configured to guide the vertical sliding of the door member by a support section configured to support left and right end sections of the door member; and a lock mechanism configured to position the door member that has been raised.

Abstract: An imaging device including a board section on which imaging element is loaded, a first housing section for fixing board section from a surface on which imaging element is loaded; a second housing section for fixing board section from a surface opposite to the surface on which imaging element is loaded; and a lens section attached to the first housing section side; and the first housing section and the second housing section are fixed by attachment members so as to sandwich board section. The first housing section may be configured from board fixing member for fixing board section, and the lens attachment member for attaching lens section that is fixed to board fixing member in a positionally adjustable manner.

Abstract: An electronic component mounting machine is provided with a film thickness gage. The film thickness gage is provided with measurement sections. The mounting head moves to a position above the storage section and lowers the film thickness gage to cause the film thickness gage to come into contact with the flux film. In the film thickness gage, the measurement sections form measurement marks corresponding to the film thickness in the flux film. The electronic component mounting machine images the measurement marks using a mark camera, and determines the film thickness of the flux film which is actually formed based on imaging data.

Abstract: An automated system including a control target device and a control device which controls the control target device, in which it is possible to accurately estimate whether maintenance of the control target device is required and a portion requiring maintenance. The control device is an adaptive control device including a position control system, an adaptive identifier which estimates a parameter indicating a state of a control target device based on a control command and a control target output from the control target device, and an adaptive compensator which, based on the parameter which is estimated by the adaptive identifier, compensates the control command from the position control system to the control target device such that the control target device performs a planned operation regardless of a change in the parameter.

Abstract: A printing operation assisting device for assisting a printing operation performed by a solder printer configured to print a solder cream on a substrate surface, including: a measure determining portion configured to determine a remedial measure against a deterioration of a print quality specified on the basis of print-result information obtained from an inspecting machine configured to inspect a print result by the printer, in accordance with a kind of the print-quality deterioration; and a measure issuing portion configured to issue a command relating to the remedial measure determined by the measure determining portion to at least one of the printer and its operator, wherein the measure determining portion is configured to determine a remedial measure against a certain print-quality deterioration and to redetermine another remedial measure different from the previously determined remedial measure where the deteriorated print quality is not improved by execution of the previously determined measure.

Abstract: A circuit-substrate-related-operation performing apparatus for performing a circuit-substrate-related operation which is an operation on a circuit substrate, including: a plurality of heads including at least one work head and at least one detection head; a head holding device configured to hold, at a holding portion thereof, one of the plurality of heads; a moving device configured to move the head holding device; a head stock device in which the plurality of heads are stocked; and a controller configured to control the circuit-substrate-related-operation performing apparatus, wherein the controller includes a head attachment control portion configured to control the moving device and the head holding device such that the head holding device is moved to a set position which is set with respect to the head stock device and such that an arbitrary one of the plurality of heads is held by the head holding device.

Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes two board transfer devices each for transferring boards, at least one component supply device for supplying plural kinds of components to be mounted on the boards, and a component placing device including at least one component placing head for picking up the supplied components to mount the picked-up components on the boards and at least one head moving mechanism for moving the at least one component placing head in at least two directions parallel to a surface of the board. The apparatus also includes a controller that operates one component placing head to mount components alternately on two boards transferred by the two board transfer devices to respective component mounting positions and operates two component placing heads to mount components in parallel on two boards transferred by the two boards transfer devices to the respective component mounting positions.

Abstract: An improved screen printing machine is provided. The main body portion and the support table portion of the printer main body are constructed independently of each other, and the main body portion is supported by the support table portion so as to be movable forward. A feed screw is axially immovably and rotatably held by the main body portion so as to be parallel to the front and rear direction, and the feed screw is engaged with the nut provided on the support table portion. An operator rotates the handle attached to the feed screw to move the main body portion forward with respect to the support table portion so that the main body portion is drawn from the support table portion.

Abstract: In a component mounting machine including a tape feeder removing a top tape from a carrier tape of a component supply tape so as to expose a component on the carrier tape so that the component is sucked by a suction nozzle; and a waste tape collection box collecting the top tape removed from the carrier tape, a top-tape drawing member for catching and drawing out the top tape is drawably provided at a place where the top tape removed from the carrier tape is hanging down from the tape feeder into the waste tape collection box (for example, a top opening portion of the waste tape collection box).

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and a method thereof which can detect a displacement amount of a cutting tool with respect to a workpiece with high accuracy and can correct a processing position with high accuracy. Accordingly, a turret gauge 46 is comprised of an invar body 47 and a gauge main body 48 with a different thermal expansion coefficient. A point A of the gauge main body 48 and a leading edge 47A of the invar body are imaged in a state of viewing the whole thereof at a time of an initialization and a calibration cycle (CS), and a temperature of the gauge main body 48 is detected by comparing each image data. Furthermore, the length between the point A and a point B of the gauge main body 48 at the time of the CS is obtained based on the image data. The actual length is compared with a theoretical length between the point A and the point B at a temperature of the gauge main body 48 at the time of the CS, and consideration is given to the comparison.

Abstract: To image a component larger than the field of view of a camera, a range based on the shape and dimension of the component to be imaged and the field of view of the camera, a range of the component is divided, and imaging ranges of a plurality of characteristic parts to be imaged are determined. Then, images of the plurality of characteristic parts obtained by imaging the plurality of characteristic parts with the camera are combined to create a combined image of the characteristic parts of the component. Based on the combined image, the position of the component is measured.

Abstract: A screen printing line with higher utility is provided. In a screen printing line including a plurality of screen printing machines and a plurality of shuttle conveyors each provided between any adjacent two of the plurality of screen printing machines, each of the screen printing machines includes: a main body; a front conveyor having a substrate support device; a rear conveyor configured to allow passage of a circuit substrate; a printing device configured to carry out screen printing on the circuit substrate supported by the substrate support device. Also, each of the plurality of shuttle conveyors includes a movable conveyor movable between a position continuous to the front conveyor and a position continuous to the rear conveyor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of generating image-processing component data which is used when an image of a component to be mounted by a component mounting apparatus is recognized. The method includes extracting first component shape data from CAD data of the component, measuring second component shape data from an image of the component obtained by an imaging device, and generating image-processing component data based on the first and second component shape data.

Abstract: A component sorting and wasting device is provided with a plurality of waste boxes having respective IDs and arranged at predetermined locations for receiving components to be wasted therein and a component mounting mechanism being capable of picking up components from a component supply device in mounting the picked-up components on circuit boards and of sorting and wasting each of components which are recognized as being unable to be mounted on the circuit boards, in one of the waste boxes selected for the component to be wasted.