Abstract: A production system including a production line having a series of pieces of production equipment each of which has a parts supply unit. The production system includes: an NC management apparatus that is connected with each piece of the production equipment via a local-area network and acquires therefrom NC data used for operating each piece of the production equipment; and a scheduling apparatus that generates a production schedule and transmits the generated production schedule to the NC management apparatus via the local-area network. Here, the NC management apparatus generates, for each piece of the production equipment, data that is required to perform production according to the production schedule, obtains, for each piece of the production equipment, values that represent differences between current NC data that has been most recently acciuired and the generated data, and outputs the values.

Abstract: A production system including a production line being a series of pieces of production equipment each of which has a parts supply unit. The production system includes: an NC management apparatus that is connected with each piece of the production equipment via a local-area network and acquires therefrom NC data used for operating each piece of the production equipment; and a scheduling apparatus that generates a production schedule and transmits the generated production schedule to the NC management apparatus via the local-area network. Here, the NC management apparatus generates, for each piece of the production equipment, data that is required to perform production according to the production schedule, obtains, for each piece of the production equipment, differences between current NC data that has been acquired the most recently and the generated data, and outputs the obtained differences.

Abstract: A production system including a production line having a series of pieces of production equipment, each of which has a parts supply unit. The production system includes an NC management apparatus that is connected with each piece of the production equipment via a local-area network and acquires therefrom NC data used for operating each piece of the production equipment, and a scheduling apparatus that generates a production schedule and transmits the generated production schedule to the NC management apparatus via the local-area network. The NC management apparatus generates, for each piece of the production equipment, data that is required to perform production according to the production schedule, obtains, for each piece of the production equipment, values that represent differences between current NC data that has been most recently acquired and the generated data, and outputs the values.

Abstract: During the process of transporting an electronic component (18) to a substrate (10) after a suction nozzle (7) has picked up the component (18), the component (18) being supplied from a component supply unit (1), the amount of offset of the component (18) with respect to the suction nozzle (7) is calculated. The feasibility of mounting the component (18) held by the suction nozzle (7) onto the substrate (10) without hindrance is determined from the amount of offset. If the result of the determination is positive, the component (18) is mounted onto the substrate (10).

Abstract: A component/board retriever 2 retrieves component/board data from CAD data supplied to a CAD data input unit 1. A circuit board information storage 3 stores various board information and outputs board information based on board design data. A component information storage 4 stores various component information and outputs component information based on component design data. A mount scheme (process) requirement storage 6 stores requirements for mounting processes. A mounting device requirements storage 7 stores requirements for mounting devices. A design analyzer 8 analyzes whether the designed circuit board is achievable or not under requirements supplied by an applied mount requirement input unit 5 and outputs the analysis results through a check result output unit 9 to a designer. Thus, changes in the mounting process requirement and/or the mounting device requirement can be easily reflected on a design check.

Abstract: A production system including a production line being a series of pieces of production equipment each of which has a parts supply unit. The production system includes: an NC management apparatus that is connected with each piece of the production equipment via a local-area network and acquires therefrom NC data used for operating each piece of the production equipment; and a scheduling apparatus that generates a production schedule and transmits the generated production schedule to the NC management apparatus via the local-area network. Here, the NC management apparatus generates, for each piece of the production equipment, data that is required to perform production according to the production schedule, obtains, for each piece of the production equipment, differences between current NC data that has been acquired the most recently and the generated data, and outputs the obtained differences.

Abstract: A component/board retriever 2 retrieves component/board data from CAD data supplied to a CAD data input unit 1. A circuit board information storage 3 stores various board information, and outputs board information based on board design data. A component information storage 4 stores various component information, and outputs component information based on component design data. A mount scheme requirement storage 6 stores requirements for mount schemes. A mounting device requirements storage 7 stores requirements for mounting devices. A design analyzer 8 analyzes whether the designed circuit board is achievable or not under requirements supplied by an applied mount requirement input unit 5, and outputs the analysis results through a check result output unit 9 to a designer. Thus, changes in mount scheme requirement and/or mounting device requirement can be easily reflected on design check.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and apparatus of automatically mounting electronic components at predetermined positions of an electronic circuit board, which comprise a mounting process of taking out an electronic component 10 from an electronic components holding unit 6 and mounting onto an electronic circuit board 5 and a processing process to trim the electronic component 10 during the mounting process to a preferable characteristic value thereby allowing to reduce the number of types of electronic components 10 to be stored in the electronic components holding unit 6 and reduce the equipment cost and the management cost of the electronic components 10.

Abstract: A device for processing optical data comprising a transparent substrate for a light to be applied, light source for projecting the diverging light onto one surface of the substrate substantially perpendicularly to the surface, lens provided on the substrate for causing the projected light to emerge obliquely or vertically upward from the other surface of the substrate and focusing the emergent light, photodetector provided on the substrate for receiving the light reflected from above, focusing drive mechanism for adjusting the position of the substrate upward or downward, and tracking drive mechanism for adjusting the position of the substrate laterally.