US 11,991,832 B2
Unit exchanging device
Shigeto Oyama, Kariya (JP); Masahiro Kondo, Kasugai (JP); and Haruna Narita, Higashiura-cho (JP)
Assigned to FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
Appl. No. 17/055,883
Filed by FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
PCT Filed May 28, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/020276
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/229786, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0227731 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 13/02 (2006.01); H05K 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 13/02 (2013.01) [H05K 13/021 (2013.01); H05K 13/086 (2018.08)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A unit exchanging device configured to automatically exchange a component supply unit between multiple component mounting machines in which multiple component supply units for supplying components are detachably installed, the unit exchanging device comprising:
a clamp configured to grip the component supply unit;
a slider configured to move the clamp along a predetermined direction between a working position at which the clamp attaches or detaches the component supply unit to and from the component mounting machine and a standby position within the unit exchanging device; and
a controller including a processor configured to
control the clamp to grip and release the component supply unit by the clamp and move the clamp by the slider for at least one of attaching the component supply unit to the component mounting machine and detaching the component supply unit from the component mounting machine, and
control the slider to change the standby position based on whether or not the clamp is gripping the component supply unit,
wherein when the clamp is gripping the component supply unit, the controller is configured to change the standby position of the slider based on a maximum dimension of the component supply unit in the predetermined direction such that the slider is closer to a component mounting machine side as the maximum dimension of the component supply unit decreases, and
wherein when the clamp is not gripping the component supply unit, the controller is configured to change the standby position of the slider to a position closest to the component mounting machine side.