US 12,453,068 B2
Mounting tool for a component mounting machine
Robert Axelsson, Jarfalla (SE)
Assigned to Mycronic AB, Taby (SE)
Appl. No. 17/767,222
Filed by Mycronic AB, Taby (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/084707
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/110953, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19214039 (EP), filed on Dec. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377952 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 13/041 (2018.08) [H05K 13/0409 (2018.08); H05K 13/0417 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method operatively associated with a component mounting machine for simultaneously picking at least two components arranged in at least two adjacent component tapes in the component mounting machine, said method comprising steps of:
providing the component mounting machine including at least two mounting tools for picking and placing components within the component mounting machine and arranged adjacent to each other along a horizontal axis, rotatably arranged around individual vertical rotational axes, and including individual mounting tool tip portions each offset in a horizontal direction relative to a respective vertical rotational axis such that respective x and y coordinates of each mounting tool tip portion of each respective mounting tool in a horizontal plane perpendicular to the respective vertical rotational axis are adjustable by rotating the respective mounting tool around the respective vertical rotational axis, and a component tape feeding mechanism for feeding the at least two adjacent component tapes along a y-direction;
receiving respective x and y coordinates of said at least two components in the horizontal plane;
positioning said individual mounting tool tip portions to respective x coordinates of said at least two components, said positioning including rotating the at least two mounting tools around respective vertical rotational axes;
adjusting said at least two adjacent component tapes in the y-direction to the y coordinates of said at least two components, thereby aligning said at least two components under said individual mounting tool tip portions; and
picking said at least two components with said at least two mounting tools.