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Method and apparatus for detecting hold-position of electronic component, and apparatus for mounting electronic component

US4747198A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 1986
Grant dateMay 31, 1988
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53265
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Are disclosed a method of detecting a hold-position of an electronic component in which the component is held by an electronic-component holding apparatus, an electronic-component holding apparatus having a hold-position detecting device, and an electronic-component mounting apparatus for mounting an electronic component on a printed-circuit board. The above method includes the steps of emitting light beams in a direction toward the electronic component (W) held by the electronic-component holding apparatus (58, 70), so as to take a projection of the component, and of detecting a position of the projection, thereby detecting the hold-position of the component. The above holding apparatus is characterized in that at least a part of a holding head body (86) which surrounds a center line of a sucking pipe (88) is made of a transparent material, and in that the holding apparatus has the hold-position detecting device which includes a light emitter (146) for emitting light beams in a direction parallel to the center line of the sucking pipe so as to take a projection of the component held by the sucking pipe, and further includes an electronic image device (150) for detecting a position…

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