Electronic equipment assembling device and electronic equipment assembling method

Abstract

The invention provides an electronic equipment assembling device and an electronic equipment assembling method which can correct warping of a cable and reliably perform connection work of a plurality of cables with different width sizes. The electronic equipment assembling apparatus includes a robot control device that controls the operation of a gripping device that grips a flat and flexible cable having a free tip and a robot arm that moves the gripping device with respect to a circuit board that is a connection target of the tip of the cable, the gripping device having a suction unit that sucks the gripping device, and the robot arm that moves the gripping device with respect to the circuit board to which the tip of the cable is to be connected. A suction member provided on the lower surface and holding one surface of the cable in a suction manner; and a gripping claw which is located on the outer side of the suction part in the width direction and holds the cable in a manner of clamping the cable in the width direction, a first inclined surface is formed on the inner side of the gripping claw in the width direction, the first inclined surface is inclined from the bottom of the gripping claw in a manner that the gripping width becomes larger toward the upward direction, and a second inclined surface is formed on the bottom of the gripping claw. When the gripping claw is in a horizontal state, the second inclined surface is inclined with the front higher than the rear.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an electronic device assembly device and an electronic device assembly method for holding cables connected to circuit boards and the like of electronic devices. Background technique [0002] Electronic equipment assembly equipment is used in production sites such as factories, for example, to carry out flat and flexible (flexible) cables such as FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) and FFC (Flexible Flat Cable: flexible flat cable) The front end of the terminal is connected to the connector (substrate-side connector) of the target circuit board, etc. This electronic device assembly device includes a vision device such as a camera, a robot arm, and a control device for controlling the vision device and the robot arm. [0003] The cable is a flexible and long-length soft object, and therefore, unexpected deformation occurs when it is bent or pressed. Therefore, the position and posture of the tip, in particular, of the cable ...

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Problems solved by technology

However, when the tip of the cable and the board-side connector are accurately aligned manually, there is a problem that the work efficiency is not improved.

[0004] In addition, cables such as FPC and FFC may warp due to deformation in such a way that the center of the cable protrudes from the side edges on both sides.

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