Adjustable Suction Blocks for Flexible Film Component Bonding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing component bonding devices require dedicated bonding tools for each type of film-like component and necessitate tool replacement when the component type changes, making them inefficient for handling multiple types of film-like components.
Innovation Solution
A component bonding device with a bonding tool featuring multiple suction blocks that can be rearranged within a holding portion, allowing for flexible positioning and independent vacuum pressure supply, eliminating the need for dedicated tools and reducing the complexity of tool changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If dedicated bonding tools are manufactured for each type of film-like component, then bonding precision and reliability are improved, but device complexity and preparation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The bonding tool is designed with a universal structure that can handle multiple types of film-like components through adjustable suction blocks. The suction blocks can be repositioned along the holding portion to accommodate different component shapes and sizes, eliminating the need for dedicated tools for each component type while maintaining reliable bonding performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The suction blocks are made movable along the holding portion, allowing dynamic adjustment of their positions. This dynamic capability enables the same bonding tool to adapt to different component configurations without requiring multiple dedicated tools, thus reducing device complexity while preserving bonding reliability.
2Manufacturing precision
If dedicated bonding tools are prepared for respective component types, then bonding precision is improved, but productivity decreases due to tool replacement requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The bonding tool incorporates a universal holding portion that can accommodate various film-like component types through adjustable suction block positions. This universality allows a single tool to perform multiple bonding tasks without replacement, maintaining precision while improving productivity by eliminating tool change operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The suction blocks are pre-positioned on the holding portion at adjustable locations, allowing quick reconfiguration for different component types without complete tool replacement. This preliminary arrangement capability enables rapid adaptation to different bonding requirements, maintaining precision while reducing setup time and improving overall productivity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple dedicated bonding tools are manufactured, then adaptability to different component types is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The bonding tool features a universal holding portion with adjustable suction blocks that can be positioned to match different film-like component shapes and sizes. This design provides high adaptability to various component types while maintaining a simple, unified tool structure, avoiding the complexity of multiple dedicated tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The bonding tool is segmented into modular suction blocks that can be independently positioned and adjusted on the holding portion. This segmentation allows flexible configuration for different component types while keeping the overall tool structure simple and manageable, enhancing adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient bonding of various film-like components without the need for multiple dedicated tools, simplifying the process of adapting to different component types by allowing the suction blocks to be rearranged based on shape and size, thereby reducing operational complexity and increasing versatility.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of suction blocks 33, each of which has a suction hole 33H for sucking the film-like component 3
Data Source
AI summary
A component bonding device includes a bonding tool which sucks a film-like component and which bonds the film-like component to a substrate. The bonding tool includes: a plurality of suction blocks, each of which has a suction hole for sucking the film-like component; and a suction block holding portion which has a block holding-available region capable of holding the plurality of suction blocks, and which holds the plurality of suction blocks so as to be arranged in a row in the block holding-available region. The suction block holding portion allows change of a holding position of at least one of the plurality of suction blocks to any desired position in the block holding-available region.