Automatic Tape Processing Apparatus for Component Packaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automatic tape processing apparatuses require operator intervention to cut the top tape and carrier tape, resulting in inefficiency and reliance on operator skill.
Innovation Solution
An automatic tape processing apparatus with a feed device, detection device, separation device, cutting device, and control device that automatically positions and cuts the top tape and carrier tape to protrude by a predetermined length, reducing operator workload and improving efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If an automatic tape processing apparatus is introduced to eliminate operator intervention, then productivity and efficiency are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus is divided into functionally independent modules: a feed device for conveying the packaging tape, a detection device for detecting component positions, a separation device for detaching the top tape, and a cutting device for cutting the carrier tape. Each module performs a specific function, allowing the system to achieve high automation while maintaining manageable complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The detection device detects the position of components and the leading end of the carrier tape in advance before the cutting operation. This preliminary detection allows the control device to calculate the appropriate cutting position and coordinate the operations of the feed device, separation device, and cutting device to complete the entire tape preparation process automatically without operator intervention.
2Manufacturing precision
If automatic positioning and cutting control is implemented, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The detection device provides real-time feedback on the position of components and the leading end of the carrier tape. The control device uses this feedback information to calculate the precise cutting position and dynamically adjust the operations of the feed device and cutting device, ensuring accurate cutting while maintaining a relatively simple control architecture through intelligent algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus replaces manual mechanical positioning and cutting operations with an automated control system that uses detection signals to calculate and execute precise cutting positions. This substitution of mechanical manual operations with automated control achieves high precision while reducing the complexity of mechanical positioning mechanisms.
3Ease of operation
If the top tape is folded back onto the carrier tape, then ease of operation is improved, but the risk of entanglement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus performs the folding back of the top tape onto the carrier tape as a preliminary action before the cutting operation. By completing the folding in advance with precise positioning control, the system ensures that the folded tape is properly positioned and secured, minimizing the risk of entanglement during subsequent conveying and cutting operations while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus creates a folded configuration of the top tape that mirrors the carrier tape structure, with the folded portion neatly positioned on the rear surface. This copied structural arrangement ensures proper alignment and reduces the likelihood of entanglement while maintaining ease of handling during the automated process.
Data Source
AI summary
An automatic tape processing apparatus 110 can automatically perform processes of controlling a feed device 120 and a separation device 150 to sequentially position respective cutting target portions Q1, Q2 of a carrier tape 21 and a top tape 22 at a cutting position Lc, and controlling a cutting device 160 to sequentially cutting the respective cutting target portions Q1, Q2 of the carrier tape 21 and the top tape 22, based on a detection signal from a detection device 140. Thus, it is not necessary to perform a tape cutting operation by an operator, and thus, it is possible to reduce a workload of the operator. Further, since the processes do not rely on the degree of skill of the operator, it is possible to improve efficiency when setting the component packaging tape 2 to the tape feeder 90.