Board Contact Analysis for Component Mounting Quality

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for inspecting the mounting state of components on a board cannot accurately determine if the component is properly pushed into the board, making it difficult to identify mounting failures and their causes in component mounting devices.

Innovation Solution

An analysis device that includes a storage device to store detection result data from a contact detection sensor and an output device to count and output this data by multiple conditions, allowing for the analysis of mounting states and identification of failure causes in component mounting devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If imaging device inspection method is used to check component mounting, then the component presence can be inspected, but the mounting quality (whether component is pushed into board with proper load) cannot be accurately determined

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemounting quality detection accuracyVSAvoidcontact detection information
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The inspection system is segmented into multiple independent detection functions: imaging device for component presence detection and contact detection sensor for mounting quality detection. Each sensor handles a specific aspect of inspection, allowing accurate determination of both component presence and mounting quality without information loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A contact detection sensor is introduced as an intermediary device between the component mounting process and the inspection system. This sensor directly detects whether the component is properly pushed into the board by detecting contact force, providing accurate mounting quality information that complements the imaging device data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If multiple detection result data are stored and analyzed by multiple conditions, then the mounting state analysis capability is improved, but the data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemounting state analysis easeVSAvoiddata processing system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The data processing system is designed with multi-functionality to handle various analysis needs. The same storage and processing infrastructure supports multiple analysis conditions (mounting quality, component presence, error patterns) simultaneously, making the system versatile for different inspection requirements without proportionally increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically stores, processes, and analyzes detection result data without requiring manual intervention. The processing unit autonomously correlates imaging device and contact detection sensor data, generates mounting state assessments, and identifies errors, making the system easy to operate while managing data processing complexity internally.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

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 easy analysis of mounting states in component mounting devices, allowing for the identification of failure causes and improvement of mounting quality by reflecting the analysis results back into the component mounting process.

Implementation Method 1

a contact detection sensor configured to detect that a component picked up by the pickup member is brought into contact with the board

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectContact detection:

Data Source

PatentUS12328825B2Analysis device for a component mounting device to analyze board contact of a component
Publication Date: 2025.06.10 FUJI CORP
  • US12328825B2 patent drawing
  • US12328825B2 patent drawing
  • US12328825B2 patent drawing

AI summary

An analysis device is a device for use for a component mounting device including a pickup member configured to be moved relative to a board by means of a moving device and a contact detection sensor configured to detect that a component picked up by the pickup member is brought into contact with the board to analyze a mounting state of the component mounting device. The analysis device includes a storage device configured to store multiple detection result data relating to detection results obtained by the contact detection sensor when the component is mounted on the board in association with mounting conditions when the detection results are obtained by the contact detection sensor, and an output device configured to count the multiple detection result data stored in the storage device by at least two conditions in the mounting conditions and output the multiple detection result data so counted.