Carrier Tape Peeling Blade Alignment for Automated Reel Loading

Solution Overview

Problem

The positioning of the tip end portion of a carrier tape and a peeling blade for peeling a cover tape during reel loading into a feeder is conventionally performed manually, necessitating automation.

Innovation Solution

A reel loading device with a positioning mechanism that aligns the peeling blade such that its blade tip portion enters the tip end portion of the carrier tape before it reaches the peeling blade, automating the positioning process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual positioning is used for aligning the peeling blade with the carrier tape tip end portion, then the positioning can be performed with simple equipment, but the productivity is low and manufacturing precision is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveloading speedVSAvoidpositioning mechanism complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The positioning mechanism performs preliminary positioning of the peeling blade relative to the carrier tape tip end portion before the actual peeling operation. The blade tip is positioned to enter the tip end portion by a predetermined distance in advance, ensuring proper alignment is established before the peeling process begins, thereby automating what was previously a manual setup task

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical positioning with an automated positioning mechanism that uses mechanical components (positioning plate, positioning protrusions, guides) to automatically align the peeling blade with the carrier tape. This substitution eliminates manual intervention while maintaining mechanical precision, improving productivity without requiring complex electronic or optical systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Manufacturing precision

If manual positioning is used for aligning the peeling blade with the carrier tape tip end portion, then the device structure remains simple, but the manufacturing precision of positioning is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepositioning precisionVSAvoidpositioning mechanism complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The positioning mechanism performs preliminary positioning of the peeling blade relative to the carrier tape tip end portion before the actual peeling operation. The blade tip is positioned to enter the tip end portion by a predetermined distance in advance, ensuring proper alignment is established before the peeling process begins, thereby automating what was previously a manual setup task

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical positioning with an automated positioning mechanism that uses mechanical components (positioning plate, positioning protrusions, guides) to automatically align the peeling blade with the carrier tape. This substitution eliminates manual intervention while maintaining mechanical precision, improving productivity without requiring complex electronic or optical systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20260097918A1Reel loading device

Publication Date: 2026.04.09 FUJI CORP

AI summary

A reel loading device loads, into a feeder, a reel on which a carrier tape is wound, the carrier tape including a base tape and a cover tape, the base tape on which multiple accommodation sections that accommodate components are formed at constant intervals, the cover tape that closes the multiple accommodation sections. The reel loading device includes a positioning mechanism. When loading the reel into the feeder, the positioning mechanism positions a peeling blade such that a blade tip portion of the peeling blade enters a tip end portion of the carrier tape before the tip end portion of the carrier tape reaches the peeling blade for peeling the cover tape.