Component Information Reading Unit for Electronic Manufacturing Precision

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing manufacturing techniques for mounting electronic components on printed boards do not prioritize the quality of individual components or their packaging state, leading to potential mismounting and reduced product quality.

Innovation Solution

A manufacturing apparatus that reads and utilizes component information per unit of electronic component or package to control the manufacturing process, incorporating each component accurately based on its characteristics, and generates incorporation information for verification and defect tracking.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If component information per unit of electronic component or package is read and used to control manufacturing treatment, then manufacturing precision and product quality are improved, but device complexity increases due to additional reading units and information processing requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing precisionVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The component information reading unit reads component information in advance before the manufacturing treatment is executed. This preliminary action allows the manufacturing control unit to plan and adjust the manufacturing process based on actual component characteristics, thereby improving manufacturing precision without requiring complex real-time adjustments during the manufacturing process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The component information reading unit and manufacturing control unit act as intermediaries between the packaged components and the manufacturing object. These units read and process component information, serving as a bridge that enables precise control of manufacturing treatment based on individual component characteristics, thus improving precision while managing system complexity through modular information processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If individual component information is utilized to control manufacturing treatment, then reliability of the manufacturing object is improved, but loss of time increases due to reading and processing information for each component

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovereliabilityVSAvoidloss of time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Component information is read and stored in advance before the manufacturing treatment. This preliminary reading action allows the manufacturing control unit to efficiently retrieve and utilize component information during manufacturing without requiring time-consuming real-time reading, thereby improving reliability while minimizing time loss during the actual manufacturing process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system maintains continuous useful action by reading component information in advance and keeping it available for immediate use during manufacturing treatment. This continuous availability of component information ensures that the manufacturing process can proceed without interruption or delay, thereby improving reliability while avoiding time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Productivity

If component information per unit of package is read and used, then productivity is improved through better component utilization, but device complexity increases due to additional reading and control units

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveproductivityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The component information reading unit and manufacturing control unit serve multiple functions: they read component information, store it, retrieve it during manufacturing, and use it to control manufacturing treatment. This multi-functionality improves productivity by enabling better component utilization and matching without requiring separate dedicated devices for each function, thereby managing device complexity while enhancing productivity.

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

4Manufacturing precision

If individual electronic components are taken out from packaged components for manufacturing, then manufacturing precision is improved through selective component placement, but loss of time increases due to the process of taking out and positioning each component

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing precisionVSAvoidloss of time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Component information including position and identification data is read and processed in advance before components are taken out from packaging. This preliminary information preparation allows the manufacturing control unit to efficiently guide the taking out and positioning process, thereby improving manufacturing precision while minimizing the time required for component extraction and placement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10721848B2Manufacturing device, manufacturing management system, and manufacturing control program
Publication Date: 2020.07.21 ZUKEN
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AI summary

Provided is a manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a high-quality manufacturing object by using component information per unit of individual electronic component or per unit of package in a plurality of electronic components that have been packaged. The manufacturing apparatus is a manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a product by taking out each electronic component from packaged components in which a plurality of electronic components are packaged. The manufacturing apparatus is provided with: a component information reading unit that reads component information per unit of electronic component or per unit of package in the packaged components; a manufacturing control unit that controls, using the read component information, the manufacturing treatment of product into which electronic components indicated in the component information are incorporated; and an incorporation information generating unit that generates incorporation information regarding a state of incorporation of each electronic component in the product.