Conveyance Apparatus Recessed Surface Reduces Static Adhesion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing conveyance apparatuses for electronic components often generate static electricity, causing components to adhere to the storing member, leading to facility shutdowns during inspection and sorting processes.
Innovation Solution
A conveyance apparatus with a storing member featuring recessed portions on its surface, reducing contact area with electronic components, and a moving unit that rotates the member to store components in cavities while minimizing contact, thereby reducing static electricity adhesion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the storing member has a smooth surface to facilitate component storage, then component storage efficiency is improved, but static electricity adhesion increases causing facility shutdowns
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating recessed portions at specific locations on the storing member surface where components make contact during supply. These recessed portions locally modify the surface properties to reduce contact area and suppress static electricity generation, while maintaining a generally smooth surface for efficient component storage and conveyance.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the contact area between storing member and components is increased to improve storage stability, then storage stability is improved, but static electricity generation increases causing component adhesion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating recessed portions at specific locations on the storing member surface where components make contact during supply. These recessed portions locally modify the surface properties to reduce contact area and suppress static electricity generation, while maintaining a generally smooth surface for efficient component storage and conveyance.
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
The apparatus effectively suppresses the adhesion of electronic components to the storing member, preventing facility shutdowns and ensuring continuous operation by minimizing static electricity attraction forces.
Implementation Method 1
electronic components slide on the ring 111 and hence, there may be a case where static electricity is generated on the ring 111
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AI summary
A conveyance apparatus for electronic components capable of suppressing the adhesion of electronic components to a storing member by static electricity. The conveyance apparatus for electronic components includes: a storing member which includes cavities for storing electronic components respectively; an electronic component supply mechanism which supplies the electronic components in a state where the electronic components are brought into contact with the storing member; and a moving unit which moves the storing member in a predetermined moving direction in a relative relationship with the electronic component, wherein a recessed portion for reducing a contact area of the storing member with the electronic components is formed in a region where the cavities are not formed on a main surface of the storing member on a side where the electronic components are supplied.