Feeder Case With Transport Section For Electronic Component Supply
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for supplying electronic components to mounting devices often result in mixing of components, leading to incorrect mounting and management issues due to the transfer of components from a case to a feeder.
Innovation Solution
A case with a housing space, transport section, and communication port that allows for controlled and separate transportation of electronic components to a supply target, using a shutter to manage the communication port and sloped surfaces for efficient movement, preventing mixing and ensuring accurate supply.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If electronic components are collectively accommodated in a case and allowed to drop onto a feeder by their own weight, then the components can be supplied to the mounting device, but mixing of components occurs between the case side and feeder side
Solution Approach 1:
The case is divided into distinct functional zones: a storage section for holding components and a transport section for conveying them. The communication port serves as a controlled interface between these sections, physically segmenting the component flow path to prevent mixing between case and feeder components.
Solution Approach 2:
The transport section acts as an intermediary between the storage section and the feeder. Components must pass through this intermediate transport path with a defined discharge port, which controls the transfer process and prevents direct mixing with feeder components.
2Manufacturing precision
If a communication port is added to enable controlled movement of components from housing space to transport path, then mixing of components is prevented, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication port is integrated directly into the case structure, merging the control function with the housing. The transport section is integrally joined to the case body, combining multiple functions (storage, transport, discharge) into a single unified structure rather than separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The case structure serves multiple functions: the housing space stores components, the transport section conveys them, and the discharge port controls their release. This multi-functional design reduces the need for additional separate control mechanisms.
3Ease of operation
If components are transferred from case to feeder, then mounting can be performed, but correct mounting becomes impossible due to component mixing
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful mixing effect is extracted and eliminated by providing a dedicated transport section with a discharge port that delivers components directly to the feeder. This separates the component flow from the feeder's existing component supply, preventing contamination of the mounting process.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively prevents mixing of components during the supply process, ensuring accurate mounting and management by using a case with a transport section and communication port, and sloped surfaces for efficient movement, maintaining all components in the case until they are needed.
Implementation Method 1
a sloped surface that enables a large number of electronic components to be efficiently supplied
Data Source
AI summary
A case to be set to a feeder to supply electronic components to a supply target includes a case body including a storage space to accommodate electronic components, a transport section integrally joined to the case body and including a transport path to transport the electronic components to a supply target, a discharge port through which the electronic components in the transport path are discharged, and a communication port to communicate between the storage space and the transport path to enable the electronic components to move from the storage space to the transport path.