Mounting Device Control for Defective Component Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
In conventional mounting devices, the timing of notifying inspection results to operators is not considered, leading to inefficiencies in production as operators must handle each defective component individually, which hampers production efficiency and requires careful timing for mounting processes.
Innovation Solution
A mounting device with a control section that acquires inspection results and notifies operators of defectiveness before proceeding with the mounting process, allowing for collective handling of multiple defective components, thereby improving operator efficiency and reducing production downtime.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If inspection results are notified immediately after each inspection, then the operator can handle defective components promptly, but the operator must deal with each defective component individually, reducing production efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The control section accumulates inspection results and notifies the operator in advance before the mounting process begins. This preliminary notification allows the operator to prepare for handling multiple defective components together, rather than dealing with each one individually as it is detected, thus improving production efficiency while maintaining reliable defective component handling
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple inspection results are merged into a single collective notification to the operator. Instead of notifying the operator separately for each defective component, the system combines multiple inspection outcomes and presents them together, enabling the operator to handle multiple defective components in one operation and improving overall productivity
2Manufacturing precision
If the mounting process waits for inspection results to be determined, then mounting accuracy is improved, but production efficiency deteriorates due to sequential processing
Solution Approach 1:
Inspection processes are performed in advance on components before the mounting process begins. The control section accumulates inspection results and makes them available before mounting decisions need to be made, allowing the mounting process to proceed with accurate information without waiting sequentially for each inspection to complete, thus improving both mounting accuracy and production efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically manages the timing and flow of inspection and mounting processes. By allowing inspection and mounting to proceed in parallel where possible, and by dynamically adjusting the notification timing to coincide with mounting preparation, the system optimizes both the accuracy of mounting decisions and the overall production throughput
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting device includes a mounting section configured to pick up a component from a supply section that holds the component and execute a mounting process of the component on a mounting target, and a control section configured to acquire an inspection result obtained by executing an inspection process on the components placed on the mounting target and to notify an operator of the inspection result indicating that the component is defective at a timing before mounting an inspection resulted mounting component that is turned out to be mountable after the inspection result is determined.