Cassette magazine for a component mounting machine

Abstract

Abstract A cassette magazine for a component mounting machine. This machine comprises a driving member (34) for a number of reels (7) which are insertable into the magazine and which carry components enclosed in a carrier tape (2) wound on each reel. The reels are arranged in standing position in one or more parallel rows (9,10) transversely to the feeding direction of the tape. The tapes are by means of driving members fed to a component expelling and picking station (23) in which means (24) are arranged to punch the components from the carrier tapes so that they will be accessible for a picking tool. The driving members comprise a number of feeding wheels (32) and drive segments (43) corresponding to the number of tapes, said wheels and said segments being arranged for individual feeding of each of the tapes. The feeding wheels are stationary with respect to the magazine whereas the drive segments are supported on a movable carriage (40) and can be brought into and out of engagement with the corresponding feeding wheel by means of electrical members (44 ). The carriage is displaceable in the transport direction of the carrier tape by an electric motor (35) between two end positions whereby the carriage movement is coordinated with energizing of the electrical members in such a way that a certain feeding wheel and the corresponding drive segment will be brought into engagement with one another for displacing the carriage from a first end position to a second end position and out of engagement with one another when returning the carriage from the second end position to the first one.

Inventors

• 👤 Lennart Stridsberg
• 👤 Gunnar Rodin

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