1. A production auxiliary method is used for assisting the production of electronic components, wherein the production of the electronic components utilizes a carrier and process components which can be arranged on the carrier, and the production of the electronic components utilizes process equipment comprising a plurality of process groups; the production auxiliary method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

a first loading step: arranging a first installation station, loading materials to a carrier at the first installation station, and then conveying the carrier to process equipment;

a first disassembly step: arranging a first disassembling station, disassembling the material from the carrier flowing out of the previous process group at the first disassembling station, and conveying the carrier back to the first installing station;

a second loading step: arranging a second mounting station, mounting the process part on the carrier flowing out of the previous process group at the second mounting station, and conveying the carrier to the next process group;

a second disassembling step: and arranging a second disassembling station, disassembling the process parts of the carriers flowing out of the previous process group, and conveying the process parts back to the second installing station.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the carrier is of a plurality of types, the first loading step being arranged to load material into a carrier at the first mounting station; the production-assisting method further includes:

a third loading step performed after the first disassembling step: at a first disassembly station, the material removed from the one carrier is loaded onto another carrier, which is then transported to a next process group.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that in the production-assisted method:

both the first removal station and the second installation station are arranged to be located between the same two adjacent process groups.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the production assistance method further comprises:

a third disassembling step: setting a third disassembling station, disassembling the material from the other carrier flowing out of the previous process group, and conveying the other carrier back to the previous disassembling station;

a fourth loading step: at the third disassembly station, material is loaded to a further carrier and the further carrier is conveyed to the next process group.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the production assistance method further comprises:

blanking: and arranging a blanking station, dismantling the material from the carrier flowing out of the process equipment, and conveying the carrier flowing out of the process equipment back to a third dismantling station.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that in the production assistance method, both the third dismantling station and the second mounting station are arranged to be located between the same two adjacent process groups; the blanking step further comprises:

and dismantling the process parts on the carrier flowing out of the process equipment before dismantling the materials, and installing the process parts back to the carrier flowing out of the process equipment after dismantling the materials.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the process kit parts are of a plurality of types, the second loading step being configured to mount at least one process kit part to carriers flowing from the previous group at a second mounting station; the production-assisting method further includes:

a fourth loading step performed after the second disassembling step: at a second disassembly station, at least one other process component is mounted to the carrier from which the at least one process component has been disassembled, and the carrier with the at least one other process component mounted thereto is conveyed to a next process group.

8. The method of claim 2,

the material comprises a printed circuit board, and the first disassembling step and the third loading step are defined to jointly complete the process of replacing the material from the carrier to the other carrier, and at least one process is set to perform turnover operation on the printed circuit board.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the production assistance method further comprises:

a first caching step: setting a first cache region between the blanking station and the third disassembling station or setting a first cache region between the blanking station and the second assembling station, and caching a carrier for disassembling the material and assembling the process part in the first cache region;

a second caching step: and arranging a second cache region between the first disassembling station and the first assembling station, and caching the carrier to be conveyed back to the first assembling station in the second cache region.

10. An electronic component production line characterized by executing the production assisting method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

Background

Some electronic components have relatively complicated processes, especially processes for assembling printed circuit boards with terminals. In the prior art, in order to ensure the quality of finished products, carriers are generally used for material circulation in the process, that is, materials are loaded on the carriers. When performing some process steps, some process components are loaded on the carrier to meet the material processing requirements of the process steps.

In this regard, there is still room for improving the processing efficiency of electronic components.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present application provides a production assisting method and an electronic component production line, aiming to achieve high production efficiency.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a production assisting method for assisting production of an electronic component, wherein the production of the electronic component uses a carrier and a process component that can be mounted on the carrier, and the production of the electronic component uses process equipment including a plurality of process groups; the production auxiliary method comprises the following steps:

a first loading step: arranging a first installation station, loading materials to a carrier at the first installation station, and then conveying the carrier to process equipment;

a first disassembly step: arranging a first disassembling station, disassembling the material from the carrier flowing out of the previous process group at the first disassembling station, and conveying the carrier back to the first installing station;

a second loading step: arranging a second mounting station, mounting the process part on the carrier flowing out of the previous process group at the second mounting station, and conveying the carrier to the next process group;

a second disassembling step: and arranging a second disassembling station, disassembling the process parts of the carriers flowing out of the previous process group, and conveying the process parts back to the second installing station.

Preferably, the carrier is of a plurality of types, and the first loading step is arranged to load material into a carrier at a first mounting station; the production-assisting method further includes:

a third loading step performed after the first disassembling step: at a first disassembly station, the material removed from the one carrier is loaded onto another carrier, which is then transported to a next process group.

Preferably, in the production-assisted method:

both the first removal station and the second installation station are arranged to be located between the same two adjacent process groups.

Preferably, the production-assisting method further comprises:

a third disassembling step: setting a third disassembling station, disassembling the material from the other carrier flowing out of the previous process group, and conveying the other carrier back to the previous disassembling station;

a fourth loading step: at the third disassembly station, material is loaded to a further carrier and the further carrier is conveyed to the next process group.

Preferably, the production-assisting method further comprises:

blanking: and arranging a blanking station, dismantling the material from the carrier flowing out of the process equipment, and conveying the carrier flowing out of the process equipment back to a third dismantling station.

Preferably, in the production assistance method, both the third dismounting station and the second mounting station are provided to be located between the same two adjacent process groups; the blanking step further comprises:

and dismantling the process parts on the carrier flowing out of the process equipment before dismantling the materials, and installing the process parts back to the carrier flowing out of the process equipment after dismantling the materials.

Preferably, the process kit parts are of a plurality of types, and the second loading step is arranged to mount at least one process kit part to the carriers flowing from the previous group at a second mounting station; the production-assisting method further includes:

a fourth loading step performed after the second disassembling step: at a second disassembly station, at least one other process component is mounted to the carrier from which the at least one process component has been disassembled, and the carrier with the at least one other process component mounted thereto is conveyed to a next process group.

Preferably, the material comprises a printed circuit board, the first disassembling step and the third loading step defining together a process of exchanging the material from said one carrier to said another carrier, at least one of said processes being arranged to perform a flipping operation on the printed circuit board.

Preferably, the production-assisting method further comprises:

a first caching step: setting a first cache region between the blanking station and the third disassembling station or setting a first cache region between the blanking station and the second assembling station, and caching a carrier for disassembling the material and assembling the process part in the first cache region;

a second caching step: and arranging a second cache region between the first disassembling station and the first assembling station, and caching the carrier to be conveyed back to the first assembling station in the second cache region.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an electronic component production line that performs the production assisting method as described above.

The production auxiliary method provided by the application forms real-time and continuous supply of the carrier of the first installation station and the process part of the second installation station, effectively improves utilization efficiency of the carrier, ensures that a production process can be continuously executed, and effectively improves production efficiency.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained from the drawings without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an electronic component production line.

Reference numerals:

1-a first installation station; 2-a first disassembly station; 3-a third disassembling station a; 4-a third disassembly station b; 5-a second mounting station; 6-a second disassembly station; 7-a blanking station;

10-first process group; 20-the second process group; 30-third process group; 40-a fourth process group; 50-fifth process group; 60-sixth process group;

100-a first conveyor line; 200-a second conveyor line; 300-a third conveyor line; 400-a fourth conveyor line; 500-fifth transfer line.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present application will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 1 shows a schematic view of an electronic component production line, and the production assisting method provided by the present embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 1.

In an embodiment, the production assisting method is for assisting in production of an electronic component, the production of the electronic component uses a carrier and a process part that can be mounted on the carrier, and the production of the electronic component uses a process equipment including a plurality of process groups. To facilitate the description of the present embodiment, some explanations and examples will be made first.

Specifically, the electronic component may include, for example, a printed circuit board and a terminal which are integrally assembled with each other, and in a more specific example, the terminal may be, for example, a charging interface, and the connection between the printed circuit board and the charging interface includes both mechanical connection and electrical connection. The production of the electronic components given in the examples therefore involves both the machining of the structure of the printed circuit board itself and the mechanical and electrical joining of the printed circuit board to the charging interface. In such a production process, the required materials, in particular printed circuit boards, can be circulated by means of carriers.

In some relatively special processes, it is necessary to mount corresponding process components on the carrier to meet the process requirements. In an embodiment, a pressing cover for covering the printed circuit board and a side bar for providing a tension force to the carrier are mounted on the carrier. The following mainly takes these two process components as examples to explain the production auxiliary method provided in this embodiment.

Further, the processes performed on the printed circuit board may be implemented by a process tool, which may include a plurality of process groups. As used herein, a "process kit" is understood to be a single mechanism for performing a certain process operation (e.g., a solder oven for performing a wave soldering operation); it should also be understood that a collection of mechanisms (e.g., mechanisms for affixing different types of electrical devices to a printed circuit board) that perform a series of similar process operations, which allow the printed circuit board to be loaded in the same carrier. On this basis, the production assisting method provided in the present embodiment will be further described below.

In an embodiment, a production-assisted method comprises:

a first loading step: arranging a first installation station 1, loading materials to a carrier at the first installation station 1, and then conveying the carrier to process equipment;

a first disassembly step: arranging a first disassembling station 2, disassembling the material from the carrier flowing out of the previous process group at the first disassembling station 2, and conveying the carrier back to the first installing station 1;

a second loading step: arranging a second mounting station 5, mounting the process part on the carrier flowing out from the previous process group at the second mounting station 5, and conveying the carrier to the next process group;

a second disassembling step: a second dismantling station 6 is provided to dismantle the process components of the carriers flowing out of the previous process group and to transport them back to the second mounting station 5.

It should be noted that, in fact, the above-mentioned stations (i.e. the first mounting station 1, the first dismounting station 2, the second mounting station 5 and the second dismounting station 6) are disposed between two adjacent process groups, and although the above-mentioned stations are expressed as "two adjacent process groups", it does not mean that only a plurality of "two adjacent process groups" respectively corresponding to these stations are the same, and the following description will be made with reference to the example given in fig. 1.

Referring to fig. 1, the first mounting station 1 is located on the front side of the process equipment relative to the process equipment and belongs to the feeding side, and the following blanking station 7 is located on the rear side of the process equipment relative to the process equipment and belongs to the blanking side. In the first loading step, materials such as printed circuit boards are loaded into carriers by a manual or an automated apparatus (the following loading and unloading are the same as herein), and then the carriers loaded with the printed circuit boards flow to the process apparatuses, flowing into the first process group 10 at the foremost side of the process apparatuses, in which first process group 10 the printed circuit boards are subjected to the first processing process.

Still taking fig. 1 as an example, the first disassembling station 2 may be disposed between the first process group 10 and the second process group 20 of the process equipment, so that two adjacent process groups in the first disassembling step, i.e., the first process group 10 and the second process group 20, the "previous process group" is the first process group 10, and the "next process group" is the second process group 20. After the first processing process is performed, the printed circuit board flows out of the first processing group 10 to the first disassembling station 2, and at the first disassembling station 2, the printed circuit board is disassembled from the carrier, and then the carrier is conveyed back to the first installing station 1 by the first conveying line 100, so that the carrier of the first installing station 1 is continuously supplied in real time, the utilization efficiency of the carrier is effectively improved, and the continuous execution of the production process is ensured.

Further, the second mounting station 5 in the second loading step may be disposed between the fourth and fifth process groups 40 and 50 of the process equipment adjacent to each other. The fourth process group 40, which is the previous process group, flows the carrier to the second mounting station 5 where the process parts are mounted to the carrier after the fourth process is performed on the printed circuit board, and then the carrier on which the process parts are mounted flows to the fifth process group 50 so that the printed circuit board is subjected to the fifth process.

In the second disassembling step, the second disassembling station 6 may be disposed between the fifth process group 50 and the sixth process group 60, and after the fifth process group 50 as the previous process group performs the fifth assembling process on the printed circuit board, the carrier flows to the second disassembling station 6, where the process components are disassembled from the carrier, and the disassembled process components are transported back to the second assembling station 5 by the fifth transport line 500. It will therefore be appreciated that the advantageous effects of the operations performed on the process components in both the second loading step and the second unloading step are similar to those described above for the carriers in both the first loading step and the first unloading step, i.e. this results in a real-time and continuous supply of the process components to the second mounting station 5, effectively increasing the efficiency of use of the process components, as well as ensuring that the production process can be performed continuously.

However, without being limited thereto, both the first dismounting station and the second mounting station are arranged to be located between the same two adjacent process groups. In other words, when an example having a different order of execution of the machining processes than the example given in fig. 1 is applied, for example, both the first disassembling station and the second assembling station are provided between the first process group 10 and the second process group 20, in other words, in this not-shown example, the first disassembling step and the first loading step may be performed first at the first disassembling station and then the second loading step may be performed at the second assembling station.

Further, the carrier can be various in types, so that the carrier can adapt to different processing technological requirements. In the embodiment, as an example, fig. 1 shows an example in which four carriers are used, and for convenience of distinction, the carriers will be defined as a first carrier, a second carrier, a third carrier and a fourth carrier, respectively, in the order in which the printed circuit boards are loaded first and second on the carriers, respectively.

In an embodiment, the first loading step is arranged to load material to a carrier at the first mounting station 1; the production-assisting method further includes: a third loading step performed after the first disassembling step: at the first dismantling station 2, the material dismantled from the one carrier is loaded to another carrier, which is then conveyed to the next process group.

The expressions "a vehicle" and "another vehicle" are used herein to distinguish "another vehicle" from "a vehicle", which means that the two vehicles are two different types of vehicles. The same is true for the meaning of "another carrier" and "further carrier" mentioned below, i.e. the two carriers are also two different kinds of carriers.

Specifically, in the example given in fig. 1, the first loading step is directed to the "one carrier", i.e. the first carrier, to which the printed circuit boards are loaded in the first loading step, and then the first carrier flow is transferred to the first process group 10. Here, in the third loading step, still at the first disassembling station 2, the printed circuit board disassembled from the first carrier is loaded to the second carrier, and then the second carrier is conveyed toward the second process group 20. That is, in the first removal station 2, the removal of the first carrier and the loading of the printed circuit board to the second carrier are performed, and the carrier replacement of the printed circuit board is substantially performed. The first disassembling step and the first loading step are executed by the first disassembling station 2, and the operation of replacing the carrier is further completed on the basis that the first carrier is conveyed back to the first mounting station 1, so that the process of processing the material is more rationalized by the production auxiliary method provided by the embodiment, and the processing efficiency is further improved.

Further, the production-assisting method further includes:

a third disassembling step: setting a third disassembling station, disassembling the material from the other carrier flowing out of the previous process group, and conveying the other carrier back to the previous disassembling station;

a fourth loading step: at the third disassembly station, material is loaded to a further carrier and the further carrier is conveyed to the next process group.

Still referring to fig. 1, the third disassembling step and the fourth loading step also relate to the reverse conveyance of the carriers and also to the replacement of the carriers, which is different from the above-described conveying process in that the third disassembling step and the fourth loading step are directed to the reverse conveyance of the carriers between different process groups in the process equipment. The "previous removal station" mentioned above is determined with respect to the flow direction of the printed circuit board, that is, the printed circuit board flows from an upstream process group, for example, the first process group 10, to a downstream process group, for example, the sixth process group 60, and then the removal station located on the upstream side of the third removal station, which is determined in the upstream and downstream direction determined in this manner, is the so-called "previous removal station".

Specifically, in the embodiment, the number of the third disassembling stations may be two, and in order to describe the two third disassembling stations separately, the third disassembling station disposed between the second process group 20 and the third process group 30 is defined as the third disassembling station a3, and the third disassembling station disposed between the third process group 30 and the fourth process group 40 is defined as the third disassembling station b 4. As described above, the "previous detaching station" of the third detaching station a3 is the first detaching station 2, and the "previous detaching station" of the third detaching station b4 is the third detaching station a 3.

In the third disassembling station a3, the pcb is disassembled from the second carrier, and then the second carrier returns to the first disassembling station 2 via the second conveying line 200 for the first disassembling station 2 to replace the first carrier, and the pcb is installed on the third carrier and then conveyed to the third process group 30. Similarly, at the third disassembling station b4, the pcb is disassembled from the third carrier, and then the third carrier returns to the third disassembling station a3 via the third conveyor 300 for the third disassembling station a3 to replace the second carrier, while the pcb is mounted to the fourth carrier and then conveyed to the fourth process group 40. This further enables the process of manufacturing printed circuit boards to be efficiently rationalised, similarly to what has been mentioned above, in particular improving the utilization of the carriers and ensuring continuity of production.

Further, the production-assisting method further includes:

blanking: and arranging a blanking station 7, dismantling the material from the carrier flowing out of the process equipment, and conveying the carrier flowing out of the process equipment back to a third dismantling station.

As will be understood from the above description, the blanking station 7 is disposed at the rear side, i.e., the downstream side, of the sixth process group 60, and in the example shown in fig. 1, the printed circuit boards flowing out of the sixth process group 60 are loaded on the fourth carrier. Therefore, the fourth carrier obtained after the printed circuit board is removed at the unloading station 7 is transported back to the third removal station b4 via the fourth transport line 400, and the printed circuit board processed by all processing techniques is unloaded at the unloading station 7.

Further, in the production assisting method, both the third disassembling station and the second assembling station 5 are provided to be located between the same two adjacent process groups. That is, similarly to the above case, in other process facilities of different processing sequences, after replacing the carrier at the third disassembling station, the process component is further installed at the second installing station 5.

Further, the blanking step further comprises: and dismantling the process parts on the carrier flowing out of the process equipment before dismantling the materials, and installing the process parts back to the carrier flowing out of the process equipment after dismantling the materials. Similarly, for some process equipment in different processing sequences, the process component may need to be mounted on the carrier before the final processing process is performed, and therefore, the carrier needs to be reasonably dismounted and mounted at the blanking station.

Further, as mentioned in the above description, the kinds of the process components are plural (i.e., the above-mentioned press caps and side bars), and the second loading step is configured to mount at least one process component to the carriers flowing out from the upper set at the second mounting station 5; the production-assisting method further includes:

a fourth loading step performed after the second disassembling step: at the second dismantling station 6, at least one further process component is mounted to the carrier from which the at least one process component has been dismantled and the carrier with the at least one further process component mounted thereto is transported to the next process group.

Wherein at least one process element and at least one other process element are defined herein as being similar to those defined above, and are separate expressions. Thus, when a plurality of process parts are involved, the fourth loading step and the second loading step can be used to replace them at the second removal station 6.

In addition, it should be noted that, in the above process of replacing the carrier for the pcb, at least one of the processes is configured to perform a flip operation on the pcb, that is, to change the processed surface of the pcb to meet the requirement of the processing technology. This increases the suitability of the production aid method for the production process of electronic components.

Further, the production-assisting method further includes:

a first caching step: and arranging a first cache region between the blanking station 7 and the third disassembling station or arranging a first cache region between the blanking station 7 and the second assembling station 5, and caching the carrier for disassembling the material and assembling the process part in the first cache region.

The buffer area can buffer a part of carriers in time to reduce the pressure of the conveying line when the quantity of the carriers is large in the carrier conveying process, and can release the buffered carriers to ensure the production continuity when the quantity of the carriers is small. As one example, the buffer area may be a separate area to which carriers that partially pass through the buffer area are transported by hand or by equipment.

In the first buffer step, which is an example mentioned above where both the second mounting station and the third dismounting station, not shown, are located between the same two adjacent process groups, for the first buffer area provided between the blanking station and the third dismounting station, that is, the first buffer area provided between the blanking station and the third dismounting station, it may be preferably provided at the carrier conveying line, not shown, to reduce the stroke that the carrier is buffered and released, so as to further improve the efficiency. In addition, the scheme that the first buffer area is arranged for the blanking station and the second installation station is also the same.

Further, the production-assisting method further includes:

a second caching step: and a second cache region between the first disassembling station 2 and the first installing station 1 is arranged, and the carrier to be conveyed back to the first installing station 1 is cached in the second cache region.

Here, the second buffer area is arranged in the same manner and with the same advantages as the first buffer area described above, and may preferably be arranged at the first conveyor line 100. Similarly, in the example given in fig. 1, buffer areas may also be provided at the second conveyor line 200, the third conveyor line 300, the fourth conveyor line 400 and the fifth conveyor line 500, and the same applies to the arrangement and advantageous effects.

The embodiment also provides an electronic component production line, and the electronic component production line executes the production auxiliary method, and has the beneficial effects as described above, which are not described again here.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all changes that can be made in the details of the description and drawings, or directly/indirectly implemented in other related technical fields, are intended to be embraced therein without departing from the spirit of the present application.