Tape feeder and method of mounting tape onto tape feeder

摘要

A tape feeder includes a guide part that guides a carrier tape and is detachably attached to a main body. The guide part includes: a lower member guiding the carrier tape and attached to and detached from the main body; an upper member pressing down the carrier tape from above; a tape introduction part guiding the carrier tape into the upper member at an upstream side thereof in a tape feed direction; a confirmation opening part disposed in the upper member for visually confirming that the carrier tape arrives at a pin engagement range; an open/close mechanism opening and closing the upper member with respect to the lower member; and a positioning mechanism fitting a positioning pin into a feed hole of the carrier tape in the guide part, thereby positioning the carrier tape relative to the guide part in the tape feed direction.

主权项

1. A tape feeder that feeds a carrier tape holding electronic components pitch by pitch to sequentially feed the electronic components a pickup position of a transfer head, the tape feeder comprising:
a main body comprising a tape travel path for guiding the carrier tape; a tape feed mechanism that intermittently rotates a sprocket in a state in which a feed pin of the sprocket disposed in the main body engages a feed hole disposed in the carrier tape to feed the carrier tape at a given pitch; and a guide part that guides the carrier tape fed by the tape feed mechanism in a given range including the pickup position on the main body, and is detachably attached to the main body, wherein the guide part comprises:
a lower member that guides a lower surface side of the carrier tape and comprises an attachment/detachment mechanism that is attached to and detached from the main body;an upper member that is provided to include a pin engagement range where the feed pin of the sprocket engages the feed hole, guides a width direction of the carrier tape, and presses down the carrier tape from above to guide an upper surface thereof;a tape introduction part that is disposed at an upstream side of the upper member in a tape feed direction, and guides the carrier tape into the upper member;a confirmation opening part disposed in the upper member for visually confirming that the introduced carrier tape arrives at the pin engagement range;an open/close mechanism that opens and closes the upper member with respect to the lower member; anda positioning mechanism that fits a positioning pin into the feed hole of the carrier tape in the guide part, thereby positioning a relative position of the carrier tape and the guide part in the tape feed direction.