Mounting apparatus for electronic component

Abstract

An apparatus is provided with a component feeding member for feeding electronic components having lead wires in a tape-bonded state, an insertion head for separating the electronic components fed from the feeding member from the tapes and inserting to holes of a board, and a fixing head facing the insertion head via the board for cutting and folding the lead wires of the inserted electronic component in the board thereby fixing the electronic component to the board. AC servo motors operating independently of each other are individually set in the insertion head and the fixing head, which are controlled by a device so as to be synchronous with each other.

1. An apparatus for mounting electric components, comprising:
 an electric component feeding member for feeding electronic components with lead wires tape-bonded by tapes;  
 an insertion head for inserting into holes of a board the lead wires of one of the electronic components fed from the feeding member after separating from the tapes;  
 a fixing head facing the insertion head via the board for cutting and folding the lead wires of the electronic component to the board, the fixing head including a lifting part for moving the whole fixing head up and down and a folding part for cutting and folding the lead wires of the electronic component;  
 a first driving motor for the insertion head;  
 a cam, fitted at a driving shaft connected to the first driving motor, for driving the insertion head;  
 an encoder for detecting a rotating position of a rotor of the first driving motor; and  
 each of the lifting part and the folding part being equipped with a second driving motor and an encoder for detecting a rotating position of a rotor of the second driving motor.  
 
     
     
       2. The mounting apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a device for synchronizing the insertion head and the fixing head with each other by driving the driving motors of the lifting part and the folding part of the fixing head based on an output signal of the encoder of the insertion head.