Smart Nozzle Cleaner
Automates nozzle cleaning, inspection, and setting
Periodic maintenance for nozzles, which could directly affect placement quality, is vital. Smart Nozzle Cleaner does not just clean nozzles, it also performs inspection for items that are difficult to inspect using visual checks by operators. The maintenance history and inspection results are automatically registered to the system.
Frees operators from nozzle maintenance
Nozzle stations can be set directly after being removed from mounters. The Smart Nozzle Cleaner removes nozzles from stations, and cleans and inspects the nozzles automatically just by pushing the start button.
Accurate inspection
The Smart Nozzle Cleaner checks the conditions of all nozzles and rejects nozzles that do not pass inspection into reject boxes based on the reason for rejection.
Inspection items
- Checks the torque of the indexing and take-up gears
- Checks the index gear backlash
- Inspects the indexing accuracy and writes the offset values
- Checks the operation of the splicing sensor
Reduces operator work time
Through automation, operator work time can significantly be reduced from 120 to 0.4 seconds per nozzle (excluding inspection time). In a market that often does not have enough staff, this unit greatly contributes to labor saving.
Operation modes
1. Normal operation
Sets nozzles in a nozzle station after cleaning and inspecting the nozzles.
2. Exchange operation
Exchanges the nozzles in the nozzle station that is set in the Smart Nozzle Cleaner with nozzles in the stocker which have been cleaned and inspected.
3. Stocker operation
Exchanges the nozzles in the nozzle station that is set in the Smart Nozzle Cleaner with nozzles in the stocker which have been cleaned and inspected.
4. Inspection operation
Performs inspection on nozzles in a nozzle station set in the Smart Nozzle Cleaner.
5. Manual operation
Sets the specified types and quantity of nozzles in a nozzle station, or discharges the nozzles onto a tray without setting them in a nozzle station.