ATF Instruction Manual
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3. Daily Inspection
3.1 List of Daily Inspection Items
Daily inspection items
Frequency
Action to
be taken
Where to inspect and/or
adjust
Inspection item
Every
day
Every
week
Every
month
Every
six
months
Once a
year
Upper cover
- Check to see if there is no scratch or
flaw on the groove located on the bottom
side of the upper cover.
- Check to see if the upper cover is not
deformed.
Inspect the upper cover when you install the
reel.
Shutter
Check the gap between the shutter and a
tape, and check the left and right
positions of the shutter.
Inspect the shutter when you install the reel.
Check to see if no element
is stuck to any part of the
tape feeder.
Check to see if no element is stuck to any
of the parts: shutter moving parts,
ratchet wheel section, bottom side of the
upper cover hook and eject path.
Inspect each part when you install the reel.
Check to see if the
reference side (bottom side)
for fixing the feeder is not
scratched or flawed.
Check to see if any component is caught
between the bottom side of the feeder and
the top surface of the bank.
Inspect the bottom side of the feeder when
you attach the feeder on a mounter.
X-axis reference pin section Check to see if the X-reference pin A or B
is not deformed or worn out.
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Reel brake
Check the operation of the reel brake.
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Cramp pressure
Check to see if the cramp pressure is
appropriate.
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Inspection
Component pick-up position Check the adjustment value.
(If you happen to give a shock to or
impose any unbearable load on the tape
feeder, check the pick-up position.)
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Upper cover shutter
Check to see if a foreign substance such
as an adhesive substance is not stuck to
both sides of the peel-off slit section, and
clean the shutter section.
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Tape guide
Remove dust generated with sliding
operation from a carrier tape.
Check the tape guide when you install the
reel.
Each roller
Clean the delivery roller rubber, retaining
roller and guide roller section.
Check each roller when you install the reel.
Check to see if the tape
traveling section is stained
or not.
Clean the entire tape traveling section.
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Cleaning
Cover tape eject section
Clean the eject cover, inner guide,
delivery roller blade, blade base and
retaining roller blade section.
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Ratchet wheel
Apply grease to the teeth of the wheel.
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Free link section
Apply grease to the free link section.
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Lubrication
Oscillating arm spring hook
section
Apply grease to the oscillating arm spring
hook section.
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If a foreign substance is stuck to any part of the tape feeder, remove it with an air gun or
similar device.
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To remove a stain, remove it with a waste rug or cotton-tipped swab moistened with alcohol.
CAUTION
•
Use IPA (isopropyl alcohol) or ethanol as alcohol.
•
Use Albania grease as grease.
CAUTION
•
If you use an air gun or similar device to blow off dust or other foreign
substance, take care so that any oil mist (oil misted and mixed with air
when blown) cannot be stuck to any part of the tape feeder. It stains the
cover tape, and may cause the tape feeder to rewind the cover tape
improperly.
•
Use IPA (isopropyl alcohol) or ethanol as alcohol.
•
Do not apply any grease to the delivery roller or retaining roller section.
CAUTION
This tape feeder is a precision device. Gently handle it so that you cannot
happen to give any shock to or impose unbearable on it. If you happen to
impose unbearable load on the tape feeder, or drop it, check the pick-position
again. (The dedicated feeder inspection jig is required to check and/or adjust
the pick-up position.)
