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Component mounting method and component mounting apparatus

  • US 6,289,582 B1
  • Filed: 12/10/1998
  • Issued: 09/18/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A component mounting method comprising:

  • defining a mounting sequence of a plurality of different types of components to be mounted on a printed circuit board;

    arraying component accommodating units accommodating the components in a component feeder in accordance with the mounting sequence, a total number of component accommodating units arrayed in the component feeder being equal to a total number of components to be mounted on each printed circuit board, each of the component accommodating units accommodating one type of component;

    arranging the printed circuit board on a movable X-Y table;

    successively removing a component from each of the respective component accommodating units in the component feeder by using a component holder;

    successively moving the component feeder in a predetermined feeder moving direction after the component is successively removed from each of the respective component accommodating units in the component feeder;

    holding at least one of the removed components at a component holding position by using the component holder;

    moving the at least one held component to a component releasing position by using the component holder;

    moving the X-Y table so as to align a component mounting position on the printed circuit board with the component releasing position;

    releasing the at least one held component at the component releasing position; and

    mounting the released component at the component mounting position on the printed circuit board.

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