Patent ID: 9456505
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A component mounting method by multiple mounting machines arranged in series along a transport direction of a substrate in a component mounting system, the method comprising: a setup step of deciding component feeding apparatuses to be attached to each of the mounting machines based on the decision; and a component mounting step of mounting components on the substrate by the respective mounting machines according to substrate data, wherein in the setup step, executed are: in the component mounting step, when an operation time per substrate of the only one mounting machine is longer than an operation time per substrate of a mounting machine other than the only one mounting machine, the sole mounted component or the alternative component is mounted by an alternative mounting machine which is other than the only one mounting machine and to which the component feeding apparatuses feeding the sole mounted component or the alternative component is attached, instead of mounting the sole mounted component by the only one mounting machine.