Patent ID: 9743568
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H05K,Y10T

Claim:
1. A component supplying method in a component mounting apparatus, the method comprising: in a component supply part, pulling a carrier tape out of a reel and pitch-feeding and supplying the carrier tape by a tape feeder, the carrier tape including a base tape having a pocket for receiving a component and a cover tape that covers the pocket and is stuck on the base tape, the carrier tape including a distal end fixed to a reel core part of the reel, and a brittle part that is broken by action of longitudinal tension in excess of a prescribed strength on the carrier tape, a part of the carrier tape from the brittle part toward an end of the carrier tape being provided with continuous empty pockets of a predetermined number in which the electronic components are not received, and another part of the carrier tape from the brittle part away from the end of the carrier tape being provided with effective pockets with the electronic components received; picking up a supplied component and mounting the component in a substrate by a mounting head; and separating the carrier tape from the reel core part at the brittle part by the pitch-feed.