Patent ID: 9167701
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electronic component mounting method for mounting electronic components using a surface mounting apparatus including a base, a plurality of feeders holding a plurality of electronic components, a component feeding device with a plurality of attaching portions to which the feeders are to be mounted, a transport device for conveying a board onto the base, and a component mounting device for mounting the electronic components on the board conveyed onto the base from the feeders attached to the component feeding device, the electronic component mounting method comprising: a removing step of removing a first feeder holding first electronic components, out of the electronic components held by a respective plurality of the feeders attached to the component feeding device, from the attaching portion when there is a reason for removing the first feeder from the attaching portion; a first mounting step of mounting the electronic components other than the first electronic component, out of the electronic components to be mounted on the board, on the board by the component mounting device when the first feeder is removed from the attaching portion; a first attaching step of attaching the first feeder to another attaching portion, to which no feeder is attached, after the removing step; and a second mounting step of mounting the first electronic component on the board from the first feeder attached to the other attaching portion by the component mounting device after the first attaching step.