Patent ID: 6519838
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A component mounting apparatus comprising:a board transfer section for carrying in a circuit board to a component mounting position and carrying out the circuit board after a component-mounting operation; a component feed section for feeding a component to be mounted on the circuit board, wherein the component is fed to a specified position; a component mounting section for selecting and removably loading a suction nozzle that corresponds to the component to be mounted, sucking up the component from the component feed section, moving the component to the mounting position, and mounting the component at a specified site of the circuit board, wherein the suction nozzle can be selected from among a plurality of suction nozzles; a controller for controlling operations of the board transfer section, the component feed section, and the component mounting section in order to execute a production operation of mounting components on the circuit boards; and a nozzle identifying device for identifying, during a specified time period in which the component mounting operation at the component mounting section is not being performed, whether or not the suction nozzle has been loaded by the component mounting section.