Patent ID: 6606790
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A component mounter comprising:(a) a plurality of parts feeders aligned in a component feeder carriage; (b) a transfer head for picking up a component from said parts feeders and mounting it on a board, and said transfer head having a plurality of suction nozzles for vacuum-holding said component; and (c) a camera for capturing an image of said board by integrally moving with said transfer head, said camera being disposed at one of approximately in line with a nozzle line near to said component feeder carriage in said plurality of nozzle lines, and nearer to a head attachment base side from said nozzle line; wherein said suction nozzles are aligned at a predetermined basic pitch, alongside said parts feeders, in a plurality of nozzle lines.