Patent ID: 6178626
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of installing an electronic component on a circuit substrate with a mounting head equipped with a parts holding means with which the electronic component is held comprising the steps of:a first step of picking up a prescribed electronic component with the parts holding means from a parts supply section;a second step of moving the mounting head which has picked up the electronic component from the parts supply section to a point above a three-dimensional imaging device;a third step of detecting a distance from a surface of the circuit substrate on which said electronic component is to be mounted to an installing surface of the electronic component that is held on the parts holding means;a fourth step of determining an amount of lowering the parts holding means for placing the electronic component on the circuit substrate based on a detected distance; anda fifth step of lowering the parts holding means by the determined descending amount to a height where the installing surface of the electronic component makes contact with the circuit substrate.