Patent ID: 6073342
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A system for mounting at least one circuit component on a circuit substrate, comprising:a plurality of main conveyors each of which conveys, positions, and supports a circuit substrate, the plurality of main conveyors extending parallel to each other in a reference plane parallel to the respective circuit substrates positioned and supported thereby, said each main conveyor extending in a circuit-substrate conveying direction in which said each main conveyor conveys the circuit substrate;at least one circuit-component mounting device which mounts at least one circuit component on the circuit substrate positioned and supported by said each main conveyor;a single carry-in and carry-out conveyor which conveys the circuit substrate to said each main conveyor and loads the circuit substrate thereon, and which loads the circuit substrate off said each main conveyor and conveys the circuit substrate away therefrom, the carry-in and carry-out conveyor being provided on an upstream side of the main conveyors in the circuit-substrate conveying direction; anda conveyor shifting device which selectively shifts said at least one of the carry-in conveyor and the carry-out conveyor to one of a plurality of shift positions at each of which said one conveyor is aligned with a corresponding one of the main conveyors.