Patent ID: 6154954
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
An electronic component-mounting apparatus for sucking electronic components at a sucking position and mounting said electronic components on a circuit board at a mounting position, the electronic component-mounting apparatus comprising:a component-feeding block for feeding a plurality of electronic components to the sucking position;a component-mounting block for selectively sucking at least one of said electronic components at said sucking position of said component-feeding block and mounting said at least one of said electronic components having been sucked on a circuit board at the mounting position,said component-mounting block having a plurality of mounting heads thereon, at least one of said plurality of mounting heads havinga plurality of sucking nozzles for sucking a corresponding one of said electronic components from said component-feeding block and,a nozzle-replacing device for effecting replacement of at least one selected sucking nozzle of said plurality of sucking nozzles by at least one other sucking nozzle of said plurality of sucking nozzles to be newly selected; anda moving stage having X and Y moving stages each for moving said component-mounting block in a respective X and Y direction between the sucking position and the mounting position to mount a component on the circuit board at the mounting position and for moving the component-mounting block back to the sucking position,wherein said nozzle-replacing device replaces said at least one selected sucking nozzle of said plurality of sucking nozzles by at least one other sucking nozzle of said plurality of sucking nozzles to be newly selected during travel of said component-mounting block between said mounting position and said sucking position.