Patent ID: 6779259
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of mounting electronic components comprising the steps of:preparing sets of parts cassettes of a predetermined identical combination aligned in an identical order respectively in a plurality of parts feeding sections; mounting components fed from a first parts feeding section of the plurality of parts feeding sections with a mounting head equipped with an array of spaced suction nozzles picking up a plurality of components at one time from the set of parts cassettes of the predetermined combination, wherein the suction nozzles are spaced from each other in a distance corresponding to a distance between two adjacent parts cassettes; upon detection of one or more of the components fed from the sets of the parts cassettes of the predetermined combination being exhausted at the first parts feeding section, moving the mounting head from the first parts feeding section to a second parts feeding section of the plurality of parts feeding sections; and mounting components fed from the second parts feeding section with the suction nozzles picking up the components of the predetermined identical combination.