Patent ID: 7315766
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A component mounting apparatus comprising: a component feed unit for executing a component feed operation for feeding components in order to allow the components to be picked up; a head unit, having component holding members for releasably holding the components, for executing a component holding and pickup operation for causing the components, fed by said component feed unit, to be held and picked up by at least one of said component holding members for mounting of the components onto a board; a head unit control section for controlling the component holding and pickup operation to be executed by said head unit; a component feed unit control section for controlling the component feed operation to be executed by said component feed unit; and a main control section for transmitting to said head unit control section a recipe of an operational program for causing said head unit to execute the component holding and pickup operation, and for transmitting to said component feed unit control section a recipe of an operational program for causing said component feed unit to execute the component feed operation, with said head unit control section being operable to control said head unit to execute the component holding and pickup operation based on the recipe transmitted by said main control section to said head unit control section, and with said component feed unit control section being operable to control said component feed unit to execute the component feed operation based on the recipe transmitted by said main control section to said component feed unit control section, wherein said head unit control section is operable to transmit a timing signal, based on execution of the component holding and pickup operation, to said component feed unit control section, and said component feed unit control section is operable to control said component feed unit to complete execution of the component feed operation based on the recipe transmitted by said main control section to said component feed unit control section and the timing signal transmitted by said head unit control section to said component feed unit control section.