Patent ID: 6216336
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
An electronic parts mounting device comprising:first and second supplying portions arranged at a given interval, each of said first and second supplying portions operatively associated with a plurality of cassettes arrayed adjacent each other for supplying electronic parts in sequence;first and second drive mechanisms operatively associated with said first and second supplying portions, respectively, each of said first and second drive mechanisms including a plurality of cylinders arrayed adjacent each other for transporting the electronic parts in the cassettes to pickup stations in sequence;a slidable table holding a printed board on which the electronic parts are to be mounted, said table disposed between said first and second supplying portions so as to be slidable along a first path; andfirst and second mounting heads each operatively associated with a plurality of suck nozzles arrayed adjacent each other, the suck nozzles being movable for sucking the electronic parts at the pickup stations and mounting the sucked electronic parts on the printed board on said slidable table, respectively, each of said first and second mounting heads being movable along a second path perpendicular to the first path, said second path extending across said table from the pickup stations for one of said first and second supplying portions to the pickup stations for the other of said first and second supplying portions,wherein the cassettes are arrayed adjacent each other at a first pitch, the cylinders are arrayed adjacent each other at a second pitch, and the suck nozzles are arrayed adjacent each other at a third pitch, said first pitch, said second pitch and said third pitch being substantially equal to each other.