Patent ID: 8019455
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A component mounting order deciding method which targets at such a component mounting machine that a component is sucked by a mounting head which is capable of sucking a component, from an array of a plurality of component cassettes in which components are placed, and the component is placed on a substrate by moving the mounting head, and which decides mounting order of components by a computer; comprising the steps of: randomly disposing the array of the component cassettes in a component supply section of the component mounting machine, thereby establishing for each component cassette a position where the component cassette is disposed in the component supply section; obtaining component placement data to be obtained by reading identification information of a component stored in the component cassette disposed in the component supply section; preparing a component placement list in the component supply section by associating the read identification information of the component cassette with the position where the component cassette is disposed in the component supply section, based on the basis of the component placement data; and subsequent to said step of randomly disposing, deciding mounting order of components on the basis of the prepared component placement list, including on the basis of the position where the component cassette is disposed in the component supply section established during said step of randomly disposing, in such a state that the array of the component cassettes are fixed.