Patent ID: 6272737
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A system for mounting circuit components on a circuit substrate, comprising:a circuit-substrate carrying device which carries the circuit substrate on a circuit-substrate carrying route;a circuit-substrate supporting device which supports a lower surface of the circuit substrate which is substantially horizontal;a circuit-component mounting device which is provided at a first position higher than a position where the circuit-substrate supporting device is provided, and which mounts, at a circuit-component mounting position offset from the circuit-substrate carrying route in a substantially horizontal direction, the circuit components on an upper surface of the circuit substrate supported by the circuit-substrate supporting device;the circuit-substrate carrying device comprising a circuit-substrate carry-out device which removes, at a circuit-substrate removing position on the circuit-substrate carrying route, the circuit substrate on which the circuit components have been mounted by the circuit-component mounting device, from the circuit-substrate supporting device, and carries out the circuit substrate; anda supporting-device moving device which moves the circuit-substrate supporting device to the circuit-substrate removing position on the circuit-substrate carrying route and to the circuit-component mounting position offset from the circuit-substrate carrying route in said substantially horizontal direction,the circuit-substrate carry-out device comprising a circuit-substrate removing device which is provided at a second position higher than said position where the circuit-substrate supporting device is provided, and which removes, at the circuit-substrate removing position, the circuit substrate from the circuit-substrate supporting device, and a parallel-direction carry-out device which is provided at a position lower than said position where said removing device is provided, and which receives the circuit substrate from the circuit-substrate removing device and carries out the circuit substrate in a parallel direction substantially parallel to said upper surface of the circuit substrate,wherein the circuit substrate is transferred from the circuit-substrate supporting device to the circuit-substrate removing device in an upward direction substantially perpendicular to said upper surface of the circuit substrate, and is transferred from the circuit-substrate removing device to the parallel-direction carry-out device in a downward direction substantially perpendicular to said upper surface of the circuit substrate.