Patent ID: 7738985
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G06Q,H05K

Abstract:
1. A production condition determining method of determining production conditions under which various types of boards are to be produced, wherein under initial conditions of the production conditions, all of necessary part feeders are to be stored simultaneously in a part supplying unit in a mounter, the necessary part feeders being used to produce the various types of boards, and the mounter producing the various types of boards, said method comprising: judging whether or not all of the necessary part feeders can be stored simultaneously in the part supplying unit, by comparing the number of the necessary part feeders, with the number of part feeders which can be stored in the part supplying unit; and outputting a guidance for modifying the production conditions so that the various types of boards can be produced, when the judgment is made that all of the necessary part feeders cannot be stored simultaneously in the part supplying unit, wherein said judging includes: obtaining the number of part feeders used to produce a board of each type; calculating the number of the necessary part feeders, in which the number of part feeders commonly used to produce boards of two or more types is known from said obtaining and counted as one; and checking whether or not all of the necessary part feeders can be stored simultaneously in the part supplying unit, by comparing the number of the necessary part feeders obtained in said calculating, with the number of part feeders which can be stored in the part supplying unit.