Patent Publication Number: US-8528198-B2

Title: Component mounting method

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a component mounting method and a component mounting device for executing a component mounting process on a substrate by repeating a mounting turn by a mounting head on each of substrates which are positioned by two substrate carrying lines. 
     2. Description of Related Art including information disclosed under 37 C.F.R. 1.97 and 1.98 
     &lt;Background Art&gt; 
     A printed circuit board fabrication line includes a solder printer for printing solder on a substrate, a component mounting device for mounting components (electronic components) on the substrate on which the solder has been printed by the solder printer and a reflow oven where reflow soldering is executed on the substrate on which the components are packaged by the component mounting device, which are arranged consecutively along the carrying direction of substrates. In these constituent units, the component mounting device includes substrate carrying lines where substrates are carried and positioned, a component feeding unit for feeding components, and a mounting head for executing a component mounting process on a substrate by repeating a mounting turn including a series of operations ranging from picking up components fed in by the component feeding unit to mounting the components so picked up on to the substrate. 
     Among component mounting devices of this type, there is known a component mounting device in which two substrate carrying lines are arranged side by side in a front-to-rear direction of a base table and the component mounting process is executed on each of substrates which are carried in and positioned by the two substrate carrying lines by two mounting heads provided and arranged in the front-to-rear direction of the base table. In the component mounting device described, components can be mounted on substrates by selecting either of an alternating mounting mode in which the component mounting process is executed by the two mounting heads on substrates which are positioned alternately by the two substrate carrying lines and an independent mounting mode in which the component mounting process is executed independently by the two mounting heads on substrates which are positioned by the substrate carrying lines lying closer to the mounting heads (for example, Patent Document 1). 
     When the component mounting device executes the component mounting process on substrates in the alternating mounting mode, components to be mounted on substrates only have to be distributed to either of the components feeders which are arranged in the front-to-rear direction of the base table, and therefore, the number of parts feeders installed in the base table can be reduced. This enables the use of a component mounting device having a narrow base table, providing an advantage that an increase in length of the printed circuit board fabrication line can be suppressed. On the other hand, when the component mounting device executes the component mounting process on substrates in the independent mounting mode, even in the event that the component mounting process cannot be performed on a substrate positioned by one of the substrate carrying lines (for example, due to the running out of components), the component mounting process may be executed continuously on a substrate positioned by the other substrate carrying line, providing an advantage that there is caused no such situation that the printed circuit board fabrication operations of the printed circuit board fabrication line are not totally stopped. 
     RELATED ART DOCUMENT 
     Patent Document 
     Patent Document 1: JP-A-2009-239257 
     However, when the component mounting process is executed on substrates in the alternating mounting mode, after the execution of the component mounting process on a substrate to which components are to be mounted is completed, the component mounting process is designed to be shifted to a substrate which is positioned by the opposite substrate carrying line. Therefore, the alternating mounting mode has a problem that when components run out during the execution of the component mounting process on one substrate, the printed circuit board fabrication operations of the printed circuit board fabrication line are totally stopped until the parts feeder that has run out of components is refilled completely. On the other hand, when the component mounting process is executed on substrate in the independent mounting mode, components to be mounted on substrates which are positioned individually by the front and rear substrate carrying lines need to be fed from parts feeders which lie close to the substrate carrying lines. Because of this, although this is possible when the component mounting process is executed on substrates in the alternating mounting mode, components to be mounted on the substrates cannot be distributed to either of the parts feeders arranged in the front-to-rear direction of the base table. Due to this, it is not possible to use a component mounting device with a narrow base table, and therefore, there is caused a problem that the length of the printed circuit board fabrication line tends to be increased. 
     Then, an object of the invention is to provide a component mounting method and a component mounting device which enable the continuation of fabrication of printed circuit boards even when components run out while executing a component mounting process on one substrate, while suppressing an increase in length of a printed circuit board fabrication line. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     According to the invention, there is provided a component mounting method by a component mounting device comprising two substrate carrying lines which are arranged side by side for performing carrying in, positioning and carrying out of substrates, a component feeding unit feeding components, and a mounting head executing a component mounting process on the substrates by repeating a mounting turn including a series of operations ranging from picking up of the components fed by the component feeding unit to mounting the components on to the substrates, wherein the two substrate carrying lines position the substrates alternately, and each substrate carrying line carries out the substrate after the mounting of the components on to the substrate is completed and then carries in and positions the next substrate, the component mounting method including a step of determining whether or not the mounting turn can be completed every time the mounting head performs the mounting turn and, when it is determined that one of the mounting turns performed by the mounting head cannot be completed, executing the component mounting process by the mounting head on the substrate positioned by the substrate carrying line which is opposite to the substrate carrying line which is positioning the substrate constituting the object to which components are to be mounted at the point in time of making the determination by regarding the substrate as an object to which components are to be mounted. 
     According to the invention, there is provided a component mounting device comprising two substrate carrying lines which are arranged side by side for performing carrying in, positioning and carrying out of substrates, a component feeding unit feeding components, and a mounting head executing a component mounting process on the substrates by repeating a mounting turn including a series of operations ranging from picking up of the components fed by the component feeding unit to mounting the components on to the substrates, wherein the two substrate carrying lines position the substrates alternately, and each of substrate carrying lines carries out the substrate after the mounting of the components on to the substrate is completed and then carries in and positions the next substrate, the component mounting device comprising a determination unit determining whether or not the mounting turn can be completed every time the mounting head performs the mounting turn and a component mounting process execution unit, when the determination unit determines that one of the mounting turns performed by the mounting head cannot be completed, executing the component mounting process by the mounting head on the substrate positioned by the substrate carrying line which is opposite to the substrate carrying line which is positioning the substrate constituting the object to which components are to be mounted at the point in time of making the determination by regarding the substrate as an object to which components are to be mounted. 
     In the invention, when the component mounting process is executed by the mounting head on the substrates which are positioned alternately by the two substrate carrying lines, every time the mounting head performs the mounting turn, it is determined whether or not the mounting turn can be completed. Then, when it is determined that one of the mounting turns performed by the mounting head cannot be completed, the component mounting process by the mounting heads is executed on the substrate positioned by the substrate carrying line which is opposite to the substrate carrying line which is positioning the substrate constituting the object to which components are to be mounted at the point in time of making the determination by regarding the substrate as an object to which components are to be mounted. Therefore, even in the event that components run out during the execution of the component mounting process on one substrate, the fabrication of printed circuit boards can be executed continuously. In addition, normally, the component mounting process is executed on substrates in the mounting mode which corresponds to the conventional alternate mounting mode, and therefore, the component mounting device having the narrow base table can be used, thereby making it possible to suppress an increase in length of the printed circuit board fabrication line. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a component mounting device according to one embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a side view of the component mounting device according to the embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a plan view of the component mounting device according to the embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 4  is a block diagram showing a control system of the component mounting device according to the embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 5  is a flowchart showing an operation control procedure of substrate carrying lines provided on the component mounting device according to the embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 6  is a flowchart showing an operation control procedure of a mounting head provided on the component mounting device according to the embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 7  shows explanatory diagrams (a), (b), (c), (d) which depict a mounting procedure of components on to a substrate by the component mounting device according to the embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 8  shows explanatory diagrams (a), (b) which depict a mounting procedure of components on to a substrate by the component mounting device according to the embodiment of the invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION  
     Hereinafter, referring to the drawings, an embodiment of the invention will be described. A component mounting device  1  shown in  FIG. 1  is combined with other component mounting units such as a solder printer, an inspection device and a reflow oven, which are not shown, to make up a printed circuit board fabrication line. The component mounting device  1  executes repeatedly a component mounting process made up of steps of carrying in and positioning substrates  2  received from the upstream side unit (for example, the solder printer), mounting components (electronic components) on the substrates  2  positioned and carrying out the substrates  2  to the downstream side unit (for example, the inspection device) after the components have been mounted thereon. 
     In  FIGS. 1 ,  2  and  3 , the component mounting device  1  two substrate carrying lines  13  as substrate positioning units which are arranged side by side on a base table  12  which is covered by a cover member  11 , a plurality of parts feeders  14  as component feeding units, a head moving mechanism  15  made up of an XY robot, and two mounting heads  16  as component mounting units which are provided on the base table  12  via the head moving mechanism  15  so as to move independently of each other. 
     In  FIGS. 1 ,  2  and  3 , the substrate carrying line  13  includes a pair of belt conveyors and carries a substrate  2  received from the upstream side unit (for example, the solder printer) into a horizontal plane (carrying in) (an arrow S shown in  FIG. 1 ) to position the substrate  2  in a working position (a position shown in  FIGS. 1 and 3 ) which is at the center of the base table  12 . Hereinafter, as a matter of convenience, the carrying direction of the substrate  2  in the substrate carrying line  13  is referred to as an X-axis direction, and a direction on the horizontal plane which intersects at right angles to the X-axis direction is referred to as a Y-axis direction. In addition, a vertical direction is referred to as a Z-axis direction. 
     In  FIGS. 1 ,  2 , and  3 , the plurality of parts feeders  14  are installed at end portion areas of the base table  12  which face each other in the Y-axis direction across the substrate carrying lines  13  so as to be aligned in the X-axis direction. These parts feeders  14  are held on trolleys C which are operated to move on the floor surface by the operator (not shown), so that by joining the trolleys C to the base table  12  by the operator, the plurality of parts feeders  14  are installed in the base table  12  altogether. Each parts feeder  14  installed in the base table  12  continuously feeds components  3  to a component feeding port provided at an end portion facing a central portion (the substrate carrying line  13 ) of the base table  12 . 
     In  FIGS. 1 ,  2  and  3 , the two mounting heads  16  are caused to move freely within the horizontal plane by the head moving mechanism  15 , and each mounting head  16  includes a plurality of downwardly extending suction nozzles  17  which ascend and descend and rotate about the vertical axis (the Z-axis). 
     In  FIGS. 1 to 3 , the head moving mechanism  15  includes a beam-like Y-axis table  21  which is provided so as to straddle the substrate carrying lines  13  in the Y-axis direction, plate-like moving tables  22  which are provided so as to move on the Y-axis table  21  in the direction of the Y-axis, beam-like X-axis tables  23  which are provided so as to be fixed to the moving tables  22  at one end portions thereof, and plate-like moving stages  24  which are provided so as to move on the X-axis tables  23  in the X-axis direction. The mounting head  16  is attached to each moving stage  24 . 
     In  FIGS. 1 ,  2  and  3 , a substrate camera  31  whose image capturing field is directed downwards is provided on each of the two moving stages  24  provided on the head moving mechanism  15 . A component camera  32  whose image capturing field is directed upwards is provided in each of areas which hold the two substrate carrying lines  13  on the base table  12  therebetween. 
     The carrying and positioning operations of the substrate  2  by each substrate carrying line  13  is implemented by controlling the operation of a substrate carrying line driving unit  41  ( FIG. 4 ) which is made up of an actuator, not shown, by an operation execution control unit  40   a  ( FIG. 4 ) of a controller  40  provided in the component mounting device  1 . A feeding operation of components  3  to the component feeding port  14   a  by each parts feeder  14  is implemented by controlling the operation of a parts feeder drive unit  42  ( FIG. 4 ) made up of an actuator, not shown, by the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40 . 
     A moving operation of each mounting head  16  in the horizontal plane by the head moving mechanism  15  is implemented by controlling the operation of a head moving mechanism drive unit  43  ( FIG. 4 ) made up of an actuator, not shown, by the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  (controlling the movement of each moving table  22  in the Y-axis direction relative to the Y-axis table  21  and controlling the movement of each moving stage  24  in the X-axis direction relative to each X-axis table  23 ). Ascending and descending operations of each suction nozzle  17  relative to the mounting head  16  and rotating operation of the suction nozzle  17  about the vertical axis are implemented by controlling the operation of a nozzle drive unit  44  ( FIG. 4 ) made up of an actuator, not shown, by the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40 . In addition, sucking and releasing operations of a component  3  by each suction nozzle  17  is implemented by controlling the operation of a vacuum supply unit  45  ( FIG. 4 ) made up of an actuator, not shown, by the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  so as to supply a vacuum or release the supply of a vacuum. 
     Image capturing operations by the substrate cameras  31  and the component cameras  32  are implemented by controlling the operations of the substrate cameras  31  and the component cameras  32  by the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  ( FIG. 4 ). Image data extracted by image capturing operations of the substrate cameras  31  and the component cameras  32  is captured in a storage unit  46  ( FIG. 4 ) to be stored therein and are then image recognized at an image recognition unit  40   b  ( FIG. 4 ) provided in the controller  40 . 
     When the component mounting process of mounting components  3  on substrates  2  carried out from the upstream side unit (for example, the solder printer) by the component mounting device  1  configured as has been described above, the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  controls the operations of the two mounting heads  16  in association with controlling the operations of the two substrate carrying lines  13 . 
     In controlling the operation of each substrate carrying line  13 , when detecting the introduction of a substrate  2  from the upstream side unit by a substrate introduction detector, not shown, the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  firstly actuates the substrate carrying line  13  to receive the substrate  2 , carries in the substrate  2  in the direction of the X-axis (carrying in) and positions the substrate  2  in a working position (step ST 1  and step ST 2  in  FIG. 5 ). When position the substrate  2  in step ST 2 , the mounting head  16  lying close to the substrate carrying line  13  concerned is moved to a position lying above a substrate mark (not shown) provided on the substrate  2  to capture an image of the substrate mark by the substrate camera  31 . Then, the image obtained is image recognized by the image recognition unit  40   b , whereby a position shift from the normal working position of the substrate  2  is calculated. 
     After the position shift of the substrate  2  has been calculated, the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  determines whether or not the two mounting heads  16  have completed a component mounting process, which will be described later, (step ST 3  in  FIG. 3 ). When determined that the component mounting process has been completed, the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  carries out the substrates  2  (step ST 4  in  FIG. 5 ). Then, the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  determines whether or not the carrying operation (carrying in, positioning and carrying out operations) has been completed on all substrates  2  on which the component mounting process is to be executed (step ST 5  in  FIG. 5 ). When the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  determines that the carrying operation has not yet been completed on all the substrates  2 , the fabrication flow returns to step ST 1  for preparation for carrying in of the next substrate  2 . In contrast, when the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  determines that the carrying operation has been completed on all the substrates  2 , the carrying operation of substrates  2  by the substrate carrying lines  13  are completed. 
     In controlling the operations of the two mounting heads  16 , the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  regards, of substrates  2  which are positioned by the two substrate carrying lines  13 , the substrate  2  which is positioned earlier as an object to which components are to be mounted (step ST 11  in  FIG. 6 ), and the two mounting heads  16  are caused to execute individually the component mounting process on the substrate  2  regarded as the object to which components to be mounted (step ST 12  to step ST 16  in  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 7(   a )). 
     In the component mounting process on the substrate  2 , the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  firstly moves the mounting head  16  above the parts feeders  14  which feed components  3  to be mounted on the substrate  2  regarded as the object to which components are to be mounted, causes the suction nozzles  17  to descend, supplies a vacuum into each of the suction nozzles  17  with lower end portions of the suction nozzles  17  kept in contact with the components  3  fed to the component feeding ports  14   a  of the parts feeders  14 , causes the suction nozzles  17  to suck the components  3  and causes the suction nozzles  17  to ascend so as to pick up the components  3  (step ST 12  in  FIG. 6 ). Then, while moving the mounting head  16  towards the substrate  2 , the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  arranges for the components  3  sucked by the suction nozzles  17  to sequentially pass over the component camera  32 , causes the component camera  32  to capture images of the components  3 , and causes the image recognition unit  40   b  to capture the image data of the components  3  captured by the component camera  32  for image recognition (step ST 13  in  FIG. 6 ). The operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  inspects whether or not abnormalities (deformation, deficiency and the like) are present in the components  3  based on the results of the image recognition by the image recognition unit  40   b  and calculates a position shift (suction error) of the component  3  relative to the suction nozzle  17 . In addition, the determination unit  40   c  ( FIG. 4 ) provided in the controller  40  determines whether or not running out of components is occurring in the parts feeders  14  based on information on whether or not the components  3  are sucked to the suction nozzles  17  which is obtained from the results of image recognition of the components  3  by the image recognition unit  40   b  (step ST 14  in  FIG. 6 ). 
     When the determination unit  40   c  determines that no running out of components is occurring in the parts feeders  14 , the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  moves the mounting head  16  above a target mounting position (a solder is printed on an electrode, not shown, which is provided in this target mounting position by the solder printer) on the substrate  2  and lowers the suction nozzles  17 . Then, when the components  3  are brought into contact with the target mounting position on the substrate, the supply of vacuums to the suction nozzles  17  is released, and the suction nozzles  17  are raised after the components  3  have been detached from the suction nozzles  17 , whereby the components  3  are mounted on the substrate  2  (step ST 15  in  FIG. 6 ). When the components  3  are mounted on the substrate  2 , the positions of the suction nozzles  17  relative to the substrate  2  are corrected (including rotation correction) so that the position shift of the substrate  2  calculated in step ST 2  and the suction error of the components  3  calculated in step ST 13  are corrected. 
     In this way, each mounting head  16  repeats the series of operations performed from step ST 12  to step ST 15 , that is, from the picking up operation of the components  3  fed by the parts feeders  14  to the mounting operation of the components so picked up on to the substrate  2  (hereinafter, this series of operations being referred to as a “mounting turn”) to thereby execute the component mounting process on the substrate  2 . In addition, in each mounting turn, a determination is made on whether or not running out of component is occurring in the parts feeders  14  (step ST 14 ). When it is determined that a certain component feed  14  is running out of components  3 , the components  3  supplied by the parts feeder  14  cannot be mounted on the substrate  2 , and therefore, it is determined that the mounting turn concerned cannot be completed. In this way, in this embodiment, the step is provided of determining, every time the mounting head  16  performs a mounting turn, whether or not the mounting turn can be completed. When it is determined that one mounting turn cannot be completed during the execution of the component mounting process on one substrate  2 , as will be described later, on condition that a substrate  2  is positioned in the opposite substrate carrying line  13  to the substrate carrying line  13  which is positioning the substrate  2  regarded as the object to which components to be mounted, the current component mounting process is shifted to a component mounting process for the substrate  2  which is being positioned in the opposite substrate carrying line  13  by regarding the substrate  2  as an object to which components are to be mounted. 
     When one mounting turn is completed (ended) by executing the component mounting operation of mounting the components  3  sucked to the suction nozzles  17  on the target mounting position on the substrate  2  on each suction nozzle  17 , the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  determines whether or not all the components have been mounted completely on the substrate  2  which is the object to which components are to be mounted (all the mounting turns to be executed have been executed) (step ST 16  in  FIG. 16 ). Then, as the result of the determination, when it is determined that all the components have not yet been mounted completely, the fabrication flow returns to step ST 12 , where the mounting turn is executed on the component or components  3  which have not yet been mounted on the substrate  2 . While the mounting turn is being so executed, an additional substrate  2  is carried in to be positioned by the opposite substrate carrying line  13  to the substrate carrying line  13  which is positioning the substrate  2  which is currently regarded as the object to which components are to be mounted ( FIG. 7(   b ), and an arrow A 1  shown in the figure). 
     On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST 16  that all the components have been mounted completely, then, it is determined whether or not a substrate  2  is positioned in the opposite substrate carrying line  13  to the substrate carrying line  13  which is positioning the substrate  2  currently constituting the object to which components are to be mounted, that is, whether or not there exists an opposite substrate  2  (step ST 17  in  FIG. 16 ). As a result of the determination, when it is determined that the substrate  2  is positioned in the opposite substrate carrying line  13  (when it is determined that there is he opposite substrate  2 ), then, it is determined whether or not the substrate  2  is currently waiting for the parts feeder  14  to be refilled with components  3  (ST  18  in  FIG. 16 ). Here, “waiting for the feeder  14  to be refilled with components  3 ” means a state in which due to the mounting operation of a component  3  on the substrate  2  being unable to be executed successively because of running out of components  3  occurring in the parts feeder  14  for feeding components  3  to be mounted on substrates  2 , refilling of the parts feeder  14  with components  3  by the operator is being waited for. 
     When it is determined in step ST 18  that the substrate  2  (the opposite substrate  2 ) which is being positioned by the opposite substrate carrying line  13  to the substrate carrying line which is positioning the substrate  2  currently constituting the object to which components are to be mounted is not currently waiting for a component  3 , regarding the opposite substrate  2  (the substrate  2  which is being positioned by the opposite substrate carrying line  13 ) as a new object to which components are to be mounted (step ST 19 ), the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  returns the fabrication flow to step ST 12 , where the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  executes the component mounting process by the two mounting heads  16  on to the substrate  2  which is now regarded as the object to which components are to be mounted ( FIGS. 7(   c ) and  7 ( d )). During the execution of the component mounting process, the substrate  2  on which the component mounting process is completed by the opposite substrate carrying line  13  to the substrate carrying line  13  which is positioning the substrate  2  which is currently regarded as the object to which components are to be mounted is carried out of the component mounting device (an arrow A 2  shown in  FIG. 7(   c )), and further, an additional substrate  2  is carried thereinto to be positioned in place (an arrow A 3  shown in  FIG. 7(   d )). 
     On the other hand, it is determined in step ST 18  that the opposite substrate  2  is waiting for a component  3 , the fabrication flow returns to step ST 12  with nothing carried out (without regarding the opposite substrate  2  as an object to which components are to be mounted), where the component mounting process by the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller is executed by the two mounting heads  16  on the substrate  2  which is newly carried in to be positioned by the substrate carrying line  13  (which is the substrate carrying line  13  which has positioned the substrate  2  which has been regarded as the object to which components are to be mounted). 
     Here, in the determination made in step ST 14  on whether or not running out of components is occurring in the parts feeders  14 , when the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  determines that the parts feeder  14  is running out of components (a shaded parts feeder  14  in  FIG. 8(   a ) is running out of components), the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  determines whether or not a substrate  2  is being positioned in the opposite substrate carrying line  13  to the substrate carrying line  13  which is positioning the substrate  2  currently regarded as the object to which components are to be mounted (whether or not there is an opposite substrate  2 ) (step ST 20  in  FIG. 6) . Then, as a result of the determination, when the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  determines that there is an opposite substrate  2 , the component mounting process executed by the two mounting heads  16  on the substrate  2  which has been regarded as the object to which components are to be mounted is interrupted, and regarding the substrate  2  (the opposite substrate  2 ) which is being positioned by the opposite substrate carrying line  13  as an object to which components are to be mounted (step ST 21  in  FIG. 6 ), the fabrication flow returns to step ST 12 , where the component mounting process is executed by the two mounting heads  16  on the substrate  2  which is newly regarded as the object to which components are to be mounted ( FIG. 8(   b )). 
     On the other hand, when determining in step ST 20  that there is no opposite substrate  2 , the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  determines whether or not the parts feeder  14  which has run out of components has been refilled with components  3  (step ST 22  in  FIG. 6 ). Then, when the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40  determines that the parts feeder  14  has been refilled with components  3 , the fabrication flow returns to step ST 12 , where the component mounting process by the two mounting heads  16  is resumed on the substrate  2  which has been waiting for a component  3 . 
     In this way, in the component mounting device  1  (the component mounting method by the component mounting device) according to the embodiment of the invention, when it is determined that one mounting turn executed by the mounting head  16  cannot be completed (here, when it is determined that the parts feeder  14  runs out of components), the component mounting process by the mounting heads  16  is executed on the substrate  2  which is being positioned by the opposite substrate carrying line  13  to the substrate carrying line  13  which is positioning the substrate  2  which is currently regarded as the object to which components  3  are to be mounted at the point in time of making the determination by regarding the substrate as an object to which components  3  are to be mounted. Namely, when running out of components occurs while the component mounting process is being executed on one of the two substrates  2  which are being positioned by the two substrate carrying lines  13 , it is not that the printed circuit board fabricating operation is stopped totally at the point in time of occurrence of the running out of components but that the component mounting process is shifted to the substrate  2  which is being positioned by the other substrate carrying line  13  so as to keep processing the substrate  2  for fabrication of a printed circuit board. 
     Thus, as has been described heretofore, according to the embodiment, there is provided the component mounting method by the component mounting device  1  comprising the two substrate carrying lines  13  which are arranged side by side for performing carrying in, positioning and carrying out of substrates  2 , the parts feeders  14  as the component feeding units for feeding components  3 , and the mounting heads  16  for executing the component mounting process (step ST 12  to step ST 16 ) on the substrates  2  by repeating the mounting turn (step ST 12  to step ST 15 ) including the series of operations ranging from picking up of the components  3  fed by the parts feeders  14  to mounting the components  3  on to the substrates  2 , wherein the two substrate carrying lines  13  position the substrates  2  alternately, and each substrate carrying line  13  carries out the substrate  2  after the mounting of the components  3  on to the substrate  2  is completed and then carries in and positions the next substrate  2 , the component mounting method characterized by including the step (step ST 14 ) of determining whether or not the mounting turn can be completed every time the mounting heads  16  perform the mounting turn and a step (step ST 21  and step ST 12  to step ST 16 ) of, when it is determined that one of the mounting turns performed by the mounting head  16  cannot be completed, executing the component mounting process by the mounting head  16  on the substrate  2  positioned by the substrate carrying line  13  which is opposite to the substrate carrying line  13  which is positioning the substrate  2  constituting the object to which components  3  are to be mounted at the point in time of making the determination by regarding the substrate  2  as an object to which components  3  are to be mounted. 
     In addition, according to the embodiment, there is provided the component mounting device  1  comprising the two substrate carrying lines  13  which are arranged side by side for performing carrying in, positioning and carrying out of substrates  2 , the parts feeders  14  as the component feeding units for feeding components  3 , and the mounting heads  16  for executing the component mounting process (step ST 12  to step ST 16 ) on the substrates  2  by repeating the mounting turn (step ST 12  to step ST 15 ) including the series of operations ranging from picking up of the components  3  fed by the parts feeders  14  to mounting the components  3  on to the substrates  2 , wherein the two substrate carrying lines  13  position the substrates  2  alternately, and each substrate carrying line  13  carries out the substrate  2  after the mounting of the components  3  on to the substrate  2  is completed and then carries in and positions the next substrate  2 , the component mounting method characterized by comprising a determination unit (the determination unit  40   c  of the controller  40 ) for determining whether or not the mounting turn can be completed every time the mounting heads  16  perform the mounting turn and a component mounting process execution unit (the operation execution control unit  40   a  of the controller  40 ) for, when the determination unit determines that one of the mounting turns performed by the mounting head  16  cannot be completed, executing the component mounting process by the mounting heads  16  on the substrate  2  positioned by the substrate carrying line  13  which is opposite to the substrate carrying line  13  which is positioning the substrate  2  constituting the object to which components are to be mounted at the point in time of making the determination by regarding the substrate  2  as an object to which components are to be mounted. 
     In the component mounting method and the component mounting device  1  according to the embodiment, when the component mounting process is executed by the mounting heads  16  on the substrates  2  which are positioned alternately by the two substrate carrying lines  13 , every time the mounting heads  16  perform the mounting turn, it is determined whether or not the mounting turn can be completed. Then, when it is determined that one of the mounting turns performed by the mounting head  16  cannot be completed, the component mounting process by the mounting heads  16  is executed on the substrate  2  positioned by the substrate carrying line  13  which is opposite to the substrate carrying line  13  which is positioning the substrate  2  constituting the object to which components  3  are to be mounted at the point in time of making the determination by regarding the substrate  2  as an object to which components are to be mounted. Therefore, even in the event that components run out during the execution of the component mounting process on one substrate  2 , the fabrication of printed circuit boards can be executed continuously. In addition, normally, the component mounting process is executed on substrates  2  in the mounting mode which corresponds to the conventional alternate mounting mode, and therefore, the component mounting device having the narrow base table can be used, thereby making it possible to suppress an increase in length of the printed circuit board fabrication line. 
     While the embodiment of the invention has been described heretofore, the invention is not limited to what has been described above. For example, in the embodiment described above, while the running out of components in the parts feeder  14  is described as being the example of the case where one of the mounting turns performed by the mounting heads  16  cannot be completed, the case where one of the mounting turns performed by the mounting heads  16  cannot be completed includes, in addition thereto, a case where the suction nozzles  17  are detected as being inappropriate or failing. 
     This patent application is based on Japanese Patent Application (No. 2009-282490) filed on Dec. 14, 2009, the contents of which are to be incorporated herein by reference. 
     There can be provided the component mounting method and the component mounting device which enable the continuation of fabrication of printed circuit boards even when components run out while executing a component mounting process on one substrate, while suppressing an increase in length of a printed circuit board fabrication line. 
       1  Component mounting device;  2  Substrate;  3  Component;  13  Substrate carrying line;  14  Parts feeder (Component feeding unit);  16  Mounding head;  40   a  Operation execution control unit (Component mounting process execution unit);  40   c  Determination unit (Determination unit). 
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