Patent ID: 8234779

Claim:
A component tube holding arrangement for holding one or more elongated component tubes, and for vibratory feeding of components in a feeding direction towards a picking position in a component mounting machine, said component tube(s) containing consecutively stored components and being provided with an open end, respectively, for releasing components from the component tube(s) at the picking position, comprising: a support surface for supporting the component tube(s), a reception portion for receiving said open end of the component tube(s), and at least one component stop at the reception portion defining a picking position for components fed from said open end; characterized in that the arrangement is arranged to be releasably mountable in the component mounting machine or in a vibratory feed magazine arranged to be loaded into the component mounting machine, and wherein the arrangement lacks component feeding means and is arranged for allowing vibratory feeding means provided in the magazine or in the component mounting machine to engage with the arrangement for feeding the components towards the picking position; and the arrangement comprises first identification means holding information of the identity of the arrangement, and being arranged for operative connection to identity receiving means in said component mounting machine or in said magazine.