Patent ID: 8215005

Claim:
A chip mounting system, comprising: a chip feeding section for feeding chips; a substrate holding section for holding a substrate; a transfer stage disposed between the chip feeding section and the substrate holding section; a pick-up head provided so as to move freely in a first direction which is horizontal and in which the chip feeding section and the substrate holding section are aligned for picking up a chip fed from the chip feeding section with a pick-up tool to transfer the chip so picked up to a transfer stage; a mounting head provided so as to move freely in the first direction for picking up the chip transferred to the transfer stage by the pick-up head with a mounting tool to mount the chip on to a substrate held by the substrate holding section; and a tool holding member for holding at least a replacement tool for the pick-up tool or the mounting tool; wherein a movable table which is able to move freely in a second direction which is horizontal and which intersects the first direction at right angles is provided in an area lying between the chip feeding section and the substrate holding section, so that the transfer stage and the tool holding member are provided on the movable table.