Patent ID: 7089074

Claim:
A system for assembling multiple component products, comprising: a host computer; a feeder setup station, in communication with said host computer; a component identifier, operable with said feeder setup station, for identifying a component stored in at least one feeder; a first feeder identifier, operable with said feeder setup station, for identifying said at least one feeder when said at least one feeder is mounted at said feeder setup station after said component has been identified; a component placement machine, in communication with said host computer, further including a program containing one or more specified components with corresponding specified locations; a second feeder identifier, in communication and operable with said component placement machine, for identifying said at least one feeder when said at least one feeder is mounted at said component placement machine; and a location identifier, in communication and operable with said component placement machine, for identifying a location on said component placement machine in which said at least one feeder corresponding to said second feeder identifier is mounted.