Patent ID: 8151451

Claim:
An electronic component bonder that bonds an electronic component taken out of an electronic component supply stage to a substrate positioned on a substrate positioning stage, the bonder comprising: a base on which the substrate positioning stage and the electronic component supply stage are arranged side by side in a first direction when viewed from above; a gantry that is arranged at an edge of the base and that has a horizontal portion whose lower surface is situated at a position higher than the substrate positioning stage and the electronic component supply stage, that extends in the first direction, wherein the gantry is arranged in such a way that a front face of the horizontal portion is oriented toward a center of the base; a intermediate stage that is interposed between the substrate positioning stage and the electronic component supply stage and on which the electronic component taken out of the electronic component supply stage is to be mounted; a pickup head that picks up the electronic component from the electronic component supply stage and transfers the component to the intermediate stage; a pickup head moving mechanism that moves the pickup head between a position above the electronic component supply stage and a position above the intermediate stage and that causes the pickup head to advance or recede in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a bonding head that holds the electronic component on the electronic component supply stage or the electronic component transferred to the intermediate stage by the pickup head and that bonds the electronic component to the substrate positioned on the substrate positioning stage; and a bonding head moving mechanism that is arranged on the front face of the horizontal portion of the gantry along the first direction and that moves the bonding head between a position above the electronic component supply stage or the intermediate stage and a position above the substrate positioning stage, wherein the pickup head moving mechanism is joined, in a suspended manner, to the lower surface of the horizontal portion' of the gantry, and a space that allows entry of a portion of the electronic component supply stage is assured at a position beneath the pickup head moving mechanism.