Patent ID: 8328498

Claim:
A component feeding method for delivering a tray from a supply side tray receiving unit which receives trays that store components to be mounted onto a board and placing the tray on a tray stage to allow the components to be fed from the tray stage and thereafter moving the tray stage on which the tray that has undergone component feeding is placed to receive the tray into a collection side tray receiving unit and collect the tray, comprising: positioning a first tray stage on which the tray supplied from the supply side tray receiving unit is placed into a feeding tray placement position where the tray to undergo component feeding is positioned and positioning a second tray stage on which another tray supplied from the supply side tray receiving unit is placed into a standby tray placement position located on a concentric circle with the feeding tray placement position; carrying out component feeding from the tray placed on the first tray stage positioned in the feeding tray placement position; thereafter moving the first and second tray stages on the concentric circle to position the second tray stage into the feeding tray placement position and continuously carrying out component feeding from the other tray placed on the second tray stage; thereafter performing delivery of the tray between the first or second tray stage positioned in the standby tray placement position, the supply side tray receiving unit and the collection side tray receiving unit.