Patent ID: 8181337

Claim:
A method of mounting electronic components on a printed board, comprising: providing a storage tape comprising a first portion and a second portion that are connected by a connection tape and containing electronic components stored in corresponding storage concave portions; advancing the storage tape so that an electronic component is advanced to a component pickup position where electronic components are picked up by a suction nozzle, the first portion being advanced to the component pickup position before the second portion; picking up the advanced electronic component at the component pickup position by the suction nozzle; and mounting the picked up electronic component on a printed board, wherein the advancing of the storage tape, the picking up of the electronic component and the mounting of the electronic component are repeated, the component pickup position is adjusted when the storage tape is advanced a predetermined times after the seam detection device detects the connection tape so that the second portion of the storage tape is advanced to the component pickup position, and the adjustment of the component pickup position comprises taking an image of one of the storage concave portions of the second portion of the storage tape when the storage tape is advanced the predetermined times after the seam detection device detects the connection tape, and adjusting the component pickup position based on the taken image.