Patent ID: 8237781

Claim:
A moving device for moving a mounting head which holds and mounts electronic components onto a board, the mounting device comprising: a first beam which extends in a first direction; a slider provided on one side face of the first beam so as to be movable in the first direction, the slider having a first side face and a second side face opposite to the first side face; a first drive unit for driving movement of the slider along the first direction; a mounting head which is fixed to the second side face of the slider so as to be movable integrally with the slider, the mounting head having a plurality of nozzles for holding the electronic components, and the nozzles being arrayed in the first direction; an image pickup device, which is fixed to the first side face of the slider so as to be movable integrally with the slider, for picking up an image of a mounting position for the electronic components on the board; a second beam for supporting the first beam so that the first beam is movable in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a second drive unit for driving movement of the first beam along the second direction, wherein the image pickup device is placed at such a position as to be contained within a width of an array of the nozzles in the first direction and contained within a total width of the mounting head and the first beam in the second direction.