Patent ID: 8079137

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for electronic components comprising a conveying device for conveying a printed board in a first direction, and a first component supply device and a second component supply device at both outer sides of the conveying device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein: a first y-beam and a second y-beam each extending in the second direction are provided apart from each other, and a first x-beam and a second x-beam each extending in the first direction are provided across the first and the second y-beams; the first x-beam is provided with a first mount head, and the second x-beam is provided with a second mount head; the first mount head takes out a plurality of electronic components from the first component supply device, and mounts the electronic components at a plurality of positions on the printed board, and the second mount head takes out a plurality of electronic components from the second component supply device, and mounts the electronic components at a plurality of positions on the printed board; a movement of the first mount head is prioritized to a movement of the second mount head; and the movement of the second mount head is determined in consideration with each mount position on the printed board from the mount position where the electronic component is mounted by the first mount head on the printed board until the end of mount operations of all the electronic components held by the first mount head.