Patent ID: 7206671

Claim:
A mounting apparatus comprising: a mounting part holding means for holding a mounting part; a mounting target part holding means for holding a mounting target part; a control means for moving one of the mounting part holding means and the mounting target part holding means to bring the mounting part held by the mounting part holding means and the mounting target part held by the mounting target holding means into contact with each other in a predetermined fashion for a predetermined processing; a contact start detecting means for detecting start of contact between the mounting part and the mounting target part; and a contact start position detecting means for detecting a contact start position where the start of contact between the mounting part and the mounting target part is detected by the contact start detecting means, wherein the control means comprises: an initial movement control means for moving the one of the means to be moved from a predetermined initial position toward the other means by a predetermined initial moving amount; a contact movement control means for moving, after movement by the initial movement means by the predetermined initial moving amount, the one of the means to be moved toward the other means in a manner different from the movement by the initial movement means, bringing the mounting part into contact with the mounting target part; and a correction means for correcting, each time the contact start position is detected by the contact start position detecting means, one of the predetermined initial moving amount and a predetermined initial moving amount that is obtained after correction by the correction means based on the contact start position detected.