Patent ID: RE40283

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting electric components, comprising: an electric component feeding member for feeding electronic components with lead wires tape-bonded by tapes; an insertion head for inserting into holes of a board the lead wires of one of the electronic components fed from the feeding member after separating from the tapes; a fixing head facing the insertion head via the board for cutting and folding the lead wires of the electronic component to the board, the fixing head including a lifting part for moving the whole fixing head up and down and a folding part for cutting and folding the lead wires of the electronic component; a first driving motor for the insertion head; a cam, fitted at a driving shaft connected to the first driving motor, for driving the insertion head; an encoder for detecting a rotating position of a rotor of the first driving motor; and each of the lifting part and the folding part being equipped with a second driving motor and an encoder for detecting a rotating position of a rotor of the second driving motor.