Patent ID: 8151449

Claim:
A component placement machine for assembling at least one component on to at least one printed circuit board, said component placement machine comprising: at least one head configured for picking said component from at least one feeder and placing said picked component on to a printed circuit board of a first printed circuit board product; and at least one feeder bank system separate from the at least one head, the at least one feeder bank system including a first feeder bank and a second feeder bank and a positioning system for moving both the entire first feeder bank and the entire second feeder bank in both a horizontal X direction and a perpendicular horizontal Y direction, wherein said feeder bank system is configured to enable a setup of a second printed circuit board product on said component placement machine while said component placement machine assembles said printed circuit board of said first printed circuit board product; wherein the entire first feeder bank and the entire second feeder bank of the at least one feeder bank system are each movably located on said component placement machine independently from each other, so that movement of the entire first feeder bank occurs while said component placement machine uses the second feeder bank to assemble said printed circuit board of said first printed circuit board product.