Patent ID: 6860002

Claim:
An electronic component mounting apparatus comprising: a mounting head which picks up an electronic component from an electronic component feeding apparatus for feeding a plurality of electronic components and mounts the electronic component on a print board; a suction nozzle which is mounted on the mounting head and holds the electronic component; a memory device storing parts library data which includes nozzle designation data for designating a plurality of suction nozzles of different types as designated suction nozzles for each type of the electronic components; and a control device for controlling the apparatus such that the designated suction nozzle picks up and mounts the corresponding electronic component based on the parts library data stored in the memory device, wherein the mounting apparatus is configured to use one of the designated suction nozzles to pick up one type of the electronic components and to use another of the designated suction nozzles to pick up said one type of the electronic components.