Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Akiko Ida

Minoru Yamamoto

Wataru Hirai

Muneyoshi Fujiwara

Kunio Sakurai

Osamu Okuda

Kurayasu Hamasaki

Hirokazu Honkawa

Seiichi Mogi

Youichi Makino

Each of a plurality of suction nozzle sections provided about the outer circumference of an intermittently rotating head section comprises a plurality of nozzle tip sections for picking up electronic components by suction, these nozzle tip sections being connected to a rod section , which is driven to rotate by a motor . A cylindrical cam section having a cam surface and being able to rotate relative to the rod section is provided such as to encase the nozzle tip sections , and one ends of the nozzle tip sections engage with the cam surface 8a of the cam section via rollers , whereby the nozzle tip sections are movable in a vertical direction. On the outer side of the cylindrical cam section , a stopper section is provided for halting temporarily the rotation of only the cylindrical cam surface

Electronic component mounting apparatus

Electronic component feeder

A method for mounting components, includes a first step for feeding to a component feed unit a plurality of stacked-in-stages trays on which components are accommodated, a second step for taking out the components of a Top-stage tray sequentially one by one to mount them onto a board, and a third step for, when the components on the tray are exhausted, removing the empty top-stage tray, and then returning to the second step. An apparatus for mounting Components includes a component feed unit for feeding a plurality of stacked-in-stages trays on which components are accommodated, and a pickup device which can selectively hold either a component pickup nozzle or a tray transfer nozzle. The pickup device is movable between the component feed unit and a specified position of a substrate or between the component feed unit and a tray removal box. A nozzle replacement unit is provided for performing replacement of the pickup nozzle and the tray Transfer nozzle. Also, a control unit is provided for deciding whether or not a component is present on the tray, and controlling the pickup head and the nozzle replacement units in such a manner that, if a component is present, picking up the component by the pickup nozzle and placing it onto the substrate, and if no component is present, replacing the pickup nozzle with the tray transfer nozzle, and picking up the tray and removing it to the tray removal box.

Method and apparatus for mounting component

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Neyagawa, Japan

Akiko Ida