Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Yasuhiro Emoto

Hideyuki Yakiyama

Yasuo Takanami

Tadashi Shinozaki

In a chip mounting apparatus, a structure is employed that a separation facilitation head keeping part is provided for detachably keeping a plurality kinds of separation facilitation heads in a wafer ring holding part and a chip separation facilitation unit is allowed to access to the separation facilitation head keeping part by a moving mechanism to automatically carry out a changing operation for changing the separation facilitation head between the separation facilitation head keeping part and a separation facilitation head attaching part provided in the chip separation facilitation unit without annoying operator's hands. Thus, the separation facilitation head can be automatically changed to improve the operation rate of the apparatus.

Changing method for separation facilitation head in chip mounting apparatus

In an electronic component mounting apparatus for taking out a chipfrom a component supply portionto mount to a boardheld by a board holding portion, an image of a supply portion reference mark provided at a mark postof the component supply portionis taken by a second cameramoved by a camera moving mechanism, a camera coordinates system is calibrated based on a result of taking the image, thereafter, a position of the chipis recognized by the second cameraand the chipis picked up by a mounting head based on a result of the recognition. Thereby, stable pick up accuracy can be ensured by calibrating an aging variation of the coordinates system owing to thermal elongation or contraction of the camera moving mechanism.

Electronic component mounting apparatus and electronic component mounting method

Jig interchanging mechanism for supplying and carrying out a component holding jig to and from an electronic component supply portion is moved by a component image taking camera moving mechanism for moving the component image taking camera above the electronic component supply portion, the compact electronic component mounting apparatus and the electronic component mounting method excellent in an operational efficiency can be realized.

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Fukuoka, Japan

Yasuhiro Emoto