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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1990
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An improved apparatus for automatically mounting electronic components includes a take-out nozzle which is rotated by a nozzle rotating unit based on data on an angular position assumed by each chip-shaped electronic component firmly held on the take-out nozzle, in order to perform a correcting operation so as to allow the electronic component to assume an adequate angular position and, after completion of the correction operation, the respective electronic components are mounted on a printed-circuit board. The apparatus includes a storing unit in which an allowable error range is stored, a comparing unit for determining whether or not the present angular positions assumed by the respective electronic components and recognized by a recognized unit remain within the allowable error range, and a controlling unit for controlling the nozzle rotating unit so as to allow a correcting operation to be repeatedly performed based on results derived from the determination made by the comparing unit, until the respective recognized angular positions remain within the allowable error range.