Parts supply device, parts supply method, parts managing system, and

Abstract

A parts supply device includes a mounting device for mounting a unit accommodating electronic parts on a parts mounting machine, a parts feeding device for sequentially feeding the parts held by the unit to a predetermined removing position according to an operation of the machine for removing the parts from the parts supply device, a storing device for storing data as to the number of parts held by the unit, and a calculating device for rewriting the parts number data stored in the storing device according to the operation of the machine for removing the parts from the supply device. A parts supply method includes the steps of reading an identifying mark of the unit and fetching the parts number data of the unit from a data base in a storage area, based on data as to the kind of parts, writing each piece of data obtained above in a storing unit of the supply device, and rewriting the parts number data written in the storing unit according to operation of the machine for removing the parts from the supply device. In a parts managing system, after it is decided whether or not the mark corresponds to the parts identification data, the parts number data is stored in the storing unit in the parts supply device according to decision that the mark corresponds to the identification data, a current number of parts is read in the data base in removing the unit from the supply device and stored in the data base.