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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2000
Noriaki Yoshida, Ikeda, JP;
Makoto Sueki, Kofu, JP;
Koji Odera, Kofu, JP;
Yoshihiro Yoshida, Neyagawa, JP;
Osamu Okuda, Yamanashi, JP;
Naoyuki Kitamura, Yamanashi, JP;
Akira Kabeshita, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, a control device and a circuit board moving device controlled in operation by the control device for holding a circuit board are provided, whereby the circuit board moving device is moved to bring a component mount position on the circuit board closest to a recognition device after the circuit board moving device is moved to bring the component mount position closest to a component feed position. In the state, a circuit board mark formed on the circuit board is detected, thereby recognizing a position of the circuit board. A transfer distance for the component by a component hold device from the recognition device to the component mount position is thus shortened, enabling high-speed mounting with higher accuracy.