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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1997
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
For implementing a method of mounting electronic components, and an apparatus therefor, which has a much reduced tact time, the nozzles , , , , and are kept in holes provided in a straight line row in nozzle stocker in the order of use sequence. When the type of electronic components to be mounted on a circuit board changes, transfer head has to go to a place above the nozzle stocker to replace the nozzle. In the invented mounting method, and mounting apparatus, the transfer head is required to move only to a place above the next nozzle after returning the used nozzle to a hole . Thus the stroke L of transfer head needed for the nozzle exchange is significantly reduced, and the nozzle may be replaced within a short time.