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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2008
Tadashi Endo, Fukuoka, JP;
Akira Noudo, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazuhide Nagao, Fukuoka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a component placement apparatus capable of preventing free operation of a mounting head within the movable region from being restricted as well as improving the mounting takt time. A component placement apparatuscomprising a line sensor cameracomposed of a projectorfor projecting inspection light in horizontal direction and a line sensorfor receiving the inspection light projected by the projector, the component placement apparatusdesigned to move a mounting headto allow a component P sucked to the suction nozzleof the mounting headbefore being mounted onto a substrateto horizontally cross the optical axisof the inspection light of the line sensor camerato cause the line sensor camerato perform imaging of the component and to determine the propriety of suction attitude of the component P with respect to the suction nozzlebased on the image DP of the component P obtained through imaging of the component P by the line sensor camera, characterized in that the projectorand the line sensorconstituting the line sensor cameraare arranged outside the movable region R of the mounting headwith respect to the base