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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Masashi Matsumori, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic component supply apparatus transports a component supply tape which has accommodation sections and sprocket holes formed at regular intervals and which accommodates electronic components in the accommodation sections and is covered with a cover tape, to a component picking-up position and supplies each of the electronic components accommodated in each of the accommodation sections to a component mounting apparatus. The electronic component supply apparatus includes an electronic component detecting unit that detects the electronic component accommodated in the accommodation section of the component supply tape which has yet to pass the cover tape processing unit on a transport path; a determination unit that determines presence or absence of an electronic component in the accommodation section based on information from the electronic component detecting unit; and a control unit that controls a component supply tape transport unit based on a determination result of the determination unit.