PART FEEDER, AND SURFACE MOUNTING MACHINE

摘要

To make it possible to efficiently perform a feeder replacement operation. A feeder (50) has a shape elongated in one direction.The feeder replacement operation is performed by inserting and extracting the feeder (50) into and from a feeder-mounting part (150) along the longitudinal direction. The rear end (111) of the longitudinal both ends of respective feeders (50A, 50B, ...), which is positioned on a rear side in the assembling direction, is provided with a guide part for guiding the mounting of other tape feeder (50C) to be installed adjacent to the afore-said feeders.The guide part can be formed by, for example, rounding the corner part of the rear end (111) of the feeder (50).