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1. A component mounting method by multiple mounting machines arranged in series along a transport direction of a substrate in a component mounting system,
the method comprising: a setup step of deciding component feeding apparatuses to be attached to each of the mounting machines based on the decision; and a component mounting step of mounting components on the substrate by the respective mounting machines according to substrate data, wherein in the setup step, executed are:
a first step of deciding the component feeding apparatuses to be attached to each of the mounting machines based on the substrate data preliminarily defining components to be mounted by each of the mounting machines wherein the substrate data allocates at least one common component to be mounted by each of the mounting machines;a second step of determining whether or not there is within the components included in the substrate data a sole mounted component to be mounted by only one mounting machine among the multiple mounting machines;a third step of deciding, when the determination has been made that the sole mounted component exists in the second step, to attach the component feeding apparatuses for feeding the sole mounted component or an alternative component capable of replacing the sole mounted component onto at least one mounting machine other than the only one mounting machine; anda fourth step of attaching the component feeding apparatuses to each of the mounting machines based on the decisions in the first and third steps, and in the component mounting step, when an operation time per substrate of the only one mounting machine is longer than an operation time per substrate of a mounting machine other than the only one mounting machine, the sole mounted component or the alternative component is mounted by an alternative mounting machine which is other than the only one mounting machine and to which the component feeding apparatuses feeding the sole mounted component or the alternative component is attached, instead of mounting the sole mounted component by the only one mounting machine. |
