COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS AND COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD

摘要

A component mounting apparatus includes transport mechanisms that transport boards, component supply sections, mounting heads, and a control unit that controls them based on mounting data. Each transport mechanism includes an upstream side operation area and a downstream side operation area. When the mounting data corresponds to an independent mounting mode in which each of the mounting heads is used to mount a component only onto a board on a corresponding mechanism, the control unit performs a control so that the upstream side operation area is used as a mounting area. When the mounting data corresponds to an alternating mounting mode in which both mounting heads are used to mount the components sequentially onto a board that is first carried into the downstream side operation area, the control unit performs a control so that the upstream side operation area is used as a standby area.

主权项

1. A component mounting apparatus comprising:
a first transport mechanism that transports a first board in a board transport direction; a second transport mechanism that is arranged in parallel with the first transport mechanism and transports a second board in the board transport direction; a first component supply section that is disposed on a lateral side of the first transport mechanism; a second component supply section that is disposed on a lateral side of the second transport mechanism; a first mounting head that is configured to pick up a component supplied from the first component supply section and mount the component onto the first board and the second board; a second mounting head that is configured to pick up a component supplied from the second component supply section and mount the component onto the first board and the second board; and a control unit that controls the first transport mechanism, the second transport mechanism, the first component supply section, the second component supply section, the first mounting head, and the second mounting head based on mounting data, wherein each of the first transport mechanism and the second transport mechanism includes an upstream side operation area where an upstream side board holding part for positioning and holding the first board or the second board is provided, and a downstream side operation area where a downstream side board holding part that is provided on a downstream side in the board transport direction with reference to the upstream side operation area for positioning and holding the first board or the second board is provided, and wherein when the mounting data corresponds to an independent mounting mode in which the first mounting head is used to mount the component only onto the first board and the second mounting head is used to mount the component only onto the second board, the control unit performs a control so that the upstream side operation area is used as a mounting area where a component is mounted onto a board that is positioned and held by the upstream side board holding part, and when the mounting data corresponds to an alternating mounting mode in which both of the first mounting head and the second mounting head are used to mount the components sequentially onto a board that is first carried into the downstream side operation area among the first board and the second board, the control unit performs a control so that the upstream side operation area is used as a standby area where a board to be carried to the downstream side operation area temporarily waits.