Feeder verification with a camera

摘要

Method for component verification during operation of a component placement machine (101) having a series of feeder slots (103) for holding component feeders (104) with feeder markers, each feeder marker carrying a unique feeder ID, wherein each feeder slot (103) has a unique slot ID (208). On an image taken with a camera of the feeder slots, image analysis is performed to check whether the actual feeders in the slots corresponds to those feeders that are intended to be placed in these slots.