Component-mounting apparatus and method

摘要

A component-mounting apparatus includes a component supply mechanism for supplying components to be mounted on a circuit board, a circuit board positioning device for placing in position the circuit board on which the components are to be mounted, and a mounting head for taking out one of the components at a predetermined component take-out position of the component supply mechanism, thus mounting the component on the circuit board. The component supply mechanism includes a plurality of supply tables on which a plurality of component supply devices have been arranged at predetermined intervals, a driving device for moving the supply tables in a direction in which the component supply devices have been arranged, thus placing the desired component supply device at the predetermined component take-out position, and a table exchange device provided at one end of a movable range of the supply tables to be driven by the driving device and allow the supply tables to be placed thereon and allow positions of the desired supply table to be switched by the driving device.