# US 10,765,048 B2 · Component mounting system, component sorting method, and component mounter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,765,048 B2 - Document ID: US10765048B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/643,723 - Filed: 2017-07-07 - Published: 2018-03-15 - Granted: 2020-09-01 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-12 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kenichiro Ishimoto; Takuya Yamazaki; Tadashi Endo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765048B2 ## CPC - H05K 13/04: Mounting of components {, e.g. of leadless components} - H05K 13/0857: {Product-specific machine setup; Changeover of machines or assembly lines to new product type} - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A component mounting system includes at least one component mounter that is provided with a first board transport mechanism, a second board transport mechanism, a first mounting mechanism and a second mounting mechanism that mount components on a board, and a plurality of carriages that is respectively installed on the side of the first board transport mechanism and on the side of the second board transport mechanism and holds a plurality of tape feeders (component supply devices). When changing a production board type of a first board transported by the first board transport mechanism, the components are supplied from the component supply device held by a first carriage, a second carriage, and a third carriage, and the components are mounted on a second board that does not change the production board type by the first mounting mechanism and the second mounting mechanism. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A component mounting system comprising: a plurality of component mounters, each component mounter including: a first board transport mechanism that transports, positions, and holds a board, a second board transport mechanism that transports, positions, and holds a board, a first mounting head that is disposed on a side of the first board transport mechanism and mounts components on the board, a second mounting head that is disposed on a side of the second board transport mechanism and mounts the components on the board, a plurality of carriages that are installed on the side of the first board transport mechanism, wherein installed on each carriage are a first plurality of component supply devices which supply the components, and a plurality of carriages that are installed on the side of the second board transport mechanism, wherein installed on each carriage are a second plurality of component supply devices, wherein when changing a production board type of any one of the boards transported by the first board transport mechanism and the second board transport mechanism, the components are supplied from the plurality of component supply devices held by a first carriage installed on the side of one of the board transport mechanisms that transports the board to be changed, and the plurality of component supply devices held by a second carriage and a third carriage installed on the side of another of the board transport mechanisms that transports the board not to be changed, and the components are mounted on the board that does not change the production board type by the first mounting head and the second mounting head. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The component mounting system of claim 1, further comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires at least one piece of production information including component information of the components to be mounted on the board transported by the first board transport mechanism, and at least one piece of production information including component information of the components to be mounted on the board transported by the second board transport mechanism; a component group preparing unit that prepares at least one component group, based on commonalities of the components included in an acquired plurality pieces of production information; and a component sorting unit that sorts common components to be mounted on both of the board transported by the first board transport mechanism and the board transported by the second board transport mechanism among the prepared component groups, to the first carriage and the second carriage, sorts specific components to be mounted only on the board transported by the board transport mechanism on the side on which the second carriage is installed, to the third carriage, and sorts specific components to be mounted only on the board transported by the board transport mechanism on the side on which the first carriage is installed, to another fourth carriage on the side on which the first carriage is installed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The component mounting system of claim 2, wherein when changing the production board type of any one of the boards transported by the first board transport mechanism and the second board transport mechanism, the another fourth carriage is replaced. ### Claim 4 A component mounter comprising: a first board transport mechanism that transports, positions, and holds a board; a second board transport mechanism that transports, positions, and holds a board along the first board transport mechanism; a first mounting head disposed on a side of the first board transport mechanism and mounts components on the board; a second mounting head disposed on a side of the second board transport mechanism and mounts the components on the board; a plurality of carriages that are installed on the side of the first board transport mechanism, wherein installed on each carriage are a first plurality of component supply devices which supplies the components; and a plurality of carriages that are installed on the side of the second board transport mechanism, wherein installed on each carriage are a second plurality of component supply devices, wherein when changing a production board type of any one of the boards transported by the first board transport mechanism and the second board transport mechanism, the components are supplied from the plurality of component supply devices held by a first carriage installed on the side of one of the board transport mechanisms that transports the board to be changed, and the plurality of component supply devices held by a second carriage and a third carriage installed on the side of another of the board transport mechanisms that transports the board not to be changed, and the components are mounted on the board that does not change the production board type by the first mounting head and the second mounting head. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The component mounter of claim 4, wherein when changing a production board type of any one of the boards transported by the first board transport mechanism and the second board transport mechanism, even while a fourth carriage installed on the side of one of the board transport mechanisms that transports the board to be changed is replaced, mounting of the components on the board that does not change the production board type is continued.