Manufacturing apparatus for performing additive manufacturing of an electrical device

A manufacturing apparatus comprising:

• a stage including a placing surface where an article is placed;
• a conveyor configured to move the stage in a first direction and a second direction, the first direction and the second direction being directions parallel to the placing surface and different from each other;
• a three-dimensional manufacturing device that is disposed within a range in which the stage can be moved and is configured to form each layer of multiple layers of the article;
• a component mounting device that is disposed within the range in which the stage can be moved and is configured to mount an electronic component on the article, the component mounting device including a component supply configured to hold a plurality of electronic components and a mounting device configured to pick up the electronic component from the component supply and place the electronic component on the article;
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• controller circuitry configured to:
• control the conveyor to sequentially move the stage from a working position of one of the three-dimensional manufacturing device or the component mounting device to a working position of the other of the three-dimensional manufacturing device or the component mounting device along a path determined based on a work process to perform additive manufacturing of an electrical device on the stage, and
• determine an arrangement of the three-dimensional manufacturing device and the component mounting device including a first position at which the three-dimensional manufacturing device is disposed and a second position at which the component mounting device is disposed such that the path is minimized in length, wherein
• the first position and the second position are stationary with respect to each another while the three-dimensional manufacturing device forms each of the layers when the stage is at the working position of the three-dimensional manufacturing device, and
• the first position and the second position are stationary with respect to each another while the component mounting device mounts the electronic component when the stage is at the working position of the component mounting device.