Electric component supply device, and electric component supply method

An electronic component supply method for supplying electronic components in an electronic component supply device comprising a tape feeder and a holding mechanism arranged to hold the tape feeder and hold a container box in which a taped electronic component is folded and accommodated, the holding mechanism including a stocker including a pair of side wall faces, a bottom face connecting lower edges of the pair of side wall faces, and an end face joining edges of the pair of side wall faces and the bottom face in a front-rear direction, the stocker presenting a box shape having an open top and an open end on a side opposite the end face in the front-rear direction, the end face including at least one hole configured to receive an attachment bolt for holding the tape feeder on the end face, the electronic component supply method comprising:

• supplying the taped electronic component accommodated in the container box to the tape feeder, the container box having a width larger than a width of the tape feeder being held by the holding mechanism;
• and
• supplying electronic components from the taped electronic component at a component supply position of the tape feeder, the component supply position being a position to which the taped electronic component supplied to the tape feeder is fed.