Part mounter

Abstract

A part mounting apparatus and a part mounting method are capable of accurately mounting a plurality of film electronic parts of different types respectively having different sizes on a glass substrate. When carrying a small film electronic part having a small width by a vacuum holding mechanism (10), a cylinder actuator (16) mounted on a support plate (11) is retracted to retract a drive cam (17). Thus a movable vacuum holding block (13) is raised by springs (15) to hold the film electronic part (32a, 32b) only by a fixed vacuum holding block (12). When carrying a large film electronic part having a big width by the vacuum holding mechanism (10), the cylinder actuator (16) is stretched out to advance the drive cam (17) to its working position. Consequently, the movable vacuum block (13) is depressed through a roller (19) by the drive cam (17), and both the fixed vacuum holding block (12) and the movable vacuum holding block (13) are used for holding the film electronic part (32c, 32d) by suction.

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