Component mounting apparatus and component mounting method

A component mounting apparatus comprising:

• a component feed unit for executing component feed operation for feeding a plurality of components in order to allow the components to be picked up;
• a head unit which has a plurality of component holding members for releasably holding the components, for executing component holding and pickup operation for holding and picking up the components from the component feed unit to mount the components onto a board by one or the plurality of component holding members;
• a head unit control section for controlling the component holding and pickup operation of the head unit;
• a component feed unit control section for controlling the component feed operation of the component feed unit;
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• a main control section for transmitting recipes of an operation programs for executing the operations in the head unit control section and the component feed unit control section to the head unit control section and the component feed unit control section, wherein the head unit control section is operable to execute the component holding and pickup operation on basis of the transmitted recipe, and the component feed unit control section is operable to execute the component feed operation based on the transmitted recipe, and
• the head unit control section is operable to transmit a timing signal based on the execution of the component holding and pickup operation to the component feed unit control section, and the component feed unit control section is operable to complete the component feed operation on the basis of the transmitted recipe and timing signal.