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US 2008/0098591 A1Published application
Mounting apparatus and method to control mounting apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMasashi ISODA, Hideki Takahashi
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Abstract
A mounting apparatus to mount electronic components on a board includes at least one component feeder in which electronic components of different types are disposed in series, and a mounting information supplier which supplies mounting information. The component feeder is configured to mount the electronic components on the board based on the mounting information from the mounting information supplier.
Claims12
A mounting apparatus to mount electronic components on a board, comprising:
- at least one component feeder on which electronic components of different types are disposed in series;
- and
- a mounting information supplier which supplies mounting information;
- wherein the component feeder is configured to mount the electronic components on the board based on the mounting information provided from the mounting information supplier.
1 more element
A method for controlling a mounting apparatus to mount electronic components on a board, comprising the steps of:
- disposing the electronic components of different types on at least one component feeder;
- supplying a component feeder identifier and an X-Y coordinate of each component from an NC information section in each step of mounting each component on the board;
- supplying component feeder information from a component feeder information section based on the component feeder identifier;
- supplying a component identifier with respect to the component feeder identifier from the NC information section or the component feeder information section;
- supplying component information from a component library section based on the component identifier;
- and
- mounting the component corresponding to the component identifier based on the component information on the board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.