Component mounting apparatus and method

A component mounting apparatus for pressing and thereby pressure-bonding components to a component pressure-bonding area in an edge portion of a substrate, the apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of pressure-bonding units which are arrayed in line and enabled to move in parallel movement along the edge portion of the substrate and each of which includes a pressing member which moves in a pressing direction perpendicular to the substrate thereby pressing a component to a component pressure-bonding area of the substrate, and an edge-portion support member for supporting an edge portion of the substrate during the pressing by the pressing member;
• and
• a common pressing-member moving device for moving a plurality of pressing members integrally in the pressing direction, wherein
• each of the pressure-bonding units comprises:
• a pressing-member guide member for guiding back-and-forth movement of the pressing members in the pressing direction;
• a unit support member in which a pressing-member guide member and an edge-portion support member are provided and which serves for supporting the pressing member via the pressing-member guide member;
• and
• a press driving part which imparts to the pressing member a force for moving back and forth the pressing member along the pressing direction and a force for pressure-bonding components to the substrate, the press driving part being supported by the unit support member, and wherein
• the component mounting apparatus includes, as the common pressing-member moving device, an operation speed restricting device having a restricting member for restricting, in common to the plurality of pressure-bonding units, operation speeds of the individual pressing members operated toward the edge-portion support member by the press driving part.

A component mounting method for pressing and thereby pressure-bonding a plurality of components to a component pressure-bonding area in an edge portion of a substrate, the method comprising:

• with provision of a pressing member for pressing a component to a component pressure-bonding area in the substrate, a unit support member in which an edge-portion support member for supporting an edge portion of the substrate during pressure-bonding by the pressing member is provided, and a press driving part which is provided on the unit support member and which imparts to the pressing member a force for moving back and forth the pressing member along a pressing direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, moving a plurality of pressure-bonding units, which are arrayed in line, independently of one another along the edge portion of the substrate so that the pressure-bonding units become coincident with pressure-bonding positions for a plurality of components to be pressure-bonded to a component pressure-bonding area in the edge portion of the substrate, thus achieving positioning of the pressure-bonding units;
• setting a plurality of pressure-bonding positions in the edge portion of the substrate on or above the edge-portion support member;
• thereafter, generating a force for moving back and forth the pressing member by the press driving part of each pressure-bonding unit to operate the pressing member toward the edge-portion support member, and moreover, while making a common restricting member directly or indirectly engaged with each pressing member in a plurality of pressure-bonding units in a direction in which the pressing member is moved toward the edge-portion support member, controlling a moving speed of a common restricting member to commonly restrict operation speeds of the individual pressing members;
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• releasing the engagement between the pressing members and the common restricting member while contacting the pressing members with the components thereby derestricting the operation speeds of the pressing members, and pressure-bonding a plurality of components to the edge portion of the substrate by the individual pressing members.