Electronic component mounting method and surface mounting apparatus

A surface mounting apparatus, comprising:

• a base;
• a plurality of feeders holding a plurality of electronic components;
• a component feeding device with a plurality of attaching portions to which the feeders are to be mounted;
• a transport device for conveying a board onto the base;
• a component mounting device for mounting the electronic components on the board conveyed onto the base from the feeders attached to the component feeding device;
• a control device for controlling the drive of the component mounting device;
• and
• a display device;
• wherein:
• the component feeding device detects the attachment of the feeder and transmits position information of the corresponding attaching portion to the control device when the feeder is attached to the attaching portion of the component feeding device and detects the removal of the feeder and transmits position information of the corresponding attaching portion to the control device when any of the feeder is removed from the attaching portion of the component feeding device;
• the control device:
• causes the display device to show each of a first display indicating the position of the attaching portion, to which a first feeder holding first electronic components out of the electronic components respectively held by a plurality of the feeders attached to the attaching portions of the component feeding device is attached, out of the plurality of attaching portions, a second display instructing the removal of the first feeder from the attaching portion and a third display designating the position of another attaching portion to which the first feeder removed from the attaching portion is to be reattached when there is a reason for removing the first feeder from the attaching portion,
• causes the component mounting device to mount the electronic components other than the first electronic component on the board when the removal of the first feeder from the attaching portion is detected by the component feeding device,
• causes the component mounting device to mount the first electronic component on the board from the first feeder attached to the other attaching portion when the reattachment of the first feeder to the other attaching portion is detected by the component feeding device, and
• causes the component mounting device to mount the first electronic component on the board from a second feeder holding the first electronic components on the condition that the remaining number of the first electronic components held by the first feeder attached to the other attaching portion becomes 0 when the attachment of the second feeder to the attaching portion is detected by the component feeding device.