Component mounting machine and component mounting method

Abstract

The component mounter is a component mounter including a mounting control section configured to execute a mounting process based on a control program in which an execution order of a PP cycle including a collection operation of components and a mounting operation of mounting the components on a board is set, a supply control section configured to cause a bulk feeder supplying multiple components in a bulk state to execute a supply operation of the components at a predetermined execution timing, and a timing setting section configured to set the execution timing of the supply operation based on a current collectable quantity and a required time for the supply operation so that, in the PP cycle to be executed, a difference between a required quantity of the components to be collected from the bulk feeder and the collectable quantity of the components in the bulk feeder is not less than a reference value, and waiting time for waiting for completion of the supply operation before execution of the collection operation is minimized.

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