Tape mounter, processing apparatus, and method for processing workpieces

Abstract

A tape mounter configured to attach at least one workpiece to a tape, which is attached to a ring frame to close an opening in the ring frame, includes frame rails configured to support a frame set, in which the tape is attached to the ring frame to close the opening; a workpiece movement assembly configured to move the at least one workpiece onto the tape in the frame set supported by the frame rails; a table configured to support a surface of the tape on an opposite side to an attaching surface of the ring frame; and an attaching assembly configured to attach the at least one workpiece moved by the workpiece movement assembly to the attaching surface of the tape supported by the table.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.