Displacement device as well as a component placement device

A component placement device comprising:

• an X-beam extending in the X-direction;
• at least one component pickup and placement unit, which is movable with respect to the X-bean;
• a first Y-beam extending in the Y-direction;
• a first slide, which is movable with respect to said first Y-bean;
• a second Y-beam extending parallel to said first Y-beam;
• a second slide, which is movable with respect to the second Y-beam,
• wherein a first end of the X-beam is connected to the first slide and a second end of the X-beam is connected to the second slide, in such a manner that the X- and Y-beams are arranged in an H-configuration, said component placement device further comprising drive units for independently driving the slides with respect to the Y-beams,
• wherein at least one drive unit comprises a linear motor, which comprises a first part comprising magnetic strips and a second part comprising a coil block, which parts are connected via a linear guide to one of the first or second Y-beam, said second part being movable in the Y-direction with respect to the first part,
• said drive further comprising an elongated magnet connected to said second part, the elongated magnet being located on a side of the first part remote from the second part wherein at least a portion of the first part is located between the second part and the elongated magnet.