Component mounting apparatus

A component mounting apparatus, comprising:

• an operational sequence supervision unit which is created in compiler language, and determines an operational sequence specifying a series of standard sequence operations in which suctioning, recognizing and mounting a component are sequentially operated;
• a first memory unit which stores component data relating to a component to be suctioned and mounted, and mounting data designating coordinates on a board where a component is to be mounted, the mounting data designating coordinates being given in advance as settling parameters;
• a second memory unit which stores a custom program, written in interpreter language and specifying an operation different to the series of standard sequence operations, and custom program designation information that designates execution of the custom program;
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• a mounting unit which mounts a component on a board that has been conveyed into the apparatus and then conveys the board out from the apparatus by using component data and mounting data stored in the first memory unit, by executing an operational sequence determined by the operational sequence supervision unit, wherein
• the operational sequence supervision unit controls a sequence for causing the component mounting apparatus to repeatedly carry out the standard sequence operations and a switching process for switching from the series of standard sequence operations to an interpreter language processing execution routine for executing the custom program without carrying out the series of standard sequence operations, during, or before or after, the series of standard sequence operations in accordance with the custom program designation information;
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• the mounting unit executes an operation specified by the custom program in accordance with the custom program designation information, without simultaneously carrying out the series of standard sequence operations, during, or before or after, sequence operations of suctioning, recognizing and mounting a component as determined by the operational sequence supervision unit.