Changeover support apparatus

A changeover support method comprising:

• identifying, from a component storage that stores an identifier of a printed circuit board unit in association with an identifier of a component to be mounted on the printed circuit board unit, an identifier of a new component to be mounted on a new printed circuit board unit and an identifier of a current component mounted on a printed circuit board unit currently being manufactured when the new printed circuit board unit is manufactured using a mounter, where a loading point of a component on the mounter is previously unspecified;
• comparing the identifier of the new component with the identifier of the current component;
• identifying a component that is not common with the new component as a candidate component to be removed from the mounter;
• identifying, from a jig storage that stores the identifier of the component in association with an identifier of a jig provided with the component, and an identifier of a jig provided with the current component;
• and
• emitting light via a light-emitting element provided on a jig determined as being occupied by the candidate component when determining a location of the candidate component as being on the mounter, and
• where electronic components determined to be common in the comparing are indicated as candidates to be loaded on the mounter until a number of unused components exceeds a calculated total number of the electronic components to be used.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a changeover support program to cause a computer to execute an operation, the operation comprising:

• identifying, a new component to be mounted on new printed circuit board unit to which components are to be mounted, a current component being mounted on a printed circuit board unit currently being manufactured and said identifying being when the new printed circuit board unit is to be manufactured, where a loading point of a component on a mounter is previously unspecified;
• comparing the identified new component with the identified current component;
• identifying a component that is not common with the new component as a candidate component to be removed from a mounter;
• identifying a jig provided with the identified current component;
• and
• emitting light via a light-emitting element provided on a jig determined as being occupied by the candidate component when determining a location of the candidate component as being on the mounter, and
• where electronic components determined to be common in the comparing are indicated as candidates to be loaded on the mounter until a number of unused components exceeds a calculated total number of the electronic components to be used.

A changeover support apparatus comprising:

• a storage configured to store an identifier of a component to be mounted on a printed circuit board unit in association with an identifier of a jig on which the component is provided and an identifier of the printed circuit board unit with the identifier of the component to be mounted on the printed circuit board unit, where a loading point of a component on a mounter is previously unspecified;
• and
• a processor to execute a procedure including:
• identifying an identifier of a new component to be mounted on a new printed circuit board unit and an identifier of a current component mounted on a printed circuit board unit currently being manufactured from the storage when the new component is to be mounted on the new printed circuit board unit by the mounter;
• comparing the identifier of the new component with the identifier of the current component, and identifying a component that is not common with the new component as a candidate component to be removed from the mounter;
• and
• causing light to be emitted via a light emitting element provided on a jig determined as being occupied by the candidate component when determining a location of the candidate component as being on the mounter, and
• where electronic components determined to be common in the comparing are indicated as candidates to be loaded on the mounter until a number of unused components exceeds a calculated total number of the electronic components to be used.