JP2010157623A - Electronic component mounting device and electronic component mounting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate an operation to replace a component supply device when the type of a printed board is changed. <P>SOLUTION: When no suction-object component supply unit 13 is set so far and a component supply unit 13 is newly attached by replacement, a CPU 16 determines that automatic initial positioning processing is necessary, and a tape is fed by one pitch based upon the imaging result of a pocket by a substrate recognition camera 14 until a pocket containing an electronic component reaches a component taking-out opening, so that the electronic component is automatically and initially positioned. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic component mounting apparatus that takes out an electronic component from a component supply device and mounts the electronic component on a printed circuit board that has been positioned, and an electronic component mounting method thereof.

This type of electronic component mounting apparatus is disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1. Electronic parts are not stored in the first part of the new reel on which the tape containing the electronic parts is wound in each storage part that is formed side by side in the delivery direction. The new reel tape is set. The electronic component supply device is attached to the electronic component mounting device, or the cart connected to the electronic component supply device on which a new reel tape is set is connected to the electronic component mounting device, and then the electronic component is removed from the tape. Sometimes, the operator manually operates the electronic component supply device in advance so that the component is not stored in the tape component storage section and no takeout abnormality occurs, for example, to the position where the component is stored. It was necessary to feed the tape one pitch at a time.
JP-A-7-101792

  As described above, when the model of the printed circuit board is changed and the component supply device is replaced, or when a new tape due to a component shortage is loaded into the component supply device, work is performed each time to avoid abnormal component removal. It is necessary for a person to manually feed the tape, which causes a problem that preparation work becomes complicated and takes time. Further, since the preparation work is complicated and takes time, there is a possibility that an abnormality in taking out may occur when the tape feeding by the operator is insufficient. Furthermore, the time required for the preparation work becomes longer, the start of operation of the electronic component mounting apparatus is delayed, and the operation time may be reduced.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to simplify operations such as when a model of a printed circuit board is changed and a component supply device is replaced, or when a new tape due to component breakage is loaded into the component supply device.

  It is another object of the present invention to prevent the occurrence of an abnormality in taking out an electronic component, or to prevent the operation start of the electronic component mounting apparatus from being delayed and the operating time from being reduced.

  Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an electronic component supply device that feeds a tape storing electronic components to respective storage portions formed side by side in the delivery direction and sends the electronic components to a component extraction position is detachable. An electronic component mounting apparatus comprising a mounting head for removing and moving an electronic component from a tape of the electronic component supply device that is mounted and mounting the electronic component on a printed circuit board; and a camera that images the storage unit at the component extraction position; A recognition device for recognizing whether or not an electronic component is stored in the storage unit based on an image captured by the camera when the electronic component supply device is attached, and an electronic component not recognized by the recognition device And a control device for feeding the tape.

  2nd invention can attach and detach the electronic component supply apparatus which intermittently sends the tape which accommodated the electronic component in each accommodating part formed in a line in the delivery direction at intervals, and sends an electronic component to a component pick-up position The electronic component mounting apparatus includes a mounting head that takes out an electronic component from the tape of the electronic component supply device that is attached, moves, and mounts it on a printed circuit board. The camera picks up an image of the storage portion at the component extraction position. When the electronic component supply device is attached, it is determined whether or not an electronic component is stored in the storage unit based on an image captured by the camera for each tape feeding operation. And a control device for stopping the tape feeding operation when the storage is changed from being not stored to being stored.

  3rd invention can attach or detach the electronic component supply apparatus which sends the tape which accommodated the electronic component intermittently in each accommodating part formed in a line in the delivery direction at intervals, and sends an electronic component to a component pick-up position The electronic component mounting apparatus includes a mounting head that takes out an electronic component from the tape of the electronic component supply device that is attached, moves, and mounts it on a printed circuit board. The camera picks up an image of the storage portion at the component extraction position. When the electronic component mounting device is attached, it is determined whether or not the electronic component is stored in the storage unit based on an image captured by the camera for each tape feeding operation. And a control device for starting a component picking-up operation by the mounting head when the storage is changed from no storage to storage. To.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an electronic component supply device for intermittently feeding a tape containing electronic components to respective storage portions formed side by side in the delivery direction and sending the electronic components to a component extraction position is detachable. In an electronic component mounting apparatus having a mounting head to which a cart is connected and an electronic component is removed from the tape of the electronic component supply device of the connected cart and moved and mounted on a printed circuit board, the storage of the component extraction position When the cart that connects the camera and the cart is connected, it is determined whether or not an electronic component is stored in the storage unit based on an image captured by the camera for each tape feeding operation. And a controller that feeds the tape sometimes and starts the component picking-up operation by the mounting head when the storage is changed from the absence to the storage. And butterflies.

  5th invention can attach and detach the electronic component supply apparatus which intermittently sends the tape which accommodated the electronic component in each accommodating part formed side by side with the space | interval in the delivery direction, and sends an electronic component to a component extraction position In the electronic component mounting method in which the electronic component is taken out from the electronic component supply device by the mounting head and moved and mounted on the printed circuit board, the camera picks up an image every time the tape feeding operation is performed. Based on the image, it is determined whether or not an electronic component is stored in the storage unit. When the determination result is not stored, the tape is fed. When the determination result is changed from not stored to stored, the component by the mounting head is used. The take-out operation is started.

  The present invention can simplify operations such as changing the model of a printed circuit board and replacing an electronic component supply device, or loading a new tape due to component failure into the electronic component supply device.

  In addition, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of an abnormality in taking out the electronic component, or to prevent the operation start of the electronic component mounting apparatus from being delayed and the operating time from being reduced.

  A first embodiment of an electronic component mounting apparatus for mounting electronic components on a printed circuit board will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. The electronic component mounting apparatus 1 includes a transport apparatus 2 that transports the printed circuit board P in the X direction, and one side of the transport apparatus 2, that is, the rear side (the rear side in the installed apparatus. For example, a component supply device 5 such as a cart in which a plurality of component supply units 13 are detachably arranged, and the other side of the transport device 2, that is, the front side (the front side in the installed device). , Provided in the lower part of FIG. 1 for supplying electronic components, for example, a component supply device 3 such as a cart in which a plurality of component supply units 13 are detachably arranged, and a pair of beams 7 movable in one direction by a drive source , 8 and mounting heads 10, 11 each having a suction nozzle and movable by each drive source in the direction along the beams 7, 8.

  The component supply device 3 is detachable from the main body of the electronic component mounting apparatus 1. When the component supply device 3 on which a plurality of component supply units 13 are mounted is connected to the main body of the electronic component mounting device 1, the component supply unit 13. A tape feed driving device (motor) and a control device (not shown) provided in the electronic device are connected to the power source of the electronic component mounting device main body and the CPU 16 via the component supply device 3.

  The transport device 2 is disposed in an intermediate portion of the electronic component mounting device 1 and is sucked and held by the substrate supply unit that inherits the printed circuit board P from the upstream device and the suction nozzles 101 and 111 of the mounting heads 10 and 11. Positioning unit for positioning and fixing the printed circuit board P supplied from the substrate supply unit for mounting the electronic component, and a discharge unit for inheriting the printed circuit board P on which the electronic component is mounted by this positioning unit and conveying it to the downstream device It consists of.

  Each of the component supply devices 3 and 5 includes a feeder base 12, and a plurality of component supply units 13 are detachably arranged in each lane of each feeder base 12, and various electronic components are taken out of the respective components. One by one is supplied to the part (part suction position).

  A pair of front and rear beams 7 on the one side (component supply device 5 side) and a beam 8 on the other side (component supply device 3 side), which are long in the X direction, are each a Y direction linear motor 9 that is a Y direction drive motor, The slider fixed to each beam slides and moves individually in the Y direction along a pair of left and right guides that are driven by 99. The Y-direction linear motors 9 and 99 are movable to be fixed to a lower portion of a pair of stators fixed along the pair of left and right bases 1A and 1B and mounting plates provided at both ends of the beams 7 and 8, respectively. It is comprised from the child 9a, 99a.

  The beams 7 and 8 are respectively provided with mounting heads 10 and 11 that move along guides in the longitudinal direction (X direction) by X-direction linear motors 23 and 223 (see FIG. 2) that are X-direction drive motors. The X-direction linear motor includes a pair of front and rear stators fixed to the beams 7 and 8, and a mover provided between the stators and provided on the mounting heads 10 and 11, respectively. Consists of

  Accordingly, the mounting heads 10 and 11 are provided inside the beams 7 and 8 so as to face each other, and the printed circuit board P on the positioning portion of the transport device 2 and the component supply units of the component supply devices 3 and 5 (electronic component supply) The apparatus) 13 is moved above the part extraction position.

  Each mounting head 10, 11 is provided with suction nozzles 101, 111 urged downward by, for example, four springs at predetermined intervals on the circumference. It is also possible to take out electronic components simultaneously from a plurality of component supply units 13 arranged in parallel by suction nozzles located at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions. The suction nozzle can be moved up and down by vertical axis motors 25 and 225 (see FIG. 2), and the mounting heads 10 and 11 are rotated around the vertical axis by the θ-axis motors 26 and 226 (see FIG. 2). As described above, the suction nozzles 5 of the mounting heads 10 and 11 can move in the X direction and the Y direction, can rotate around a vertical line, and can move up and down.

  The mounting heads 10 and 11 are provided with board recognition cameras 14 and 14, respectively, for picking up an image of a positioning mark attached to the printed board P being positioned. Further, the component recognition camera 15 captures images of the electronic components sucked and held by the suction nozzles at once.

  Furthermore, monitors 20 and 201 for displaying an operation screen and the like are provided before and after the electronic component mounting apparatus 1. These monitors 20 and 201 are provided with touch panel switches 21 and 211 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) and operation panels 31 and 32 as input means.

  The operation panels 31 and 32 are configured in the same manner, and are provided at the lower part of the monitor 20 as shown in FIG. 3. The operation panel 31 has a component supply unit preparation (FEEDER READY) button with an interval from the left side to the right side. 51, a power (POWER) button 52, a start (START) button 53, a stop (STOP) button 54, and an operation panel designation (PANEL) button 55 are arranged.

  Each of the buttons 51 to 55 includes a colored cover 61 to 65 and light emitters 71 to 75 such as a light emitting element (LED) provided inside each cover.

  The component supply unit preparation button 51 is pressed by an operator when the component supply unit 13 is replaced. By pressing the component supply unit preparation button 51, the locked state of the component supply unit 3 is released, and replacement is possible. The power button 52 is pressed when the power is turned on or off, and the start switch 53 is pressed when the operation of the apparatus is started after the power is turned on. The stop switch 54 is pressed when stopping the operating device. Further, the operation panel designation button 55 is pressed when designating the touch panel switches 21 and 211 operated by the operator. Of the touch panel switches 21 and 211, the switch of one touch panel switch in which the operation panel designation button 55 is pressed. Only the operator's operation is accepted, and the operation of the touch panel switch of the other monitor is not accepted.

  FIG. 2 is a control block for control related to electronic component mounting of the electronic component mounting apparatus 1 and will be described below. Each element of the electronic component mounting apparatus 1 is centrally controlled by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 16 which is a control device. A ROM (Read Only Memory) 36 for storing a program related to this control and various types A RAM (Random Access Memory) 17 for storing data is connected via a bus line 18. Monitors 20 and 201 and touch panel switches 21 and 211 are connected to the CPU 16 via an interface 22. The Y-direction linear motor 9 and the like are connected to the CPU 16 via a drive circuit 24 and an interface 22.

  The RAM 17 stores NC data for each type of printed circuit board P (substrate type) to be produced. This NC data is composed of operation data, setup data, mounting data, and the like. The operation data includes NC data name comments, the size of the printed circuit board in the X and Y directions, the thickness of the printed circuit board, the presence / absence of advanced parts, the height of advanced parts, and the board finishing mode. Also, the component supply unit 13 for supplying electronic components to printed circuit boards of a plurality of different types of boards to be produced is mounted on the RAM 17 as much as possible, and even if the type of board to be produced changes, the components of the parts supply devices 3 and 5 Parts arrangement data set in advance so as to avoid the replacement operation of the supply unit 13 as much as possible are stored.

  The RAM 13 also stores component library data representing the characteristics of each electronic component composed of shape data, recognition data, control data, and component supply data.

  The CPU 16 is connected to a timer 33 that counts the time since the start button 53 is pressed.

  A recognition processing device 27 is connected to the CPU 16 via the interface 22. The recognition processing device 27 performs recognition processing of an image captured by the board recognition camera 14 or the component recognition camera 15. The processing result is sent to the CPU 16. That is, the CPU 16 outputs an instruction to the recognition processing device 27 so as to perform recognition processing (calculation of misalignment amount, etc.) on the image captured by the board recognition camera 14 or the component recognition camera 15, and also recognizes the recognition processing result. 27 is received.

The operation of the electronic component mounting apparatus having the above configuration will be described below.
When the printed circuit board P is inherited from the upstream device (not shown) and exists on the supply unit of the transport apparatus 2, the printed circuit board P on the supply unit is moved to the positioning unit, and the plane direction of the printed circuit board P and Position in the vertical direction and fix.

  When the printed circuit board P is positioned, the slider 7 slides in the Y direction along the guide extending in the front-rear direction by driving the Y-direction linear motor 9, and the X-direction linear motor is moved. 23, the mounting head 10 moves in the X direction, moves to above the component extraction position of the component supply unit 13, and the suction nozzle 101 is lowered by driving the vertical axis motor to take out the electronic component from the component supply unit 13. In this case, the plurality of suction nozzles 101 can take out electronic components from the tray 4 by moving and rotating the mounting head 10 in the X direction and further raising and lowering the suction nozzles 101. Similarly to the rear beam 7, the front beam 8 moves in the Y direction along a guide extending forward and backward by driving the Y direction linear motor, and the mounting head 11 is moved in the X direction by the X direction linear motor. It moves to above the component take-out position of the component supply unit 13 and lowers the suction nozzle 111 by driving the vertical axis motor to take out the electronic component from the component supply unit 13. In this case, the plurality of suction nozzles 111 can take out electronic components from the component supply unit 13 by moving and rotating the mounting head 11 in the X direction and further raising and lowering the suction nozzles 111.

  That is, first, in accordance with, for example, the step of the mounting data, four electronic components are sequentially taken out from the component supply unit 13 of the component supply device 5 by the mounting head 10 provided on the back beam 7 and at the same time the components are supplied. Four electronic components are sequentially taken out from the component supply unit 13 of the apparatus 3 by the mounting head 11 provided on the beam 8 on the near side. That is, the four suction nozzles 101 of the mounting head 10 provided on the back beam 7 sequentially take out the electronic components from the component supply unit 13 and at the same time, the 4 of the mounting head 11 provided on the front beam 8. Each of the mounting heads 10 and 11 picks up and picks up four electronic components according to the corresponding steps such that the book suction nozzle 111 takes out the electronic components from the component supply unit 13. At this time, the start of component suction by the mounting head 11 on the front side and the start of component suction by the mounting head 10 on the back side, and the end of suction of all components by the mounting head 11 on the front side and the mounting head on the back side are performed. There is a case where the end of the suction of all the parts by 10 is shifted.

  Further, after the removal, the suction nozzles 101 and 111 of both mounting heads 10 and 11 are raised so that the mounting heads 10 and 11 pass above the component recognition camera 15 and both mounting heads 10 and 11 are moved during this movement. The four suction nozzles 101 and 111 are respectively picked up and picked up by four electronic components, and the recognition processing device 27 recognizes the picked-up images to process the picked-up images. Grasp the misalignment of electronic components.

  Thereafter, the substrate recognition camera 8 provided on the mounting heads 10 and 11 of both beams 7 and 8 is moved above each printed circuit board P, and a positioning mark attached to the printed circuit board P positioned on the transport device 2. The recognition processing device 27 recognizes the captured image and grasps the position of each printed circuit board P. Then, by adding the position recognition result of each printed circuit board P and each component recognition processing result to the mounting coordinates of the mounting data, each suction nozzle 101, 111 corrects the positional deviation, and each electronic component is transferred to each printed circuit board P. Install on top.

  As described above, when an electronic component is mounted on the printed circuit board P, if the component supply unit 13 of the component supply device 3 is out of component, the CPU 20 operates to monitor that the component is out. , 201 and a display device such as an unillustrated indicator lamp provided in the electronic component mounting apparatus 1 blinks to notify the operator. Further, the CPU 16 operates, the motors such as the Y-direction linear motors 9 and 99, the X-direction linear motors 23 and 223 are stopped, and the electronic component mounting operation is stopped. When the operator presses the feeder preparation button 51 of the monitor 20 or the monitor 201, the illuminating body 71 that has been lit is turned off and the feeder preparation button 51 is turned off. Further, the component supply unit 13 can be replaced, and the operator replaces the component supply unit 13 in which the component has run out.

  After the replacement work is completed, first, when the operator presses the feeder preparation button 51, the light emitter 71 is turned on and the feeder preparation button 51 is turned on. Next, when the worker presses the start button 53, the electronic component mounting operation starts.

  Hereinafter, the automatic cueing operation of the electronic component when the component supply unit 13 is replaced will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

  The CPU 16 determines whether or not an automatic cueing operation is necessary for a suction target component supply unit (hereinafter, referred to as a suction target component supply unit) 13 before performing an electronic component suction / removal operation from the component supply unit 13 (Step S16). 1). As described above, when the suction target component supply unit 13 is not set up to that point and is a newly installed component supply unit 13 that has been replaced, for example, the CPU 16 is provided in the suction target component supply unit 13. Based on the feeder number (serial number) sent from the control device, it is determined that automatic cueing processing is necessary.

  As a result, the CPU 16 outputs a pitch feed signal to the target suction target component supply unit 3, and the suction target component supply unit 13 is one pitch that is the designated pitch, that is, a distance corresponding to the interval between pockets for storing electronic components. Send the tape (step 2). In parallel with the tape feeding operation, the CPU 16 supplies the suction target component among the board recognition cameras 14 and 14 provided in the mounting head 10 or 11 based on the suction target component supply unit 13 and the positions of the mounting heads 10 and 11. A substrate recognition camera 14 close to the unit 13 is selected. Then, the substrate recognition camera 14 selected in accordance with the movement of the mounting head 10 or 11 moves above the component outlet formed in the suppressor that is a tape press provided in the suction target component supply unit 13 (step 3). .

The board recognition camera 14 that has reached the upper side of the component extraction port images the pocket 47 of the tape 46 through the component extraction port 45. Then, the images of the component outlet 45, the tape 46 and the pocket 47 as shown in FIG. 5 are taken into the recognition processing device 27 and subjected to image processing (step 4). The image processing result is sent to the CPU 16, and the CPU 16 determines whether or not there is an electronic component in the pocket (step 5). When there is no electronic component in the pocket, the process returns to step 2 again, and the above-described suction target component supply unit 13 feeds the tape by one pitch.
Thereafter, as described above, the board recognition camera 14 takes an image of the pocket of the tape through the component outlet, and the image of the pocket is taken into the recognition processing device 27 for image processing. The image processing result is sent to the CPU 16, and the CPU 16 determines whether or not there is an electronic component in the pocket. When there is no electronic component, the process returns to step 2 again, and the suction target component supply unit 13 feeds the tape by one pitch. Note that, based on the image captured by the recognition camera 14, the recognition processing device 27 may recognize whether the electronic component is in the pocket and send the result to the CPU 16.

  Thereafter, similarly, until it is determined by the presence / absence determination of the electronic component in step 5 that there is an electronic component, the tape 1 pitch feed from step 2 to step 5, imaging of the pocket, image recognition, presence / absence of the electronic component in the pocket The judgment is repeated.

  And the pocket which accommodated the electronic component reaches | attains the component extraction opening 45, and the board | substrate recognition camera 14 images the pocket of a tape through a component extraction opening. Then, the images of the component outlet 45, the tape 46, the pocket 47, and the electronic component 48 as shown in FIG. 6 are taken into the recognition processing device 27 and subjected to image processing. The image processing result is sent to the CPU 16, and the CPU 16 determines whether or not there is an electronic component in the pocket. When the CPU 16 determines that the electronic component is in the pocket, the cueing process of the electronic component is completed, and the CPU 16 outputs a signal for starting the operation of sucking the electronic component that has been cueed, as described above. Thus, the electronic component is taken out by the mounting head 10. For the component supply unit 13 for which the automatic cueing has been completed, a flag indicating that the cueing has been completed is provided in the RAM 17 and used to determine whether or not the automatic cueing of the component supply unit 13 is necessary thereafter. Also good. Further, the component supply unit 13 for which the automatic cueing has been completed is not replaced by the component supply device. After that, when the production model is changed, the component supply unit 13 is not used for production and is used again when the production model is switched. In this case, the component supply unit 13 is continuously managed by the CPU 16 so as not to perform the automatic cueing operation.

  As described above, when the suction target component supply unit 13 has not been set so far and is a component supply unit 13 that has been replaced and newly attached, the CPU 16 determines that an automatic cueing process is necessary, as described above. Based on the result of imaging the pocket by the substrate recognition camera 14, the tape is fed one pitch at a time until the pocket containing the electronic component reaches the component outlet, and the cueing operation of the electronic component is automatically performed. When the target component supply unit 13 is replaced, the operator does not need to perform a cueing operation. As a result, the preparation work can be simplified and the work time can be shortened. In addition, it is possible to reliably avoid an abnormality in taking out the electronic component that occurs when the cueing work by the operator is insufficient.

  Furthermore, the time required for the preparation work can be shortened, and the non-operating time of the electronic component mounting apparatus 1 can be reduced to increase the operating time.

  Even when the component supply device 3 is newly installed in an empty lane of the feeder base 12 of the component supply device 3 or 5, when the electronic component is first taken out from the component supply unit 13, the component supply unit 13 is replaced. In the same manner as described above, the same effect can be obtained by feeding the tape one pitch at a time to each component supply unit 13 and automatically cueing the electronic component.

  Further, when the production of one board model in the electronic component mounting apparatus 1 is completed and the next type of board is produced, each of the parts supply devices 3 or 5 mounted with the component supply unit 13 is replaced. When taking out an electronic component from the component supply unit 13, as with the replacement of the component supply unit 13, the tape is fed to each component supply unit 13 one pitch at a time and the electronic component is automatically cued. Thus, the same effect can be obtained.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various alternatives, modifications, and variations can be made by those skilled in the art based on the above description, and the present invention is not limited to the various embodiments described above without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It encompasses alternatives, modifications or variations.

It is a schematic plan view of the electronic component mounting apparatus of an embodiment. It is a control block diagram. It is a front view of a monitor. It is a flowchart which shows the automatic cueing operation | movement in a component supply unit. It is a figure of the picked-up image of a component taking-out port, a tape, and an empty pocket. It is a figure of the picked-up image of the pocket which accommodated the component taking-out port, the tape, and the electronic component.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic component mounting apparatus 2 Conveyance apparatus 3 Component supply apparatus 5 Component supply apparatus 7, 8 Beam 10, 11 Mounting head 13 Component supply unit 16 CPU (control apparatus)
17 RAM (storage device 20 monitor 47 pocket

Claims (5)

  The electronic parts that are detachably equipped with the electronic parts supply device that feeds the tapes containing the electronic parts to the respective storage portions formed side by side in the delivery direction and sends the electronic parts to the parts extraction position. In an electronic component mounting apparatus having a mounting head for taking out an electronic component from a tape of a supply device and moving and mounting the electronic component on a printed circuit board, the camera for imaging the storage unit at the component extraction position and the electronic component supply device are attached A recognition device for recognizing whether or not an electronic component is housed in the housing portion based on an image captured by the camera, and a control device for feeding the tape when the electronic device is not recognized by the recognition device. An electronic component mounting apparatus comprising the electronic component mounting apparatus.   Removably equipped and attached with an electronic component supply device that intermittently feeds a tape containing electronic components to each storage portion formed side by side in the delivery direction and sends the electronic components to the component extraction position An electronic component mounting apparatus including a mounting head that takes out an electronic component from a tape of the electronic component supply device, moves and mounts the electronic component on a printed circuit board, and a camera that images the storage unit at the component extraction position, and the electronic component supply When the device is attached, it is determined whether or not an electronic component is stored in the storage unit based on an image captured by the camera for each tape feeding operation. An electronic component mounting device comprising: a control device that stops the tape feeding operation when it changes from being stored to being stored.   Removably equipped and attached with an electronic component supply device that intermittently feeds a tape containing electronic components to each storage portion formed side by side in the delivery direction and sends the electronic components to the component extraction position In an electronic component mounting apparatus including a mounting head that takes out an electronic component from the tape of the electronic component supply device and moves and mounts the electronic component on a printed circuit board, a camera that images the storage unit at the component extraction position, and the electronic component mounting When the device is attached, it is determined whether or not an electronic component is stored in the storage unit based on an image captured by the camera for each tape feeding operation. When the determination result indicates that the electronic component is not stored, the tape is fed and the storage is not performed. And a control device for starting a component picking-up operation by the mounting head when it changes from being stored to being stored. Chakusochi.   A detachable cart is connected to an electronic component supply device that intermittently feeds a tape containing electronic components to each storage portion formed side by side in the delivery direction and sends the electronic components to the component extraction position, A camera for picking up an electronic component from a tape of the electronic component supply device of a connected cart, and having a mounting head for moving and mounting the electronic component on a printed circuit board, and a camera for imaging the storage unit at the component extraction position; When the cart is connected, it is determined whether or not an electronic component is stored in the storage unit based on an image captured by the camera for each tape feeding operation. And a control device that starts a component picking-up operation by the mounting head when the storage head changes to the storage state. Article mounting device.   An electronic component supply device that detachably feeds a tape containing electronic components to each storage portion formed side by side in the feed-out direction and sends the electronic components to the component extraction position is detachable, and is mounted by a mounting head. In the electronic component mounting method in which an electronic component is taken out from the electronic component supply device, moved, and mounted on a printed circuit board, the storage is performed based on an image captured by a camera for each tape feeding operation when the electronic component supply device is mounted. It is determined whether or not an electronic component is stored in the section, and when the determination result is not stored, the tape is fed, and when the determination result is changed from not stored to stored, the component pick-up operation by the mounting head is started. An electronic component mounting method characterized by the above.

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