A maintenance management device comprises: an inspection device configured to inspect an exchangeable element in a component mounting machine configured to mount a component on a circuit board; and an information management section configured to store statistical information in which results of multiple inspections with the inspection device are linked to identification information for each of multiple exchangeable elements targeted for inspection.

An automatic exchanging device is provided which moves alongside the front face of a component mounting line. When an automatic exchange request for a feeder is generated in any of multiple component mounting machines constituting the component mounting line, the automatic exchanging device moves to the front of the component mounting machine in which the automatic exchange request was generated to automatically exchange the feeder. When a new automatic exchange request is generated in any one of the component mounting machines, a pull-out operation of a predetermined number of component mounting machines is prohibited, from the component mounting machine facing the automatic exchanging device toward the position of the component mounting machine in which the new automatic exchange request was generated.

A component mounting system includes multiple component mounting lines where multiple component mounters and a feeder storage are aligned along a board conveyance direction, a feeder exchange device configured to move along the board conveyance direction to exchange the feeder between the component mounter and the feeder storage of the component mounting line in charge, and a memory device. The feeder exchange device is configured to store an in-process feeder in the feeder storage of the component mounting line in charge, when it is determined, based on production information and feeder information, that there is the in-process feeder that was used in the component mounting line in charge and is scheduled to be used in another component mounting line.

In a case where check unnecessary components (chip components a to c) that do not require checking of the mounted states of the other components before being mounted and check necessary components (die components X and Y) that require checking of the mounted states of the other components before being mounted are mounted on a board, the check unnecessary components are mounted first and the mounted state of each component is inspected. When mounting of the check unnecessary components is completed, the check necessary components are mounted after it is checked that the mounted states of the check unnecessary components are normal based on the inspection results.

In a case where check unnecessary components (chip components a to c) that do not require checking of the mounted states of the other components before being mounted and check necessary components (die components X and Y) that require checking of the mounted states of the other components before being mounted are mounted on a board, the check unnecessary components are mounted first and the mounted state of each component is inspected. When mounting of the check unnecessary components is completed, the check necessary components are mounted after it is checked that the mounted states of the check unnecessary components are normal based on the inspection results.

Provided is an electronic component supply system determining the types of electronic components installed on component pallets at a time when the electronic components are installed on the component pallets for installation, which determines the types of the electronic components installed on the component pallets based on planned multiple jobs continuously performed by multiple electronic component mounting machines to which the component pallets are attached and an execution order for the jobs such that the number of the component pallets exchanged during job switching is minimized.

A method for mounting a component (100) on a workpiece (106), the method comprising obtaining information regarding a surface topography of at least one of a mounting surface (102) of the component and a local surface (108) of the workpiece onto which the component is to be mounted. The method further comprises forming a plurality of deposits (110) of a viscous medium on at least one of the mounting and local surfaces, wherein each of the plurality of deposits has a height (/½, /½, h3) based on the obtained information, and is formed by individually applying at least one droplet (234) of the viscous medium (232) using non-contact dispensing. The method further comprises placing the component on the substrate, such that the plurality of deposits of viscous medium forms a connection between the component and the workpiece.

A component mounting system is a system in which a mounting machine and an inspection device are connected to a management device so as to enable data communication therewith. The mounting machine includes a mounting analysis unit that acquires suction position shift data for each component mounting operation of a mounting head. The inspection device includes an inspection analysis unit that acquires mounting position shift data corresponding to each of a plurality of target mounting positions. The management device includes a mark generating unit and a display unit. Based on each suction position shift data and each mounting position shift data, the mark generating unit generates a suction shift mark and a mounting shift mark each of which visualizes the direction and the size of a positional shift. The display unit displays each suction shift mark or each mounting shift mark at each marking position on board graphics.

Necessary unit data indicative of the type and number of equipment units used in component mounting operation is obtained on the basis of production plan data, mounting data, and component library for each of production lots in advance. New allocation processing for allocating an equipment unit necessary for production execution of a new production lot to be newly produced on an electronic component mounting line for the new production lot on the basis of the necessary unit data is executed, and component reservation processing for registering the allocation result as the inventory data is conducted by a unit reservation unit.

A board work management device manages a production line having multiple board work machines that produces electronic-component-mounted-boards by the multiple work machines each being set to perform specified work with respect to the board, with each of multiple of the boards being conveyed sequentially to each of the multiple board work machines, and each of the multiple board machines performing their respective work on each of the multiple boards. The device includes: a board work quantity reset switch; a board work quantity counting section that counts each board on which, from among the multiple board work machines, at least one board work machine has performed work, for each of the at least one board work machines; a board work quantity memory section that memorizes the board work quantity of the board work machine counted by the board work quantity counting section; and a board work quantity resetting section that, when the board work quantity reset switch is operated, resets the board work quantity of a specified board work machine among the at least one board work machines memorized by the board work quantity memory section while the multiple board work machines are operating.