A component-handling device for removing components from a structured component supply and for depositing the removed components at a receiving device. A first turning device having a plurality of receiving units receives a component from the structured component supply at a dispensing point, to turn the received component by a first predetermined angle about the longitudinal or transverse axis of the received component, and to convey the same to a transfer point. A second turning device having a plurality of receiving units receives the component at the transfer point from a receiving unit of the first turning device, to turn the received component by a second predetermined angle about the longitudinal or transverse axis of the received component, and to convey the same to a depositing point. Position sensors detect position data of the turning devices, and position data of the components located on the receiving units.

After one suction nozzle turns from one arrangement pitch ahead of a work position toward the work position and immediately before the suction nozzle starts descent at the work position, an image of a side portion of the suction nozzle is captured. Parameters are used for controlling the imaging operation. The parameters include descent start timing when each of the suction nozzles starts descent during mounting of an electronic component, and data required for determining an imaging time necessary from when a camera starts imaging of the suction nozzle until the camera ends the imaging. Imaging is completed immediately before the one suction nozzle starts descent at the work position.

A mounter capable of curtailing interference between a mounting head that has a component holding section, and an exchange-use component holding section and a storage section that holds the exchange-use component holding section. A controller of the mounter reads head identification information for identifying the mounting head from the mounting head. Also, different quantities of protruding sections are formed on nozzle tray in accordance with the height in the Z-axis direction. Also, pressure switches that are pressed by protruding sections so as to turn on and off are provided on loading plate on which nozzle tray is loaded. By this, the controller is able to determine whether interference will occur between the mounting head and nozzle tray based on the detection signal of the pressure switches before the mounting head is moved.

A positioning module includes a positioning element, an arc-shaped guiding unit, an actuating element, and a magnetic element. The positioning element is rotatably disposed at an object. The arc-shaped guiding unit is disposed between the positioning element and the object and is configured to enable the positioning element to rotate on an arc center of the arc-shaped guiding unit. The actuating element is connected to the positioning element and is configured to drive the positioning element. The magnetic element is disposed at another object and is configured to drive the actuating element. An engaging surface of the object is connected to another engaging surface of the another object, and a position of the actuating element corresponds to the magnetic element, so that a portion of the positioning element extends into another accommodation space of the another object. An electronic device having the positioning module is further provided.

A nozzle holder that detachably holds a nozzle in a lower end portion of a main shaft is configured to have a tubular shape having an insertion hole into which an installed portion of the nozzle is inserted, and to include a holder tube portion in which an opening portion leading to the insertion hole is formed on one side surface of the holder tube portion, a clamp lever which has an engaging portion engaged via the opening portion with the installed portion of the nozzle inserted into the insertion hole, and a clamp spring which biases the engaging portion to the installed portion of the nozzle inserted into the insertion hole.

A measurement device that can improve measurement accuracy and increase the number of times of service of a measurement jig. The measurement device includes a movement control section that positions the measurement jig at an instructed position in the transfer direction, an imaging control section that images the positioned measurement jig by the measurement camera and acquires an image data, an image processing section that calculates an actual position of the measurement jig based on multiple measurement marks which are included in the image data, and an error measurement section that measures a positioning error in the transfer direction due to the driving device based on the instructed position and the actual position.

A component mounting machine used for effectively avoiding interference between a head main body and a station during exchange of a component holding tool attached to the head main body, the component mounting machine including a head main body to detachably hold a component holding member to hold a component; a head moving mechanism to move the head main body; a station attached to the component mounting machine main body, and to hold an exchange-use component holding member; a station moving mechanism to move the station; and a control device configured to use the station moving mechanism to change a height position in the raising and lowering direction of the station during exchange of the component holding member to be attached to the head main body in accordance with a height position in the raising and lowering direction of the head main body.

A calculation device for a work machine comprising a holding head including a holding tool configured to hold a lead component comprising a lead and a body and a moving device configured to move the holding head, the calculation device calculating a release position of the lead component held by the holding tool, when the work machine mounts the lead component on a board by inserting the lead of the lead component held by the holding tool into a hole formed on the board by operating the moving device.

Systems and methods for reducing displacement of selected components during Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) manufacturing are described. In some embodiments, a PCBA manufacturing tool may include: a bar having a first end and a second end; a movable pin coupled to the first end, the movable pin configured to be inserted into a first hole of a PCB; and a fixed pin coupled to the second end, the fixed pin configured to be inserted into a second hole of the PCB.

Electronic component supply device of the present invention includes multiple feeders each having an individual control section configured to operate by use of operation software to control a tape feeding mechanism, a host control section capable of holding update software configured to be replaced with at least part of the operation software, and multiple information transmission sections connected between the host control section and the individual control sections of the multiple feeders so as to transmit information and configured to transmit the update software from the host control section to the individual control sections independently of one another. According to this configuration, the multiple information transmission sections can transmit the update software to the different feeders in parallel in terms of time, whereby the updating time can be shortened significantly compared with a case where update software is transmitted sequentially to multiple feeders.