A component supply device including: a stage configured such that components can be scattered on the stage; a slide device configured to slide the stage; a contacting section configured to contact the component scattered on the stage in accordance with sliding of the stage by the slide device; and a control device configured to control operation of the slide device, wherein the control device includes a determining section configured to determine whether the stage has been slid to a set position when the stage is slid towards the contacting section, and an operation control section configured to control operation of the slide device so as to, in a case in which it is determined by the determining section that the stage has not been slid to the set position, after sliding the stage in a direction away from the contacting section, once again slide the stage towards the contacting section.

A loose component supply device including: component support member 150 configured to support multiple components in a scattered state; component collection container 180 configured to collect the components supported on the component support member via an opening in the component collection container; and a container oscillating device configured to scatter the components collected inside the component collection container onto the component support surface by swinging the component collection container such that the opening of the collection container faces the component support member. By this, because components are scattered on the component support member directly form the component collection container, the cycle time is shortened, thereby improving practicality of a component supply device.

A component supply device includes multiple magazines each provided with multiple slots accommodating the respective pallets by allotting one or more of the slots depending on the height of the accommodating section, the multiple magazines including a first magazine accommodating the pallets to be dispensed to a supply area of the components, and a second magazine accommodating the pallets to be transferred to and from the first magazine; and a control device, in a case of moving the pallet from the first magazine to the second magazine among the multiple magazines, setting a moving destination from among available slots based on the accommodation information about the second magazine taking into consideration a number of slots occupied by the pallet to be moved, and controlling the loading/unloading device so as to move the pallet to the moving destination.

A method for transporting and installing an electronic device having at least one first electrical contact element includes fixing the electronic device in a recess or interior of a reusable transport and assembly module such that access to the at least one first contact element is blocked by a protective element, transporting the transport and assembly module and the electronic device into a connection region of an electrical apparatus, removing the protective element so that the at least one first contact element is accessible, actuating an actuation apparatus provided on the transport and assembly module to move the electronic device in a direction out of the recess or interior into a contact position in which the at least one first contact element is brought into electrical contact with at least one second contact element provided on the electrical apparatus, and removing the transport and assembly module.

A loose component supply device including: component support member 150 configured to support multiple components in a scattered state; component collection container 180 configured to collect the components supported on the component support member via an opening in the component collection container; and a container oscillating device configured to scatter the components collected inside the component collection container onto the component support surface by swinging the component collection container such that the opening of the collection container faces the component support member. By this, because components are scattered on the component support member directly form the component collection container, the cycle time is shortened, thereby improving practicality of a component supply device.

A method in an automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse configured to store bins at predetermined positions within said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse, the method comprising receiving a bin at a port of said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse and scanning an identity tag attached to said bin to obtain a bin ID.

An electronic-circuit-component pick-up instruction data generating device is provided that generates pick-up instruction data for automatically picking up an electronic circuit component from a nonmatrix tray defined to have nonmatrix arrangement in which arrangeable positions of the electronic circuit components are arranged in a nonmatrix pattern, other than a matrix tray defined to have matrix arrangement in which arrangeable positions of a plurality of the electronic circuit components are regularly arranged in a matrix pattern in a state of being positioned at all the intersection points made by two groups of straight lines that are parallel to two directions orthogonal to each other, respectively, and that are separated at regular intervals for each direction. An electronic-circuit-component mounting machine is provided that picks up an electronic circuit component from the nonmatrix tray based on generated pick-up instruction data, and automatically mounts the component on a circuit board.

A nozzle management device includes a plurality of pallets, each of the pallets configured to house a plurality of nozzles; a pallet storage device configured to store the pallets; and a pallet moving device configured to move the pallets.

A method and a system for providing operator information in an Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system comprising an SMT information database, a SMT pick and place machine and an identity tag scanner, the method comprising: receiving a bin in said SMT pick and place machine, wherein said bin is adapted to comprise vertically oriented bin load units, wherein said bin load unit has an pallet identity tag attached to the bin load units upwards facing surface; starting SMT production on said SMT pick and place machine; scanning individual identity tags attached to bin load units comprising component tape reels to obtain bin load units IDs.

A method in an automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse configured to store bins at predetermined positions within said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse, the method comprising receiving a bin at a port of said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse and scanning an identity tag attached to said bin to obtain a bin ID.