MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR PRINTED WIRING BOARD

PURPOSE: To provide an equipment for mounting a printed wiring board for economically processing all types of components in an extremely short time with good flexibility. CONSTITUTION: Each of printed boards Lp1-4 is allotted to respective mounting heads Bk1-4 fixedly arranged at intervals, and the printed boards Lp1-4 are sent to the corresponding mounting positions Bp1-4 at the same time by a printed wiring board shifting equipment Kt. The mounting heads Bk1-4 respectively operate, when the heads reach mounting positions Bk1-4 which are allotted to the mounting heads on the printed wiring boards. When the mounting program is completed, the printed wiring boards Lp1-4 are moved forward by one mounting head pitch, and at that time, the first mounting head Bk1 in the transfer direction Tr1 is supplied with an unmounted printed wiring board Lup, and a mounting completed printed wiring board Lpf is carried out from the last mounting head Bk4.