Abstract: In order that an air-core coil is sucked by a nozzle with its terminals being horizontal, the terminals of the air-core coil are brought into contact with horizontal regulating surface at the time of the suction or after the suction. The lower end surface of the nozzle is formed to be horizontal to serve as a regulating surface, and the upper surfaces of the terminals are brought into contact therewith. Alternatively, the upper surfaces or the undersurfaces of separately provided regulating plates serve as the regulating surfaces, and the undersurfaces of the upper surfaces of the terminals are brought into contact therewith.

Abstract: A parts mounting apparatus includes a structure (34) on which a spindle (31) is supported to be movable up and down, and the spindle has a vacuum suction path (36). Either a normal nozzle (50) or a nozzle for image recognition (141) can be attached to a lower end of the spindle. When the normal nozzle is attached to the spindle, parts positioning jaws (61a-62b) supported on the structure performs a centering operation of the parts sucked to the normal nozzle in accordance with vertical movement of the spindle by a cam device (90) and a motor (93). When the nozzle for image recognition is attached to the spindle, a CPU (201) controls the motor so that rise of the spindle can be stopped before the nozzle for image recognition enters an operating region of the jaws.