Abstract: A challenge to be met by the present invention is to provide an electronic component mounting system that can provide accurate operation instruction by displaying an operation instruction screen on a display panel in sufficient amount of information and an operation instruction method for use in the electronic component mounting system. In an electronic component mounting system formed by interlinking a plurality of machines in series, a main screen making up an operation instruction screen is displayed on a display panel (20) belonging to an operation target machine (M*) to be operated by a machine operator, and a sub-screen (1) and another sub-screen (2) of the operation instruction screen are displayed in a preset display format on respective display panels (20) belonging to two adjacent machines [M(L) and M(R)] placed adjacently on both sides of the operation target machine (M*) among the plurality of machines.

Abstract: This invention provides a production condition determining method by which a production schedule of boards can be determined in a short time. The production condition determining method is for determining production conditions, under which various types of boards are to be produced. This method includes: judging whether or not all of part feeders necessary to produce the various types of boards can be stored simultaneously in part supplying units in a mounter, by comparing the number of the necessary part feeders, with the number of part feeders which can be stored in the part supplying units; and outputting a guidance for modifying the production conditions so that the various types of boards can be produced, when the judgment is made that all of the necessary part feeders cannot be stored simultaneously in the part supplying units.

Abstract: An component mounter including a warning notification apparatus, which includes a warning generating unit which generates a warning for notifying that an action involving human resource is required, by referring to warning generation information, a warning level judging unit which judges a level of the warning indicating difficulty of an action to be taken in response to the warning by referring to warning level judgment information, and a warning notification unit which specifies an operator permitted to perform the action in response to the warning by referring to execution permission authentication information, and outputs the warning notifying the specified operator of the warning.

Abstract: This invention provides a production condition determining method by which a production schedule of boards can be determined in a short time. The production condition determining method is for determining production conditions, under which various types of boards are to be produced. This method includes: judging whether or not all of part feeders necessary to produce the various types of boards can be stored simultaneously in part supplying units in a mounter, by comparing the number of the necessary part feeders, with the number of part feeders which can be stored in the part supplying units; and outputting a guidance for modifying the production conditions so that the various types of boards can be produced, when the judgment is made that all of the necessary part feeders cannot be stored simultaneously in the part supplying units.

Abstract: An electronic component is inspected before it is mounted onto a substrate. The electronic component has a plurality of lead rows, each lead row including plural leads arrayed in a line along and protruding from a side face of a main body of the electronic component. Positional data of the plural leads, including altitudinal values representing heights of respective leads, are measured. A plurality of approximate lines are obtained on the basis of the positional data, each approximate line approximating each lead row on a side face of the electronic component main body. Any faulty lead, extraordinarily deformed compared with other leads, is detected on the basis of the positional data. A mutual positional relationship is obtained between the approximate lines, and it is judged whether the mutual positional relationship is within a predetermined range.