To improve production efficiency by decreasing the working processes for printing as much as possible.
The die pickup device is provided with a rotary disk 27 provided with a plurality of suction takeout nozzles 26 for picking up and taking out dies or chip components A from a chip component feeder table 24, and arranged on the peripheral rim with a predetermined interval while being turned intermittently; a converting device 36 for converting upside down the suction takeout nozzles 26 after picking the chip components A up in a suction takeout station; and a printing device 66 for printing on the surface of the chip components A in a condition that a printing surface converted upside down by the converting device 36 is made an upper surface, and a surface having a terminal is made a lower surface while descending the chip components A by a Z-axis driving motor 74 in a printing station.
ICHIKAWA YOSHIO
TOMIZAWA TERUYUKI
