Non-contact sensing and controlling of spacing between a depositing tip and each selected depositing location on a substrate
CA 1296083 C · Owner: Universal Instruments Corporation · Inventors: Levie, Michael M.; Burgin, John I. Jr.; Kane, Michael Joseph
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Dots of adhesive are deposited at selected locations of the surface of a printed circuit board by sensing a reference spacing between an adhesive dispensing nozzle tip advancing toward the substrate and each selected location on the substrate. The advance of the tip is halted at a preferred distance from each selected location. The tip of a vacuum spindle of a pick and place machine is spaced for handling surface mountable device components.
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- Granted February 18, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 18, 2009.
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