Component placement apparatus
CA 2318153 A1 · Owner: Tdao Limited · Inventors: Lowe, John Michael
Overview
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A component placement apparatus (1) comprises a component placement station (2) having a support table (3) for positioning a sheet of printed circuit boards (4). Three carrier plates (7a,b,c) are cycled around the component placement apparatus (1). Plate (7a) moves past a head mount (8) on which pick and place heads (9) are mounted. The head mount (8) is moved up and down in a vertical plane and plate (7a) moves below the pick and place heads (9) in a horizontal plane. Tapes (10) carrying microchips or other components (11) are moved over rollers (12) in a horizontal plane in the same direction as the plate (7a). Plates (7a,b,c) have holes (13) through the plate and indentations …
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- Filed January 28, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 28, 2019.
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