Metal working – Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for... – Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation...
Patent
1989-03-20
1990-03-27
Bilinsky, Z. R.
Metal working
Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for...
Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation...
29741, 29838, 140147, 901 41, B21F 102, H05K 330
Patent
active
049108590
ABSTRACT:
A circuit board assembly system is disclosed. One aspect of the system is the robotic end effector for gripping and inserting each component into the circuit board. The end effector includes a compliance mechanism which compensates for variations in body-to-lead configurations to permit components to be precisely placed without damage to the component body or leads. Another aspect of the system is a programmable lead clinching system for clinching leads of each component as the component is inserted into the circuit board. The clinching system includes a clinch element and a drive system for driving the clinch element through a predetermined series of strokes to clinch the component leads.
The system further includes a component presentation module, with a plurality of component feeder devices for feeding a number of different component types, and a presentation robot for sequentially selecting each component to be inserted in the board and delivering the component to a part presentation station. The system further includes a component lead straightening and cutting system. This latter system operates in combination with the presentation robot to straighten the leads of each component and cut the leads to a predetermined length.
The disclosed system provides a flexible component insertion capability for inserting a wide variety of component types into different types of circuit boards. The system is reconfigurable to a different product without substantial mechanical retooling.
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