Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making
Patent
1990-05-04
1991-08-20
Arbes, Carl J.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Electrical device making
29740, 29759, 414225, H05K 334, B23P 1900
Patent
active
050402919
ABSTRACT:
A multi-spindle pick and place head is moveable in X and Y in order to pick up a group of components simultaneously, one component per spindle, at a pick station and to transport them to a placement station at which the components are placed simultaneously on corresponding placement sites of a printed circuit board. Each spindle or the whole head is moveable in Z, as required. Each component may be "SCOT" processed (e.g., squared, centered, oriented and/or tested) while on the spindle and during transport to the placement site. In another embodiment, two multi-spindle heads may operate in parallel, along with a separate "SCOT" station intermediate of the pick and place stations, such that one head transports a group of components from the pick station to the "SCOT" station for processing and the other head transports at least part of that group of processed components from the "SCOT" station to the placement station. In both of these embodiments, each spindle may be further translatable in X and Y, relative to the head of the multi-spindle head, in order to compensate for discrepancies between "nominal" and "actual" patterns of pick and/or placement sites. Vision systems common to the industry may be located at the pick station, place station, "SCOT" station, and/or on the moveable head, as required.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4135630 (1979-01-01), Synder et al.
patent: 4292116 (1981-09-01), Takahashi et al.
patent: 4342090 (1982-07-01), Caccoma et al.
patent: 4345371 (1982-08-01), Ohsawa et al.
patent: 4458412 (1984-07-01), Dean et al.
patent: 4480780 (1984-11-01), Claeskens et al.
patent: 4501183 (1985-02-01), Dean et al.
patent: 4520557 (1985-06-01), Harigane et al.
patent: 4587703 (1986-05-01), Azizi et al.
patent: 4611397 (1986-09-01), Janisiewicz et al.
patent: 4631816 (1986-12-01), Fujita et al.
patent: 4705311 (1987-11-01), Ragard
patent: 4721907 (1988-01-01), Dean et al.
patent: 4769904 (1988-09-01), Porterfield et al.
patent: 4868973 (1989-09-01), Fujishiro
patent: 4868979 (1989-09-01), Fukushima et al.
patent: 4881319 (1989-11-01), Yagi et al.
patent: 4914808 (1990-04-01), Okumura et al.
patent: 4914809 (1990-04-01), Fukai et al.
IBM Tech. Discl. Bulletin, vol. 22, #7, Dec. '79, pp. 2757-2761, "Multiple Size Chip Pickup, Orientation and Placement Station".
Janisiewicz Stanley W.
Kukowski John A.
Snyder Michael D.
Arbes Carl J.
Universal Instruments Corporation
LandOfFree
Multi-spindle pick and place method and apparatus does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Multi-spindle pick and place method and apparatus, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Multi-spindle pick and place method and apparatus will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-999739