Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Multiple station assembly or disassembly apparatus
Patent
1991-04-04
1992-06-02
Gorski, Joseph M.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Multiple station assembly or disassembly apparatus
29822, 83167, 83415, 83451, 414416, B23P 1900
Patent
active
051175541
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for handling multi-board panels in order to liberate therefrom individual circuit boards which may or may not have been prepopulated with the electrical components. Each panel is supported above a receiving tray on a top shuttle and transported from a load/unload station to a routing station at which tabs or webs which retain the circuit boards in the panel are removed. Removal of the boards is facilitated by X-positioning of the panel and Y-positioning of the router according to a programmable controller. The tray receives liberated boards from the top shuttle which is then cycled back to the load/unload station for unloading scrap, acquiring another tray, and reloading the shuttle with another multi-board panel. During subsequent translation of the loaded top shuttle to the routing station, a bottom shuttle transfers the first tray and liberated circuit boards to the load/unload station for unloading thereof. Elevators are provided at the load/unload station and the routing station for raising and lowering the trays as needed.
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Cencorp, Inc.
Gorski Joseph M.
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