Global Patent Index - EP 1040740 A1

EP 1040740 A1 20001004 - A COMPONENT PLACEMENT SYSTEM

Title (en)

A COMPONENT PLACEMENT SYSTEM

Title (de)

BAUTEILPLAZIERUNGSSYSTEM

Title (fr)

SYSTEME DE PLACEMENT DE COMPOSANTS

Publication

EP 1040740 A1 20001004 (EN)

Application

EP 98961339 A 19981218

Priority

  • IE 9800109 W 19981218
  • IE 970896 A 19971218
  • IE 970898 A 19971218

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9931948A1] A placement system (1) has a pair of gantry beams (12) each supporting six placement heads (20) and a camera (30) on the opposite side. All are independently driven by linear motors. The six heads pick six components simultaneously according to a programmed picking configuration. Each beam (12) is coupled to fixed rails (8) by couplers (11) and the linear motors are controlled to skew the beam. This allows the heads to move two-dimensionally with respect to each other for multiple simultaneously placement.

IPC 1-7

H05K 13/04

IPC 8 full level

H05K 13/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H05K 13/0478 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9931948A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9931948 A1 19990624; AU 1680799 A 19990705; EP 1040740 A1 20001004; JP 2002509366 A 20020326

DOCDB simple family (application)

IE 9800109 W 19981218; AU 1680799 A 19981218; EP 98961339 A 19981218; JP 2000539691 A 19981218