Apparatus and method for assembling electronic circuits
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Abstract
A device for assembling electronic circuits comprises a placing station (7) for placing circuit components on a circuit carrier (1) held at a placing location (17), a fixing station (19) for fixing the circuit components to the circuit carrier (1) under the effect of heat, and a belt conveyor means (9) for conveying a circuit carrier from the placing location (17) to a take-over location (29) of the fixing station (19). The fixing station (19) comprises a heatable zone (22) and a manipulator (21) for raising the circuit carrier (1) from the take-over location (29) and placing it in the heatable zone (22). A continuous belt conveyor (9) of the belt conveyor means extends from the placing location (17) up to the take-over location (29).
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28 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A method of assembling an electronic circuit on a circuit carrier, comprising the following cyclically repeated steps:
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a) placing components on the circuit carrier at a placing location, and subsequently conveying the circuit carrier equipped with circuit components from the placing location to a hand-over location using one belt conveyor;
b) concurrently with step a), conveying an unequipped circuit carrier between a pickup location and the hand-over location using another belt conveyor;
c) handing over the unequipped circuit carrier to the one belt conveyor and conveying it to the placing location; and
d) taking over the equipped circuit carrier at the take-over location and placing it in a heatable zone using a manipulator. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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