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Surface mount machine with lead coplanarity verifier

  • US 4,959,898 A
  • Filed: 05/22/1990
  • Issued: 10/02/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A machine for placing surface mount electronic components having a plurality of rows of horizontally extending leads with the tips of the leads lying in a single plane and the tips of the leads in any row lying along a straight line, the machine comprising;

  • mirror means,means for locating a surface mount electronic component at a selected position relative to said mirror means,means for illuminating a composite image of the located component composed of a top view in the central portion of the field of view with four side views along the peripheral portion of the field of view such that an image is obtained of both the bottom surface of the component as well as the row of lead tips as viewed reflected from said mirror means,camera means looking at said mirror means to see said reflected lead tips to define the Z location for each lead tip,means for calibrating said system such that a precise coordinate mapping is obtained between the composite 3-D (X,Y,Z) object space comprised of the four side views reflected from said mirror means and the one direct top view to the 2-D (X,Y) image space,means for correcting the defined Z location for each lead tip to compensate for optical effects,means for determining the best reference plane for said lead tips,means for calculating the actual Z deviation for each lead tip from the best reference plane, andmeans for rejecting the component if the Z deviation for at least one lead tip exceeds a maximum allowable deviation.

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