Method and device for the insertion of components, in particular electrical components, preferably chips, into depressions of a tape
First Claim
1. A method for the insertion of structural components into available depressions of a tape at a component discharge, said method comprising:
- (a) feeding the components, in a predetermined orientation, on multiple paths to a component intake;
(b) receiving the first component of each path by a pickup slot on a transport element rotating about a shaft;
(c) testing the components of each group;
(d) removing defective components from the pickup slots of the transport element at a discard station following in the direction of rotation of the transfer element;
(e) transporting the remaining non-defective components by the transfer element to a subsequent station; and
(f) inserting the non-defective components into the said available depressions of the tape.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a novel method for the insertion of structural components, in particular electrical components and, in this connection, preferably chips, into depressions of a tape available on a component discharge, in which (method) the said components, in a predetermined orientation, are fed in multiple paths to a component intake and from there the first component of each path is in each instance received by a pickup slot on a transfer element rotating about a shaft and the components of each group so formed are tested and then inserted commonly into the available depressions at the component discharge when all components of the group have been found to be free of defects upon testing, and in which (method) defective components are removed from the pickup slots of the transfer element.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for the insertion of structural components into available depressions of a tape at a component discharge, said method comprising:
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(a) feeding the components, in a predetermined orientation, on multiple paths to a component intake; (b) receiving the first component of each path by a pickup slot on a transport element rotating about a shaft; (c) testing the components of each group; (d) removing defective components from the pickup slots of the transport element at a discard station following in the direction of rotation of the transfer element; (e) transporting the remaining non-defective components by the transfer element to a subsequent station; and (f) inserting the non-defective components into the said available depressions of the tape. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device for the insertion of structural components into available depressions of a tape at a component discharge, said device having:
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(a) means for multiple-path feed of the components in a predetermined orientation to a component intake of the device; (b) a transport element capable of rotating about a shaft; (c) said transport element being a drum having a shaft which forms the axis of the machine; (d) said transport element having a plurality of groups of pickup slots for the components; (e) the groups of pickup slots at the outer surface of the drum being formed along a surface line which runs parallel to the drum shaft; (f) said transport element being capable of transporting a group of components from the component intake to the component discharge; and (g) means for insertion of the components of each group of pickup slots at the component discharge into depressions in a tape. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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