Method for mounting components and an apparatus therefor
First Claim
1. A method of picking up and mounting components with a apparatus comprising a carriage supported for translatory movement, a plurality of pick up devices carried by said carriage and each adapted to pick up a respective component and a sensing station for detecting information from components held by said pick up devices, said method comprising sensing of all components carried by each of said pick up devices in the sensing station a single position of said carriage.
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Abstract
A number of embodiments of component pick up and mounting devices that include a plurality of pick up heads. The speed of the device is improved by providing sensing of the orientation of the components picked up by the pick up devices in a common sensing station. The device also includes means whereby one of the pick up devices may pick up a component large enough to interfere with the picking up of components by the other pick up devices by precluding the picking up of components by the other pick up devices when such a component is picked up by the one pick up device. The device further increases the speed by permitting pick up, recognition and correction of component orientation and mounting either simultaneously or operation of two or more of these functions at the same time on different pick up devices.
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- 1. A method of picking up and mounting components with a apparatus comprising a carriage supported for translatory movement, a plurality of pick up devices carried by said carriage and each adapted to pick up a respective component and a sensing station for detecting information from components held by said pick up devices, said method comprising sensing of all components carried by each of said pick up devices in the sensing station a single position of said carriage.
- 22. A method for picking up and mounting components utilizing an apparatus comprising a carriage assembly supported for translatory movement, a plurality of pick up devices supported by said carriage and each adapted to pick up a respective component, and a sensing station said method comprising picking up of a component by one of said pick up devices simultaneously with the performance of a sensing operation on a component held by another of the pick up devices in the sensing station.
- 26. A method for picking up and mounting components utilizing an apparatus comprising a plurality of pick device each adapted to pick up a respective component all mounted on a common carriage for translatory movement, said pick up devices being positioned in close proximity to each other, said method comprising precluding the picking up of a component by one of said pick up devices when the component picked up by an adjacent pick up device has a configuration that would interfere with a component if picked up by the one pick up device.
- 28. A device for picking up and mounting components comprising a carriage support for translatory movement, a plurality of pick up devices carried by said carriage and each adapted to pick up a respective component and a sensing station including sensing means for detecting information from components held by said pick up devices, said sensing means having a sensing field sensing without interference of all components carried by each of said pick up devices in a single position of said carriage.
- 51. A device for picking up and mounting components comprising a carriage assembly supported for translatory movement, a plurality of pick up devices supported by said carriage for movement relative to said carriage to pick up a respective component, a sensing device for performing a sensing operation carried by said carriage, means for effecting the picking up of a component by one of said pick up devices simultaneously with the performance of an sensing operation by said sensing device on a component carried by another of the pick up devices.
- 55. A device for picking up and mounting components comprising a plurality of pick device each adapted to pick up a respective component all mounted on a common carriage for simultaneous translatory movement, said pick up devices being positioned in close proximity to each other, and control means for precluding the picking up of a component by one of said pick up devices when the component picked up by an adjacent pick up device has a configuration that would interfere with a component if picked up by the one pick up device.
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