Suction frame
AssigneeWisco Lasertechnik GmbH
InventorGerhard Alber
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a suction frame for conveying flat workpieces (e.g. circuit boards), a manipulator for equipping the suction frame, and a system for handling flat workpieces, e.g. circuit boards. A method for adjusting a suction frame is also claimed. Overall, the present invention allows suction frames to be equipped in a fully automatic, freely programmable manner for the production of different components within a production line.
Claims3
A system for handling planar workpieces that have dissimilar contours, said system comprising a manipulator, an adapter, a multiplicity of suction units, a transfer station, and a magazine,
- wherein the manipulator is connected to the adapter;
- wherein the adapter comprises a fluid connector and a line network;
- wherein the adapter comprises a multiplicity of coupling receptacles that by way of the line network are connected to the fluid connector;
- wherein the coupling receptacles and the coupling heads are mutually adapted in such a manner that each suction unit is in each case coupleable in a latching manner to the adapter, and is decoupleable in an unlatching manner from the adapter;
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- wherein at least one suction element of each suction unit in the coupled state is connected through the coupling head to the line network of the adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.