Unit unloading system

An IC unit unloading system comprising:

• a chute intermediate a net table and an unloading zone, said chute having a plurality of channels, each channel arranged to receive a unit, and sized so as to allow a portion of the unit to project above a top surface of said chute;
• the channels, at a receiving end, having a first pitch and at an unloading end, having a second pitch, the first pitch being less than the second pitch;
• a drawer arranged to move along the chute from the receiving end to the unloading end, said drawer having a gate, said gate having a unit contact face positioned to be proximate to the top surface of the chute;
• said unit contact face arranged to contact the units and draw the units along the respective channel as the drawer moves along the chute;
• wherein the unit contact face is arranged to allow the units to slide laterally across the unit contact face so as to move from the first pitch to the second pitch;
• and
• wherein the gate is arranged to move from an open position, whereby the unit contact face is distal from the chute, and a closed position whereby the unit contact face is arranged to contact the units.