Apparatus and method for corrective soldering
AssigneeVitronics Soltec B.V.
InventorsJohannes Coleta Maria Van Den Broek, Lambertus Petrus Christinus Willemen, Gerardus Johannes Adrianus Maria Diepstraten
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for soldering an object comprising several soldered joints, which method comprises the steps of mechanically soldering of at least some of the soldered joints, visually assessing the soldered joints, and correctively soldering the visually assessed soldered joints that do not meet the relevant quality requirements, wherein said visual assessment takes place by means of a video camera and a computing device connected to the video camera, in which computing device the assessment criteria for the soldered joints are stored. The invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out such a method.
Claims16
Method for soldering an object comprising several soldered joints, which method comprises the steps of:
- mechanically soldering of at least some of the soldered joints;
- visually assessing the soldered joints;
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- correctively soldering the visually assessed soldered joints that do not meet the relevant quality requirements, characterized in that said visual assessment takes place by means of a video camera and a computing device connected to the video camera, in which computing device the assessment criteria for the soldered joints are stored.
Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said transport takes place by means of a robot.
Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said apparatus is suitable for soldering printed circuit boards.
Apparatus for soldering objects comprising several soldered joints, which apparatus comprises:
- a conveyor for supplying the objects to be soldered and discharging the soldered objects;
- a soldering device for soldering the objects to be soldered,
- characterized by a video camera for recording at least one image of at least some of the soldered joints made by the soldering device;
- a computing device connected to the video camera for receiving from the video camera signals representing images recorded by the video camera, said computing device being arranged for comparing said signals with signals that are representative of correct soldered joints.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.