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US 2012/0160902 A1Published application
Wire feed system and method of operating the same
AssigneeKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
InventorsWEI QIN, EDWARD T. LAURENT
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Abstract
A wire feed system for a wire bonding machine is provided. The wire feed system includes (1) a wire supply, and (2) an air guide for receiving a length of wire from the wire supply. The air guide has an air inlet for receiving a pressurized fluid. The wire feed system is configured to apply a variable tension to the length of wire received by the air guide.
Claims10
A method of operating a wire feed system of a wire bonding machine, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a length of wire to an air guide of the wire feed system;
- and
- varying a tension applied to at least a portion of the length of wire provided to the air guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.