Component handling assembly
AssigneeIsmeca Semiconductor Holding SA
InventorsGiovanni Palmisano, Jacques André Matthey Junod, Pascal Dromard, Philippe Roy
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Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided a component handling assembly, comprising, an index table which comprises one or more nests each of which is configured to cooperate with a component to hold the component as the index table is indexed, wherein the one or more nests are configured such that a component which cooperates with a nest is supported above the nest so that the one or more nests can cooperate with components of various sizes, and an alignment means operable to move a component into a predefined orientation before a component co-operates with a nest on the index table. There is further provided a corresponding method of handling a component.
Claims13
A component handling assembly, comprising,
- an index table which comprises one or more nests each of which is configured to cooperate with a component to hold the component as the index table is indexed, wherein the one or more nests are configured such that a component which cooperates with a nest is supported above the nest so that the one or more nests can cooperate with components of various sizes, and
- an alignment means operable to move a component into a predefined orientation before a component co-operates with a nest on the index table.
A method of handling a component, comprising the steps of transporting a component using a turret;
- moving the component into a predefined orientation, while the component is held on the turret;
- transferring the component onto a top surface of a nest on the index table such that the component has a predefined orientation on the index table.
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