Vertical circuit board printer
AssigneesFu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorXUE-QIN ZHANG
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Abstract
A vertical circuit board printer includes a multi-layer conveyor, a printer assembly, and a control system. The multi-layer conveyor includes a number of front conveyors and one rear conveyor. Each upper front conveyor is coupled to a lower front conveyor by a circuit board-lowering mechanism to transport a number of circuit boards in sequence from the number of front conveyors to the rear conveyor. The printer assembly includes a number of printers arranged in sequence above the number of front conveyors. The control system controls operation of the multi-layer conveyor and controls operation of the printing assembly through a software system.
Claims13
A vertical circuit board printer comprising:
- a multi-layer conveyor comprising a plurality of front conveyors and one rear conveyor, each upper front conveyor is coupled to a lower front conveyor by a circuit board-lowering mechanism to transport a plurality of circuit boards in sequence from the plurality of front conveyors to the rear conveyor;
- a printer assembly comprising a plurality of printers arranged in sequence above the plurality of front conveyors;
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- a control system controlling operation of the multi-layer conveyor and controlling operation of the printing assembly through a software system.
A method of vertically printing a circuit board, the method comprising:
- inputting a circuit board on every front conveyor of a multi-layer conveyor;
- controlling, by a control system, transport of the circuit board on the multi-layer conveyor;
- printing, by a printer assembly controlled by a software system of the control system, the circuit board;
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- outputting the printed circuit board from a rear conveyor coupled to the front conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.