Alignment of singulated workpieces
AssigneeAsmpt Smt Singapore Pte. Ltd.
InventorsSimon Stuart PAPE, Neil SHORT, Jacob Dylan OLDHAM, Jason Mark EDELSTEIN, Marius NEL
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Abstract
A workpiece aligner, comprising: a base, an actuation assembly for moving a workpiece support, and wherein the actuation assembly comprises first, second and third rotary actuators, each rotary actuator driving a respective cammed rotor which, when rotated, causes the support to move relative to the base, such that the actuation assembly is selectively operative to move the support to cause a translation of the support parallel to a plane, a rotation of the support about an axis orthogonal to that plane, or a combination of said translation and said rotation.
Claims18
A workpiece aligner for aligning a workpiece supported thereon, comprising:
- a base,
- a support for supporting the workpiece thereon, and
- an actuation assembly for moving the support,
- wherein
- the actuation assembly comprises first, second and third rotary actuators, each rotary actuator driving a respective cammed rotor which, when rotated, causes the support to move relative to the base,
- such that the actuation assembly is selectively operative to move the support to cause a translation of the support parallel to a plane, a rotation of the support about an axis orthogonal to that plane, or a combination of said translation and said rotation.
A mounting for supporting one or more workpiece aligners thereon, comprising an upper surface having one or more docks for releasably and repeatably receiving a respective workpiece aligner,
- each dock comprising electrical contacts for exchanging electrical signals with the respective workpiece aligner and a vacuum port which aligns with a vacuum aperture of the respective workpiece aligner when received therein, and
- wherein the mounting comprises a pneumatic manifold for providing an at least partial vacuum to each of the workpiece aligners, via the respective vacuum ports, supported thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.