Device for mechanically aligning a carrier substrate for electronic circuits

A method for aligning a carrier substrate in accordance with an operation of a device including:

• a horizontal fixture, the first main surface facing upward to the horizontal fixture;
• a plurality of adjusting devices;
• a plurality of shafts;
• and
• a plurality of centering elements for aligning the carrier substrate in the horizontal fixture by being able to be forced to engage on the plurality of peripheral surfaces of the carrier substrate by using a respective one of the plurality of adjustment devices in accordance with a spring tension, wherein:
• the plurality of centering elements shift the carrier substrate in the horizontal fixture into a predetermined position,
• at least two of the plurality of centering elements are each respectively mounted rotationally and displaceably in an axial direction on a respective one of the plurality of shafts,
• each one of the shafts associated with the at least two of the plurality of centering elements is oriented in parallel with each another and in parallel with the horizontal fixture,
• each one of the shafts associated with the at least two of the plurality of centering elements is adjustable by a respective one of the plurality of adjusting devices along a first direction relative to the carrier substrate,
• the at least two of the plurality of centering elements are each able to be forced to engage on a respective one of the plurality of peripheral surfaces, each respective one of the plurality of peripheral surfaces being disposed opposite one another in the first direction by using the spring tension acting in the first direction,
• at least two further centering elements of the plurality of centering elements are each able to be moved relative to the carrier substrate by a further respective one of the plurality of adjusting devices along a second direction running perpendicular to the first direction,
• the at least two further centering elements are each able to be forced to engage with stop faces using the spring tension acting in the second direction at a further respective one of the plurality of peripheral surfaces, each further respective one of the plurality of peripheral surfaces being disposed opposite one another in the second direction, and
• the stop faces are movably supported in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal fixture, the method comprising the step of:
• forcing each one of the plurality of centering elements to engage successively on an associated one of the plurality of peripheral surfaces of the carrier substrate such that one of the at least two further centering elements of the plurality of centering elements is the last to engage the associated one of the plurality of peripheral surfaces.