Suction pick-up head

A suction pick-up head comprising a soleplate supporting rows of compartments each comprising a bottom orifice opening out through the bottom face of the soleplate and a top orifice fitted with a moving closure member, a manifold having branches extending over rows of compartments and being connected with the top orifice of the corresponding compartments, the branches of the manifold being interconnected via connections in series or in parallel, the pick-up head having walls forming around the manifold a leakproof box connected to a suction device, the manifold having a suction orifice opening to the inside of the box and an exhaust orifice opening out to the outside of the box, and respective shutters being associated with the suction orifice and the exhaust orifice.