Vertically separated pass through conveyor system and method in surface mount technology process equipment

A system comprising:

• a piece of equipment configured to perform an operation on an electronic substrate;
• a substrate support assembly configured to support the electronic substrate in a work position of a piece of equipment utilized in a surface mount manufacturing process, the substrate support assembly including a support configured to support and secure the electronic substrate in the work position;
• and
• a sub-system to shuttle the electronic substrate to and from the support of the substrate support assembly, the sub-system including a first track and a second track horizontally displaced from the first track, the first track mounted on a first displacement mechanism configured to horizontally displace the first track relative to the second track,
• wherein the sub-system is configured to move the first track and the second track from a first state in which the first track is at a same vertical level as the second track to a second state in which the first track is raised by the first displacement mechanism and the second track is laterally moved by a second displacement mechanism to position the second track under the first track.

A system comprising:

• a piece of equipment configured to perform an operation on an electronic substrate;
• a substrate support assembly configured to support the electronic substrate in a work position of a piece of equipment utilized in a surface mount manufacturing process, the substrate support assembly including a support configured to support and secure the electronic substrate in the work position;
• and
• a sub-system to shuttle the electronic substrate to and from the support of the substrate support assembly in a first direction, the sub-system including a first track and a second track horizontally displaced from the first track, the first track mounted on a first displacement mechanism configured to horizontally displace the first track relative to the second track, the sub-system further including a mechanism configured to rotate the electronic substrate and to deliver the electronic substrate to at least one of the first and the second track for movement in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the first direction.