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Component feeder and a system for picking components comprising the component feeder

US10518406B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ABB Schweiz AG · CH

Inventors

Daniel Sirkett · Fjärdhundra, SE
Peter Fransson · Västerås, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2015
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 10, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/37555
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A component feeder including a stationary picking surface for receiving components to be picked, a vision system including an image unit arranged to take images of components distributed on the picking surface and a load device including one or more load sensors adapted to detect the presence of a component on the picking surface and the vision system is configured to automatically trigger the image unit to take an image upon detecting the presence of the component on the picking surface.

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