Continuous truck mounted printed circuit board plating system
US4337134A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K3/241
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A printed circuit board plating line which includes a plurality of trucks mounted on trolleys for linear movement above a series of spaced cleaning, plating and etching tanks for transportation of printed circuit board material through the tanks under continuous computer control. The cleaning, plating and etching operations are arranged in two groups of tanks. Following the traverse of the first group of tanks, the printed circuit boards are removed from their respective plating racks which depend from the moveable trucks, and sent through an inspection operation which ensures the image plated thereon is accurate. The boards are then removed on truck suspended racks and proceed through the second group of tanks for image plating. The continuous printed circuit board manufacturing line minimizes the quantity of work in process, requires only a few personnel of relatively unskilled background, and is environmentally clean and non-polluting.
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