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Pick-up point correction device for mounter

US5566447A · kind A · utility

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30Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 23, 1994
Grant dateOct 22, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53178
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention is an apparatus and method for picking up a component at a pick up station and depositing that component in an accurate position at a deposit station. The apparatus includes a gripping device movable between a component delivery position and a component mounting position, a detector for measuring at least one parameter of a component picked up by said the gripping device and a controller connected to said gripping device and said detector. The controller includes means for calculating a picked up position of a component picked up by the gripping device, means for calculating a pick up location correction amount, means for calculating an average pick up location correction amount from a specified number of pick up location correction amount data and pick up point changing means for setting a new pick up location.

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