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Transfer type circuit board fabricating system

US5692292A · kind A · utility

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24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 1995
Grant dateDec 2, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53409
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transfer type circuit board fabricating system having a plurality of working modules each including (a) a conveyor device for transferring circuit boards in a predetermined transfer direction, (b) a working device for performing a predetermined operation on the circuit boards, and (c) a controller constituted principally by a computer, for controlling the working device, wherein the conveyor devices transfer the circuit boards one after another in the predetermined transfer direction through the working devices of the working modules, the system further having a coordinating control device constituted principally by a computer, for controlling the controllers of the working modules, on the basis of predetermined working schedule information stored therein, and status information which is received from the controllers of said working modules and which indicates operating states of the working modules.

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