Mycronic Ab

Bobbi Ferm

Nils Jacobsson

Olle Betzen

Peter Sundstrom

Peter SUNDSTRÖM

A method of feeding a component tape towards a picking position of a component mounting machine is disclosed. The feeding is performed by means of a feeding mechanism configured to engage the component tape at an engaging position and to disengage the component tape at a disengaging position. The method comprises engaging the component tape at the engaging position, moving, by means of the feeding mechanism, the component tape from the engaging position to the disengaging position, disengaging the component tape at the disengaging position, and returning the feeding mechanism from the disengaging position to the engaging position and wherein the feeding mechanism moves the component tape in a linear motion between the engaging position and the disengaging position.

Long-stroke feeding mechanism

The present invention provides a component mounting machine -comprising a picking tool for picking electronic components from a source of electronic components and placing them onto a workpiece, a verification unit for measuring an electrical property of an electronic component picked and held by the picking tool. The verification unit comprises a board, a plurality of test electrodes arranged on a surface of said board and a system for measuring an output signal from the test electrodes upon contact between a picked electronic component and at least two of said test electrodes. Further, at least one test electrode arranged on a flexible portion of the board that is configured to flex upon engagement between a picked electronic component and said at least two test electrodes.

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Sollentuna, Sweden

Bobbi Ferm