M/a-com Government Systems, Inc.

Lee C Williams

Richard B McGee

An automated system for reconditioning electrical terminals of an electrical work piece, such as a leadless chip carrier. The system includes a carrousel which stops upon rotating each 360/n degrees (wherein 'n' is an integer greater than three), dwells, and then resumes rotation. 'n' work piece holding assemblies are respectively uniformly disposed on the carrousel and include vacuum tips extending over the periphery of the carrousel for holding work pieces over work stations positioned adjacent and around the periphery of the carrousel beneath the positions occupied by the vacuum tips when the carrousel stops and dwells. A first work piece feed mechanism is located at a sequentially first work station for feeding a work piece to the vacuum tip positioned over the first work station when the carrousel is dwelling. A flux bath is located at a sequentially second work station for bathing a work piece held by the vacuum tip positioned over the second work station when the carrousel is dwelling. A solder well is located at a sequentially third work station for reconditioning the electrical terminal(s) of a work piece held by the vacuum tip positioned over the third work station when the carrousel is dwelling. A second work piece feed mechanism is located at a sequentially fourth work station for feeding a work piece from the vacuum tip positioned over the fourth work station when the carrousel is dwelling.

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San Marcos, CA, United States of America

Lee C Williams