Apparatus and method for transferring electronic components from a first carrier to a second carrier

Abstract

An apparatus and method for transferring electronic components from a first carrier to a second carrier, wherein the first carrier carries a plurality of individual components and the second carrier carries a plurality of electronic assemblies, and the individual components from the first carrier are transferred to the electronic assemblies. The apparatus and method provide the following functions: accommodating a first carrier in or at a first receiving portion; accommodating a second carrier in or at a second receiving portion; conveying the second carrier in or at the second receiving portion along its longitudinal direction in a conveying direction, wherein the first carrier is accommodated in the first receiving portion such that the component it carries is oriented toward the second receiving portion; separating one of the components from the first carrier by contact or non-contact means to transfer the component to the second carrier at a mounting position; conveying the second carrier with its orientation relative to the mounting position such that an electronic component on the second carrier reaches the mounting position; detecting the component mounting position on the electronic component on the second carrier upstream of the mounting position by a first image capturing device and notifying a control unit of an image capturing signal to determine the positioning and / or orientation of the electronic component on the second carrier; applying a portion of connector material to the electronic component on the second carrier downstream of the first image capturing device by a connector application unit; detecting the positioning and / or orientation of a portion of connector material on the electronic component downstream of the connector application unit by a second image capturing device and notifying a control unit of an image capturing signal to determine the positioning and / or orientation of that portion of connector material.

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