Patent ID: 6585245
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: H05K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A system for performing an operation relating a printed wiring board, comprising:a first supporting table which has a planar first supporting surface, at least a portion of the first supporting table that defines the first supporting surface being formed of a ferromagnetic material; a plurality of supporting members each of which has a seat portion having a bottom surface which is seated on the first supporting surface, and a support surface which is opposite to the bottom surface, at least a portion of the seat portion being formed of a permanent magnet, said each supporting member being attached, owing to a magnetic force of the permanent magnet, to the first supporting surface to support a back surface of the printed wiring board; an operation performing device which performs an operation for a front surface of the printed wiring board whose back surface is supported by the respective support surfaces of the supporting members; a second supporting table which is provided in a vicinity of the first supporting table and has a second supporting surface which is substantially continuous with the first supporting surface on a common plane, at least a portion of the second supporting table that defines the second supporting surface being formed of a ferromagnetic material; and a supporting-member moving device which moves said each supporting member from the second supporting surface to the first supporting surface, and from the first supporting surface to the second supporting surface, by sliding said each supporting member on the first and second supporting surfaces.