Patent ID: 6861654
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A cutting machine equipped with a cassette placing unit having a cassette table for placing a cassette storing a workpiece supported to an annular support frame by an adhesive tape, a workpiece carrying-in/carrying-out means for carrying out a workpiece stored in the cassette placed on the cassette table and carrying a workpiece into the cassette, and a cutting means for cutting a workpiece carried out by the workpiece carrying-in/carrying-out means, wherein the cassette placing unit has an ultraviolet light irradiation unit, disposed below the cassette table, for storing a workpiece supported to the support frame by the adhesive tape and irradiating the adhesive tape with ultraviolet radiation, and an ascending/descending mechanism for positioning the cassette placed on the cassette table in the carrying-in/carrying-out area for the workpiece carrying-in/carrying-out means and for positioning the ultraviolet light irradiation unit in the carrying-in/carrying-out area for the workpiece carrying-in/carrying-out means.