Patent ID: 6066206
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A method for processing circuit boards in a stenciling system having two tracks, each track having a loader for accepting circuit boards and advancing said boards to like positions within said tracks, said stenciling system comprising a solder dispensing mechanism, for dispensing solder on a stencil disposed over said tracks and for removing excess solder from said stencil, said method comprising the steps of:a). receiving a pair of boards, each one of said pair of boards on a different one of said tracks;b). engaging said pair of boards, said stencil and said solder dispensing mechanism;c). advancing said solder dispensing mechanism over said stencil over a first one of said pair of circuit boards on a first one of said tracks to dispose solder through said stencil onto said first one of said pair of circuit boards;d). removing, by said solder dispensing mechanism, excess solder from said stencil;e). advancing said solder dispensing mechanism to a second one of said tracks; andf). advancing said solder dispensing mechanism over said stencil over said second one of said pair of circuit boards on said second one of said tracks to dispose solder through said stencil onto said second one of said pair of circuit boards.