Patent ID: 6202858
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for the sorting of IC-components in the back-end stage corresponding to pre-definable classes of criteria, whereinthe IC-components are simultaneously removed from receiving portions of a tray by a plurality of gripping means,each gripping means has a pre-definable access area for the removal of IC-components from receiving portions of the tray, with the access areas of all gripping means being free of mutual overlapping,the tray is moved past the gripping means, andeach gripping means removes only the IC-components belonging to one class of criteria from the receiving portions of the tray belonging to the access area of the respective gripping means,wherein different gripping means remove IC-components of the same class of criteria from the receiving portions of the tray belonging to the access areas of the respective gripping means.