Patent ID: 7552529

Claim:
A method of assembling an electronic circuit on a circuit carrier, comprising the following cyclically repeated steps: a) placing components on the circuit carrier at a placing location, and subsequently conveying the circuit carrier equipped with circuit components from the placing location to a take-over location using one belt conveyor; b) concurrently with step a), conveying an unequipped circuit carrier between a pickup location and a hand-over location using another belt conveyor; c) handing over the unequipped circuit carrier to the one belt conveyor and conveying the unequipped circuit carrier to the placing location; d) taking over the equipped circuit carrier at the take-over location and placing the equipped circuit carrier in a solder oven using a manipulator; e) dimensioning the solder oven to receive a plurality of circuit carriers; and f) providing the manipulator with a range of movement between a support for a dummy circuit carrier and at least one placing location for the dummy circuit carrier.