Patent ID: 7392583

Claim:
A tooling fixture for a depaneling system, the tooling fixture comprising: a first clamping system that receives a solid-matrix panel of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) for registration of the solid-matrix panel on the tooling fixture, secures the solid-matrix panel for cutting of the solid-matrix panel along a first axis, wherein the cutting along the first axis cuts the solid-matrix panel into a plurality of strips, and spreads the strips of the solid-matrix panel along a second axis after the cutting along the first axis; and a second clamping system that includes a comb apparatus having a plurality of comb sections that move along a third axis into a position between the strips of the solid-matrix panel without re-registration of the strips of the solid-matrix panel on the tooling fixture, and secures the strips of the solid-matrix panel on the comb apparatus for cutting of the strips along the second axis perpendicular to the first axis.