Patent ID: 8061500

Claim:
An alignment device to align a plate for electronic circuits, comprising: transport means for transporting said plate over a mobile alignment turret along a transport axis (Y), at least from an entrance position to an alignment position defining an alignment plane (P), the mobile alignment turret comprising: first movement means for vertically moving a portion of said mobile alignment turret in a first direction directed along a first axis (Z) substantially perpendicular to said alignment plane (P) so as to move the portion of said mobile alignment turret with respect to said plate; second movement means for rotating said first movement means, with respect to said mobile alignment turret, around said first axis (Z); and third movement means for moving said first movement means with respect to said mobile alignment turret, in a second direction, directed along a second axis (X) substantially transverse to said first axis (Z) and substantially perpendicular to and co-planar with said transport axis (Y).