Patent ID: 7303640

Claim:
An orientation equipment apparatus for combined relative orientation of multiple printed circuit boards (PCBs), used in a surface mount technology (SMT) line, the orientation equipment comprising: a rack module including a casing mounted in a front of the SMT line; a carrier for shared transport of a plurality of PCBs placed therein for processing downstream in the SMT line; a visual orientation module having a visual orientation camera used for recognizing a configuration and a position of each PCB to be placed in the carrier; a movable arm module capable of lateral, longitudinal, upward, downward, and partial rotational movement, the movable arm module being operable to place a plurality of PCBs in selectively arranged manner on the carrier; an inhalation module arranged on the movable arm module and having a planar inhaling plate; and a conveyer module including a conveyer belt with an input, an output, an orientation side, and an adjustment side; wherein the PCBs are transferred in from a first side of the conveyer module and the carrier is transferred in from a second side of the conveyer module; and wherein the visual orientation module, the movable arm module, the inhalation module and the conveyer module mechanically connect to the rack module in a direct and indirect manner, alternatively.