Patent ID: 7052225

Claim:
A rotary pick and place device, comprising: a plurality of pick heads, wherein each pick head is used to pick up, hold and release a single work piece from a tray, said tray having a predetermined number of work piece positions; a rotary wheel having the plurality of pick heads positioned around the circumference of the rotary wheel, the wheel having number of pick heads equal to the number of work piece positions on the tray; a movement arm connected to the rotary pick and place device to move the rotary wheel in the x-axis of an XYZ coordinate system; a screw drive connected to the rotary pick and place device to move the rotary wheel in the y-axis of an XYZ coordinate system; a processor connected to or embedded in the rotary pick and place device and connected to the screw drive, the movement arm, the rotary wheel, and the plurality of pick heads to position and rotate the rotary wheel, and initiate the pick up of and placing down of the work pieces by the pick heads.