Patent ID: 7913894

Claim:
A solder machine, comprising: a top flat carrier configured to hold at least one printed wiring board (PWB); at least one solder bath disposed beneath the flat carrier; first and second linear actuators coupled to a frame and to respective opposed first and second edges of the carrier, the linear actuators being independently operable to raise or lower the respective edges; and a base of the frame coupled to the top flat carrier and disposed below the top flat carrier, the base being pivotable along an edge thereof to tilt and thereby provide a degree of freedom of motion to the top flat carrier in dipping the PWB relative to the solder bath, the base including a pivot element, a base actuator being coupled to the pivot element to pivot the pivot element up and down, a base pivot axis being defined at ends of the pivot element and hence being off-center relative to the carrier such that moving the base actuator tilts the carrier.