Abstract:
The invention provides an apparatus and method for the application of adhesive substances to objects, such as solder balls, for the purpose of mounting them onto substrates. The apparatus comprises an applicator having a layer of the adhesive substance and a pick carrier to carry objects and move the objects from a supply source to a substrate for mounting the objects thereon. The applicator is located so that the applicator applies the adhesive substance to the objects while the objects carried on the pick carrier are moving between the supply source and the substrate.
Abstract:
The invention provides an ultrasonic cleaning module and a method for cleaning singulated electronic packages. The module comprises a cutting chuck having a surface with a plurality of cutting recesses defined in it for enabling a cutting device to separate individual electronic packages from a substrate having a plurality of electronic packages on the surface of the chuck. A pulsator nozzle is supported above the chuck and the separated electronic packages on the chuck such that the pulsator nozzle may emit fluid toward the packages. An ultrasonic generator is associated with the nozzle that is adapted to ultrasonically energize fluid that passes through the nozzle to enhance cleaning of the packages.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus for off-loading items of varying size such as electronic packages into receptacles such as tubes, there being means automatically to adjust dimension parameters of the apparatus whereby to accommodate packages of different size and load same into a tube therefor. The apparatus also has means for stacking a plurality of tubes for loading a bottom one of the stack, ejecting that one when loaded, and providing a subsequent tube from the stack for loading.