APPARATUS FOR SELECTING AND INSERTING DUAL IN-LINE COMPONENTS

摘要

An apparatus for individually selecting a number of dual in-line components and sequentially inserting them into a printed circuit board. The apparatus has a basic mode of operation comprising a group of feed magazines that are adapted to feed a single shuttle block which takes the components by a predetermined sequence and carries them to a transfer mechanism which bends the leads on either side of the component outwardly, transfers the prepared component to an insertion mechanism which forces the component downwardly while simultaneously biasing, but not bending, the leads inwardly. Another portion of the insertion mechanism forces the component with its biased leads into the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is mounted on a pantograph mechanism whose position is controlled by either a tape reader or a computer which also determines the automatic sequencing of the shuttle block.