MULTI-RAIL BOARD TRANSPORT SYSTEM

摘要

A multi-rail transport system for transporting printed circuit boards along adjacent pairs of rails (100) including first and second brake rods (85) having parallel longitudinal axes and a plurality of brake cylinders (90) slideably mounted on the brake rods, wherein each of the brake cylinders is actuated between an engaged condition in which the brake cylinders are fixed in position and a disengaged condition in which the brake cylinders are free to slide along the brake rods. Also provided is a plurality of rails mounted to shuttles (125) movably mounted adjacent to the brake rods, the shuttles being movable in directions parallel to the first and second longitudinal axes and to selectively engage the rails.