Supply belt changing system for automatic circuit component assembly machine

摘要

The belt changing system allows the supply belt transporting the components (BE) through the successive assembly stations to be changed with out interrupting the operation of the machine, by fitting the empty reception pocket (6) at the front of a new belt into the empty reception pocket (6) at the rear of the old belt. The joined belts are pressed together by opposing quenching plates, of corresponding size, with application of a bridging strip (9) across the obtained joint.