METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PLACING LIDS ON COMPONENT PACKAGES

摘要

Apparatus (50) for automatically placing a lid on a component package (10) and then securing the lid with a clip (26). The apparatus includes a programmable robot arm (52) having a gripping assembly, an inspection station (55), a first conveyor for conveying a boat (14) along a path between a first position and a second position, a pick arm for removing a first lid from a lid feeder station (54), a second conveyor for reciprocating the pick arm between first and second positions to thereby transfer the first lid from the lid feeder station (54) to the inspection station (55), and a camera located at the inspection station (55) for inspecting the first lid. The apparatus (50) further includes a rotary actuator arm and a mechanism for reciprocating the rotary actuator arm into contact with a first lid bottom surface following inspection of the first lid and for releasing the pick arm.