FEEDER ASSEMBLY

WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/207053

A3

According to the present invention there is provided feeder assembly (1, 100) a hopper (3, 103) which can receive components to be fed, said hopper having a mouth (3a, 103a) through which said components can be expelled from the hopper; a sorting means (18, 180) which comprises at least a first mesh and a second mesh having different sized openings, wherein the size of the openings in one of the first or second meshes is larger than the size of the openings in the other mesh, so that the mesh with the larger sized openings can separate good components from malformed components and particles which are larger than the size of a good component, and the mesh with the smaller sized openings can separate good components from malformed components and particles which are smaller than the size of a good component; a first track (9a) which can receive good components from the sorting means; a first vibration means (11a), for vibrating the first track (9a) so as to move said good components along the first track (9a); one or more baffles (13) positioned along the first track (9a), which can cooperate with said good components which move along the first track (9a) to move said good components into a predefined orientation. There is further provided a corresponding method of feeding and a component handling assembly which comprises said feeder assembly.

VIVERGE PHILIPPE (FR)
OSLER VALERIO (CH)
VIENOT SYLVAIN (FR)

PCT/IB2018/053029

January 03, 2019

May 02, 2018

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ISMECA SEMICONDUCTOR HOLDING SA (CH)

B07B1/46; B07B13/16; B07B15/00; B65G47/14; B65G47/24; B65G47/256

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