A holding and drive device including a frame; a rotation structure which is attached to the frame in such a manner that it can rotate around a rotation axis; a rotation drive for rotating the rotation structure around the rotation axis; and a rotation structure interface attached to or formed on the rotation structure, to which a tool device including a plurality of sleeves can be detachably attached, which are configured for the detachable attachment of a respective component holding device protruding from the rotation axis with a radial direction component or of another tool element. A corresponding tool device, a corresponding supplementary tool device, and a component handling device constructed from these components. A method for the application-specific configuration of such a component handling device.

A positioning device that has a support table, two pairs of sliding blocks slidably mounted in the support table, a positioning plate extending vertically at the top of each sliding block, a base on which the support table is supported, a cylinder in the base, a ball in the cylinder, a piston rod slidably mounted in the cylinder and pushing the ball to move upward in a vertical direction, so that the ball drives the two pairs of sliding blocks to move away from each other in the first horizontal direction and the second horizontal direction, respectively, until the positioning plates of the two pairs of sliding blocks abut against four inner walls of the opening of the circuit board, respectively, to allow the electronic device to be received in a positioning slot defined by the positioning plates, and a release mechanism that drives the piston rod to move downward in the vertical direction to allow the two pairs of sliding blocks to be moved toward each other in the first horizontal direction and the second horizontal direction, so that the positioning plates drive the electronic device in the positioning slot to move toward a center of the opening.

A positioning device including a support tab, two pairs of sliding blocks slidably mounted in the support table, a positioning plate extending vertically from on a top of each sliding block, a base on which the support table is supported, a cylinder installed in a chamber of the base, a ball received in the cylinder, a piston rod slidably mounted in the cylinder that pushes the ball to move upward in a vertical direction, so that the ball drives the two pairs of sliding blocks to move away from each other in the first horizontal direction and the second horizontal direction, respectively, until the positioning plates of the two pairs of sliding blocks abut against four inner walls of the opening of the circuit board, respectively, to allow the electronic device to be received in a positioning slot defined by the positioning plates, and a release mechanism that drives the ball to move downward to allow the two pairs of sliding blocks to be moved toward each other in the first horizontal direction and the second horizontal direction, so that the positioning plates drive the electronic device received in the positioning slot to move toward a center of the opening.

Plug-on ground fault modules are configured with a housing and at least one ground fault terminal. The at least one ground fault terminal can be a rigid or semi-rigid member that is configured to slidably engage a circuit breaker terminal. The modules also include aground fault circuit coupled to the ground fault terminal and at least one printed circuit board in the housing with components of the ground fault circuit including at least one solenoid assembly coupled thereto with a respective magnetized or magnetic plunger member residing on or adjacent thereto, and at least one current transformer. The modules also include at least one collar assembly residing in the housing spaced apart from the solenoid assembly and plunger member that is arranged to be able to engage a lever in the circuit interrupter to delatch the circuit interrupter.

An operation checking device of an electronic component mounting machine is provided with a first memory section configured to memorize an operation program of the electronic component mounting machine including at least a collection operation of an electronic component by a collecting device; a second memory section configured to memorize shape data of the electronic component and shape data of the collecting device; a first acquiring section configured to acquire information of the electronic components and information of the collecting device based on the operation program required for a current operation memorized on the first memory section; and a second acquiring section configured to acquire corresponding shape data of the electronic component and shape data of the collecting device from the second memory section based on the information of the electronic component and the information of the collecting device acquired by the first acquiring section.

A method of surface mounting micro-devices includes adhering a first plurality of micro-devices on a donor substrate to a transfer surface with an adhesive layer, removing the first plurality of micro-devices from donor substrate while the first plurality of micro-devices remain adhered to the transfer surface, positioning the transfer surface relative to a destination substrate so that a subset of the plurality of micro-devices on the transfer surface abut a plurality of receiving positions on the destination substrate, the subset including one or more micro-devices but less than all of micro-devices of the plurality of micro-devices, selectively neutralizing one or more of regions of the adhesive layer on the transfer surface corresponding to the subset of micro-device to light to detach the subset of micro-devices from the adhesive layer, and separating the transfer surface from the destination substrate such that the subset of micro-devices remain on the destination substrate.

A system and method for aligning components is disclosed. A system arranges a plurality of components in a first component alignment. The system places two L-shaped fine placement tools in a position surrounding the plurality of components, wherein the L-shaped fine placement tools include a plurality of pins. The system applies a force to the pins included in the two L-shaped fine placement tools to shift the plurality of components from the first component alignment to a second component alignment, wherein the second component alignment has less unused space than the first component alignment. The system removes the two L-shaped fine placement tools. The system attaches the plurality of components to a carrier arranged in the second component alignment.

A storage frame structure for an automatic depot includes: several space limiting units, each having a plug-in surface formed with vertical slots and two opposite ends, at least one of the opposite ends being formed with an insert hole; several fixing rods abutting with the limiting units respectively; two side plates connected to the fixing rods in such a manner that the fixing rods extend parallel to one another between the side plates; and two positioning plates, each having two opposite insert ends extending into the vertical slots of an adjacent pair of the limiting units, thereby defining a reception chamber therebetween to retain a material tray stably in the chamber. The storage frame structure has simple construction and is applicable in automation industry (like SMT electronic industry) for material storing and sorting.

An electronic assembly may have a display, a display holder, and a printed circuit board (PCB). The display may have a front side for viewing the display, a back side, and side walls extending between the front side and the back side. The display holder may have a recess for receiving at least part of the display, where the display holder may extend adjacent part of the front side of the display and adjacent at least part of the side walls of the display. The PCB may be secured relative to the display holder and adjacent the back side of the display. The PCB may be in operative communication with the display. In some cases, a spacer may be situated between the back side of the display and the PCB.

A solder application stamp embodied to transfer solder paste from a reservoir to a contact location of a circuit board. The solder stamp has a basic body having an end area and a protrusion, which protrudes out of the end area. The solder application to create solder paste dots of diameters as small as 10-300 ?m.