Abstract The method of assembling circuit components on printed circuit boards includes the steps of ALIGNING AN APERTURED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH A SIMILARLY APERTURED TEMPLATE, COLOR CODING THE APERTURES IN SAID TEMPLATE, ILLUMINATING SAID COLOR CODED APERTURES IN SAID TEMPLATE, VIEWING SAID ILLUMINATED COLORS THROUGH SAID APERTURES IN SAID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, AND PLACING SAID CIRCUIT COMPONENT PARTS ON SAID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COLOR APPEARING THROUGH THE APERTURES IN SAID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD. A light station has a high intensity light source attached to the upper portion of an assembly station or dolly with a white Plexiglas panel located on the upper portion thereof. The end portions of the Plexiglas panel are provided with magnetic strips and the entire structure is located interiorly of a frame support. The side wall portions of the frame support are appropriately formed to locate a frame containing a printed circuit board in spaced relation with respect to the Plexiglas panel and to provide for the location of a suitably apertured generally opaque template. The template has matching magnetic strips thereon to facilitate the position of the template with respect to both the printed circuit frame and the Plexiglas panel. Circuitry is provided for the safe energization of the light source when utilized with a programmed line.
A system for facilitating the assembly of printed circuit boards, said system comprising a light station, said light station having a light source and a means for holding an apertured printed circuit board in spaced relationship with said light source, a color coded template having translucent colored material located over preselected areas of said template, means for supporting and aligning said template between said light source and said printed circuit board so that said printed circuit board apertures will be illuminated by said light source and with the illuminated color of same corresponding to the color code, means for locating electrical components in close working proximity to said light station, said electrical components being color coded to correspond with the color of said illuminated printed circuit board apertures, means for providing relative motion between said component locating means and said light station, means for automatically activating said light source in said light station for a predetermined time in response to the arrival of one of said light station and electrical component locating means in said working proximity, and means for automatically timing and controlling said motion providing means thereby permitting said component locating means and said light station to be in working proximity with each other for a preselected time.
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A system for facilitating the assembly of printed circuit boards, said system comprising a light station, said light station having a light source and a means for holding an apertured printed circuit board in spaced relationship with said light source, a color coded template having translucent colored material located over preselected areas of said template, means for supporting and aligning said template between said light source and said printed circuit board so that said printed circuit board apertures will be illuminated by said light source and with the illuminated color of same corresponding to the color code, means for locating electrical components in close working proximity to said light station, said electrical components being color coded to correspond with the color of said illuminated printed circuit board apertures, means for providing relative motion between said component locating means and said light station, means for automatically activating said light source in said light station for a predetermined time in response to the arrival of one of said light station and electrical component locating means in said working proximity, and means for automatically timing and controlling said motion providing means thereby permitting said component locating means and said light station to be in working proximity with each other for a preselected time.