| Posted by Jade Po Kellard on 09 June 2008 at 08:00
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 Assembléon introduced a new Pick & Place machine at SMT Nuremberg (June 3 to 5 2008). The new MC-12 packs up to 120 feeders into a machine just 1.25 m long and 1.44 m wide. With a top speed of 36k components per hour, that gives a space productivity of 20k components per hour per square meter - it is the most productive on the market. Thanks to its attractive price tag, the new machine also provides the industry’s lowest cost per placement per square meter. With its unsurpassed flexibility, the MC-12 offers large board size support of 510 x 460mm, component side-view camera, a complete set of software options and an easy to use graphical user interface as standard features. The new machine is being shown at the exhibition alongside Assembléon’s AX-301 and AX-201 Pick & Place machines, which have single-digit defects per million and exceptionally low lifetime ownership costs.
New Ultra-thin electrical intelligent feeding platform
The MC-12 has a newly developed ultra-thin 12 mm high performance electrical intelligent feeder platform that ensures high flexibility for large mix and minimum changeover environments. The feeder indexing is controlled by the machine using advanced servo controls. The high servo-controlled indexing speed increases machine throughput. Self-correcting pick-up (Adaptive Pick) ensures superior pick reliability, even with gang pick.
World Class placement quality
The MC-12 also introduces a new recognition system which deploys a moving scan camera with advanced optics. The scan camera simultaneously measures the components in both X and Y directions and from the side for world class accuracy and mount reliability.
The compact size means that two MC-12 machines can easily be placed in line, achieving 72k components per hour in just 2.5 m. The machine comes with two 60-position feeder bars, with a feeder exchange system and a built-in tape cutter as optional extras. It accepts components from 01005 up to 20 mm x 20 mm, and can place chips with 50-micron accuracy at 3 sigma.
A-Series machines have single-digit placement defects per million
The single-digit placement defects per million of the A-Series Pick & Place range sets the industry benchmark for placement quality. With 6-sigma design criteria, Assembléon offers a best-in-class first pass yield over the whole equipment lifetime. Handling components as small as 01005 (0.4 mm x 0.2 mm), the AX-301 places up to 77k components per hour (IPC9850 reference speed) at a placement accuracy of 40 micron at 3 sigma. The AX-201 places complex, fine-pitch, odd-form, bare die products and other types of components with an accuracy as good as 20 microns at 3 sigma – Performance Guaranteed.
The A-Series shares a common user interface and has identical feeders, trolleys and placement heads. Modular equipment design makes it easy to scale production volumes up and down, even producing single prototypes. The machines work with high product mixes in automotive, industrial, telecom, consumer and related sectors. |
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