Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 28 10:51:27 EDT 2002 | edmentzer
We use a manual "pick and place" unit similar to the OK product, and it work great. The parts are in a tray and the operator moves the pick up head over the part and press down which turns on the vacuum, the vacuum is turned off when the part is pla
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 11 06:48:19 EDT 2002 | gerits
Dear Sir, We as Assembl�on (member of the Royal Philips group, former Philips EMT) have several solutions for you or we can give you support with your request. Either on how to handle the components manually or automated. Feel free to contact me or
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 19 13:16:15 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
Some things to consider 1. can one operator keep up with manual operations and not slow the line down? If yes, great. If no you will need a way to allow more than one operator access to the next board coming down the line to not create a bottleneck.
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 19 19:09:43 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
Kevin You had stated "manual" so I assumed that you are looking for some better tools to actually do the work, but you wanted to keep it on the conveyor line which would require some workstation configuration to have the right tools at the operator
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 19 13:57:10 EDT 2002 | ksfacinelli
Ken, Thanks for the info but I do not see where this addresses my main concern of placement using an alternative to the tweezers and keeping the board on the conveyer. Please let me know if I am missing something. Thanks, Kevin
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 20 14:18:06 EDT 2002 | larryk
Kevin, I saw a few months ago in a Philips pamphet that they now have a "tray" that sits at the feeder locations for loose components or a small tape of components. I think it was for the Topaz machine.
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 22 10:16:53 EDT 2002 | soupatech
I personaly use the SMT6000 and STM8000 from OK industries for small quantiy and prototype boards. The board does need to be removed from the conveyer but these machines work well for the volume I do.
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 10 08:01:47 EDT 2002 | mpotter
Kevin If you want to go automated then why not take a look at the Philips ACM. It is the flagship for placing SMT and Oddform packages. We use Vacuum nozzles and Grippers to handle many truly oddform components.
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 19 11:13:18 EDT 2002 | ksfacinelli
I would like to understand what different options people are using to place low volume / odd form parts. I am very familiar with the tweezers / vacuum pen method however this can be less than desirable. I am looking into a manual pick and place to
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 21 18:13:21 EDT 2002 | johnlee
Kevin, There are a number of custom integrated systems that perform automated insertion of "odd" components. These system use either a robot or cantilevered X,Y,Z Cartesian motion systems. Our systems have accepted standard and custom component feede
