Do the math first. 10,000 boards a month means 440 boards a day (roughly, and not including weekends). Do you plan 2 shifts or only one? If one, you need to produce a board about every minute if you work an 8 hour shift. If all 110 parts are on one side, you may want to think a chip shooter in line with a odd form placer. This will break up your tact time through each machine. Not knowing your mix of parts this is a rough guess. Next think screen printer. Find one that can keep up and perform any inspection you deem needed. Finally think oven. I believe a 7 zone would be enough to keep up with this tact time. Again, depending on your mix of parts, board layout etc.. this is a rough guess. A 10 zone would easily get you what you need with this size board.
A double sided board is a different ball of wax. You may get away with a single chip shooter for each side and maintain your throughput. Again it depends on your part mix and size. Do you want to populate one side at a time and run the boards through twice on a single sided line, or double your equipment and run them through a true double sided line?
Other things to think about are multi-up panels. A 2-up panel will increase through put. At 110 parts, I believe you should start to think in this direction. BUT, this may mean you need to router to separate them later. When it come to placement equipment, think about things like full reels of parts versus just strips of parts. If you only deal in strips you need to find a placement machine that can handle strips. Same goes with trays. Fiducials, bearkaways, parts clearance, etc� can all be a pain if not thought through all the way.
I didn�t mention any brand names of equipment since you need to determine that yourself. No one can do this unless they know your companies needs, product and processes.
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