Pick and Place Machine
A pick-and-place machine, or a system for arranging electronic components in surface-mount technology (SMT), is an automated robot used to accurately and quickly pick up small electronic components (SMDs) such as chips, resistors, and integrated circuits (ICs) and place them onto a printed circuit board (PCB).
Pick and Place Machine
Main Working Principles:
- PCB Feeding: PCBs are fed into the machine via a conveyor belt and securely locked in position.
- Vision Optical Alignment: The intelligent camera (Vision System) scans fiducial marks on the PCB to calculate the correct coordinates.
- Component Picking: Vacuum nozzles pick up electronic components from the feeders.
- Component Inspection: The camera detects the size, direction, and integrity of the component before placement. If it is misaligned, the system automatically adjusts the nozzle angle.
- Component Placement: The nozzles place the component onto the solder paste on the PCB according to the programmed coordinates.