For most purposes, selecting pick and place machine can be broken down into three simple steps:
Understanding how equipment is specified by manufacturers.
Calculating your product requirements:
Speed/capacity
Maximum and minimum component sizes
Precision and accuracy
Board or panel size
Number and types of component feeders
Benchmarking machines from various manufacturers against your requirements.
There are special considerations that differ based on the type of manufacturing you'll be doing.
Are you an original equipment manufacturer (OEM)—in other words, are you manufacturing your own
product?—or are you a contract or custom manufacturer, where you either manufacture someone's
else's products or you custom manufacture your line of products based on your customer's needs.
Perhaps you do a mix of both.
Contract assemblers and custom manufacturers need more flexibility in their placement
capabilities and faster, easier job changeovers while OEMs doing some or all of their production
in-house are looking for accuracy, speed and ease of use.
If this is your first pick and place machine, the availability of onsite installation, training
and support from experienced, factory-trained technicians may be a big factor in determining
which machine you purchase. Having someone help ensure you get your production off on the right
foot can make all the difference for a young or growing company.
You may also have specific production needs—perhaps you're doing prototyping, or LED components
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