How Does The Pick And Place Equipment Work?

The SMT pick and place machine is actually a precise industrial PCB pick and place robot, which is a combination of machine-electric-optical and computer control technology. It fastly and accurately places SMC/SMD components on the specified pad position on the PCB board without damaging the components and printed circuit boards through functions such as suction-displacement-positioning-placement. There are three ways of component alignment: mechanical alignment, laser alignment, and visual alignment. The SMT electronics pick and place machine is composed of a rack, an x-y motion mechanism (ball screw, linear guide, drive motor), a placement head, a component feeder, a PCB carrying mechanism, and a device alignment detection device, and a computer control system. The movement is mainly realized by the x-y motion mechanism, the power is transmitted through the ball screw, and the directional movement is realized by the rolling linear guide motion pair. The placement position accuracy of each component is guaranteed in this way.

Where The Pick And Place Equipment Is Used?

It loads different working files to mount the corresponding PCB. If you want to know more about the price of a PCB pick and place machine/ PCB soldering machine/ PCB component placement machine/ PCB SMT assembly machine, please contact us!

What Is The Difference Between SMT And SMD?

The difference between an SMD assembly machine and an SMT assembly machine is that SMD (surface mount device) refers to electronic components mounted on PCB. In contrast, SMT (surface mount technology) involves a method for placing electronic components on a printed circuit board. As one of the pick and place machine manufacturers in China, our company provides various pick and place machines, for example, small SMT pick and place machine/ placement machine, SMT chip mounter/ mounting machine, SMT soldering machine, small SMD machine and mini SMD component mounting machine/ surface mount device, SMD pick and place machine/ placement machine, SMD surface mount device/ mounting machine, SMD soldering machine.

SMT Assembly

SMT refers to surface mount technology, which is the most popular technology and production process applied in the circuit board assembly line. In the pick and place system, it is the circuit assembly technology that mounts no-lead or short-lead surface assembly components on the surface of a printed circuit board or other substrates, then solders and assembles them by reflow soldering or IP soldering. The advantages of SMT chip mounter: high assembly density, the small size of electronic products, lightweight, high reliability, strong vibration resistance, easy to realize automation, help customers improve production efficiency, reduce costs by 30%-50% by saving materials, energy equipment, manpower, time, etc.

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The Advantages of SMT Assembly

SMT Assembly makes the creation and production of electronic circuits easier. Surface mount technology machines are especially important in complex circuits. Higher levels of automation have saved our entire industry time and money. Smaller size and reduced weight are the two main advantages of SMT. Components can be more closely aligned, and the final product will be more compact and lighter.

The main advantages of SMT Assembly:

1. Automatic correction of component placement: the surface tension of the solder forces the component to align with the pad. This reduces placement errors.

2. The cost of the smaller SMD or component is lower than its larger through-hole version. You can combine through-hole and SMT manufacturing on the same board to achieve greater functionality.

3. Smaller deliverables and lower lead induction provide you with a smaller radiation loop area, resulting in better electromagnetic compatibility.

4. Faster production setup-assembly can be carried out without drilling the circuit board. Higher circuit speed-most manufacturers regard this as the number one advantage. Through the standardization of design and components, manufacturing automation can be achieved.

5. Lower resistance: inductance-high frequency performance reduces the undesirable consequences of RF signals. Reducing or eliminating drilling, shortening the set-up time can increase the manufacturing speed. Multitasking-high-end components are more versatile.

6. More components can be placed on both sides of the board, creating more connections for each component. The SMT assembly equipment (surface mount assembly equipment) requires fewer circuit boards. Welding can be customized. The components are connected with solder, which is also glue. Better performance can be achieved under shock or vibration mechanical conditions. SMT connection is more reliable.

SMT Assembly Process

The assembly process of SMT and its process flow mainly depend on the type of surface mount component (SMA), the types of components used, and the conditions of assembly equipment. In general, SMA can be divided into three types of single-sided mixed assembly, double-sided mixed assembly and full-surface assembly, a total of six assembly processes. Different types of SMA have different SMT assembly process, and the same type of SMA can also have different SMT assembly process.

Choosing an appropriate assembly method according to the specific requirements of the patch processing and assembly products and the conditions of the surface mount machines are the basis for efficient and low-cost assembly and production. It is also the main content of the SMT process design.

1. Single-sided hybrid assembly method

The first type is single-sided hybrid assembly that is SMC/SMD and through-hole plug-in components (17HC) are distributed on different sides of the PCB, but the welding surface is only one-sided. This type of assembly process all use single-sided PCB and wave soldering (currently double-wave soldering is generally used).

2. Double-sided hybrid assembly method

The second type is double-sided hybrid assembly. SMC/SMD and THC can be mixed and distributed on the same side of the PCB. At the same time, SMC/SMD can also be distributed on both sides of the PCB. Double-sided hybrid assembly adopts double-sided PCB, double wave soldering or reflow soldering. In this type of assembly method, there is also a difference between the first-sticking process and the after-sticking SMC/SMD. Generally, it is reasonable to choose according to the type of SMC/SMD and the size of the PCB. Usually, the first-sticking process is more adopted.

3. Full surface assembly method

The third type is full-surface assembly, with only SMC/SMD on the PCB and no THC. As the current components have not yet fully realized SMT, there are not many such assembly forms in practical applications. This type of assembly method is generally assembled on a PCB or ceramic substrate with fine-line patterns, using fine-pitch devices and reflow soldering processes.

Difference between SMT and SMD Assembly

SMD is the abbreviation of Surface Mounted Devices which is one of SMT (Surface Mount Technology) components, including CHIP, SOP, SOJ, PLCC, LCCC, QFP, BGA, CSP, FC, MCM etc.

Surface mount components were introduced about twenty years ago, and this opened a new era. From passive components to active components and integrated circuits, they eventually become surface mount devices (SMD) and can be assembled by pick and place equipment. For a long time, people believed that all pin components could eventually be packaged in SMD.

SMT is the abbreviation of Surface Mount Technology which is currently the most popular technology and process in the electronics assembly industry. SMT is a new generation of electronic assembly technology which compresses traditional electronic components into a device with a volume of only a few tenths, thus realizing high-density, high-reliability, miniaturization, low-cost, and automatic production of electronic products. This kind of miniaturized component is called: SMD device (or SMC, chip device). The process method of assembling components on the printed board PCB is called the SMT process.

At present, SMT technology is mainly realized through equipment which mainly includes loader machine, solder printer, automatic pick and machine, reflow oven, and various auxiliary tools and equipment.