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What are the types of SMT placement machines?

SMT placement is one of the common businesses of PCB manufacturers, and SMT placement is inseparable from the use of placement machines. The placement machine has a high technical content, and most of the placement machines choose foreign high-quality brands. Most of these brands come from Europe, America and Japan. Only a good placement machine can present a good placement effect. Today, let’s take a look at the classification of placement machines.

There are many manufacturers of placement machines, and there are also many types. The classification of placement machines is as follows.

Sort by speed

According to the speed, it is divided into medium-speed placement machine,high-speed placement machine, and ultra-high-speed placement machine.

Features: Above 40,000 pieces/h, using rotary multi-head system. Assembleo-FCM and FUJI-QP-132 placement machines are equipped with 16 placement heads, and their placement speeds are 96,000 pieces/h and 127,000 pieces/h, respectively.

By function

(1) High-speed/ultra-high-speed placement machine

Features: Mainly with SMD components as the main body, and there are not many types of SMD devices.

(2) Multifunctional placement machine

Features: Can mount large devices and special-shaped devices.

According to the method

(1) Sequential placement machine

Features: It is to paste the components one by one on the PCB in order. This type of placement machine is usually seen.

(2) Simultaneous placement machine

Features: Using a special hopper for placing cylindrical components, all components can be mounted on the corresponding pads of the PCB in one action. When the product is replaced, all the hoppers are replaced, which is rarely used.

(3) Simultaneous online placement machine

Features: It is composed of multiple placement heads, and then attaches a PCB at the same time. assembleon-FCM is this type.

Automation points

(1) Fully automatic mechatronics placement machine

Features: Most placement machines are of this type.

(2) Manual placement machine

Features: The manual placement head is installed on the Y-axis head, and the X, Y, and e positioning can be corrected by the movement and rotation of the human hand. It is mainly used for new product development and has the advantage of low price.

All of these are the classification of placement machines under the current technological development. It can be seen that placement machines are very knowledgeable, and the types and functions are different. If you are interested, you can learn from this article.