Title: Sub $100 Manual Pick and Place
Post by: JohnSL on July 05, 2014, 10:55:42 pm
Post by: JohnSL on July 05, 2014, 10:55:42 pm
I needed to do a small production run (about 50 boards) and didn't want to use tweezers for the assembly. So I designed and built a manual pick and place machine for about $50 or so. Unfortunately, since this is my first post, I can't provide any links. So I'll attach a single photo, and then with a later post add the links.
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And here is a side view:
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We used this machine to make 56 boards, and my friend said it helped a lot. I'd really love to have an automatic machine, but they're a lot more expensive, and would have taken quite a bit of time to tune for just a few boards.
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And here is a side view:
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We used this machine to make 56 boards, and my friend said it helped a lot. I'd really love to have an automatic machine, but they're a lot more expensive, and would have taken quite a bit of time to tune for just a few boards.
Title: Re: Sub $100 Manual Pick and Place
Post by: JohnSL on July 06, 2014, 12:41:46 am
Post by: JohnSL on July 06, 2014, 12:41:46 am
Here are the two links that I promised. The first link is to my blog post on building the machine:
http://trains.socha.com/2014/07/buildin ... chine.html (http://trains.socha.com/2014/07/building-manual-pick-and-place-machine.html)
The next link is to my blog post about building the circuit boards, which includes some videos of using this machine, using the T-962 reflow oven, and programming the boards.
http://trains.socha.com/2014/07/buildin ... oards.html (http://trains.socha.com/2014/07/building-fsr-circuit-boards.html)
And finally, here are the STL files for the 3D printed parts:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:385567 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:385567)
-- John
http://trains.socha.com/2014/07/buildin ... chine.html (http://trains.socha.com/2014/07/building-manual-pick-and-place-machine.html)
The next link is to my blog post about building the circuit boards, which includes some videos of using this machine, using the T-962 reflow oven, and programming the boards.
http://trains.socha.com/2014/07/buildin ... oards.html (http://trains.socha.com/2014/07/building-fsr-circuit-boards.html)
And finally, here are the STL files for the 3D printed parts:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:385567 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:385567)
-- John
Title: Re: Sub $100 Manual Pick and Place
Post by: rwijbenga on July 06, 2014, 01:07:44 pm
Post by: rwijbenga on July 06, 2014, 01:07:44 pm
Nice work !!
Title: Re: Sub $100 Manual Pick and Place
Post by: TonyD on July 08, 2014, 01:32:54 pm
Post by: TonyD on July 08, 2014, 01:32:54 pm
+1 Nice work
Title: Re: Sub $100 Manual Pick and Place
Post by: oakkar7 on October 07, 2014, 10:29:58 am
Post by: oakkar7 on October 07, 2014, 10:29:58 am
First, I thought USM microscope will help but I saw your explanation. :D
Nice work.
Nice work.