The test in practice soon shows that there are only few really flexible pick & place machines. A particular outstanding example is the FLX2021 from the Swiss manufacturer Essemtec. The component area extends from the smallest chips (01005) up to the extensive QFPs (50×50 mm) or plugs. Sizes of printing boards can be small as a stamp, as an A3-sheet (400 x 300 mm, standard version) or as large as a kitchen table (780 x 600 mm, large version). The machine operates parallel with two independent modules; therefore the capacity of placement reaches 12,000 components/hour. The machine from Essemtec also offers more very interesting features: Essemtec constructs the most compact feeders of the world; by this the standing area of the machine is very small. The both parallel operating modules can be also used individual, if one is at a standstill for maintenance work, for example.·The virtual view function enables the quality control even before the placement and makes corrections at the placing programme very easy. By the use of cassettes instead of single feeders components can be exchanged up to 10 times quicker. For still more capacity another placing module can be connected.
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