Hitachi High-Technologies Europe announces the introduction of the new Sigma F8 ultra highspeed chip mounter, a system particularly developed for the hand held market meeting the requirements for small chip placement. With 150000cph, the new chip mounter is the fastest machine on the market in SMT placement per area. Following its introduction at IPC/APEX 2013, the system, a high-throughput, high-accuracy advancement in chip placement technology is available to the market.
The system, rated to have the ‘highest speed in its class – worldwide’ now joins the G5 in the company’s premium Sigma Series high-performance line of modular mounters. The Sigma F8 is configured with a Quatro Head (Four-Head Structure) and achieves high-speed one-by-one pick-up/placement using the unique high speed, high accuracy, direct drive head (DDH). Its component range starts at the bottom with 0402s and boasts a placement accuracy of 3s:±36μm, with placement enhanced by closed loop rotary inspection and on the fly component recognition.
“Four DDH heads per module greatly enhance productivity per area, making the Sigma F8 currently the fastest chip mounter on the market. It represents a tremendous productivity value in addition to our Sigma G5C coupled with all the on and offline programming suites we currently offer,” says Matt Wyglendowski, National Sales Manager, Hitachi High Technologies America. He adds that the productivity per area (m2) is the highest available, given the minimal footprint of (mm): L 1,280 × D 2,240 × H 1,450, the similar to the Sigma G5 mounters. The Sigma F8 uses the LISA line server software tools of the company through which all process and component placement data can be stored for easy access to all users as well as PCB and component traceability.
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