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News Release from: Assembleon | Subject: MC-12
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 June 2008
Platform boosts placement density
With a space productivity of 20,000 components per hour per square metre the MC-12 is reckoned to be the most productive pick-and-place machine on the market.
This week's SMT Nuremberg has seen Assembleon release a pick-and-place machine capable of handling up to 120 feeders within a footprint of only 1.25 x 1.44m The new MC-12 has a top speed of 36,000 components per hour, and so with a space productivity of 20,000 components per hour per square metre it is reckoned to be the most productive on the market
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 2 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Thanks to its attractive price tag, the new machine also provides the industry's lowest cost per placement per square metre.
With its unsurpassed flexibility, the MC-12 offers large board size support of 510 x 460mm, component side-view camera, a complete set of software options and an easy to use graphical user interface as standard features.
The MC-12 has a newly developed ultrathin 12mm high-performance electrical intelligent feeder platform that ensures high flexibility for large mix and minimum changeover environments.
The feeder indexing is controlled by the machine using advanced servo controls.
The high servo-controlled indexing speed increases machine throughput.
Self-correcting pickup (adaptive pick) ensures superior pick reliability, even with gang pick.
The MC-12 also introduces a new recognition system which deploys a moving scan camera with advanced optics.
The scan camera simultaneously measures the components in both x and y directions and from the side for world class accuracy and mount reliability.
The compact size means that two MC-12 machines can easily be placed in line, achieving 72,000 components per hour in just 2.5m.
The machine comes with two 60-position feeder bars, with a feeder exchange system and a built-in tape cutter as optional extras.
It accepts components from 01005 up to 20 x 20mm, and can place chips with 50um accuracy at 3 sigma.
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