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News Release from: Blundell Production Equipment | Subject: IPulse M4
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 January 2005
Mid-sized assembly machine has big
features
Hot on the heels of the success of the Yamaha iPulse M1 and M2 machines comes the new lower cost iPulse M4, with the option of intelligent feeders.
Hot on the heels of the success of the Yamaha iPulse M1 and M2 machines comes the new lower cost iPulse M4, with the option of intelligent feeders Designed to meet the need of the medium volume surface mount placement market, the M4 uses the same on-the-fly scanning system as the established iPulse M1 and the M2 machines
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The M4 is a mid-volume high-accuracy surface mounting machine from Yamaha Motor Corporation's iPulse Placement Machine Division.
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In 2005 MJP Electronics reached a turning point in its business development, and needed to make some important decisions on updating its surface mount placement capability.
Available in the UK from Blundell Production Equipment, the M4 is rated at 12,500 components per hour for 0603 chips, and 3700 components per hour for QFP and BGA.
In common with its higher speed brother, the M4 has a feeder capacity of up to 120 positions.
Stacking tray feeders are also available.
The M4's camera system allows high speed placement of a whole range of components including 0201, BGA, CSP and flip chip.
The new intelligent feeder system allows the user to verify the integrity of the machine setup automatically.
Component data is assigned to each feeder during set up via a barcode reader.
When the feeders are loaded onto the machine, they are interrogated by the software and any mis-locations are automatically identified before production starts.
iPulse is wholly owned by the Yamaha Motor Group of Japan, and has the weight of Yamaha's international reputation firmly behind it.
Blundell Production equipment has already installed M4's in the UK at Brightwell Dispensers, Cranford Controls and Connevans.
Several more orders are pending.
The M4 brings features normally found on much more expensive machines into easy reach of medium sized PCB assembler.
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