High-speed mounter saves valuable floor space

The SI-G200 compact high-speed mounter achieves tact times as low as 0.08s, equivalent to a sustained placement rate of 45,000 components per hour.

Sony Manufacturing Systems Europe has released high-speed cellular component mounters that boost placement speed and accuracy, while providing a small size and cost-effective operation.

The SI-G200 compact high-speed mounter achieves tact times as low as 0.08s, equivalent to a sustained placement rate of 45,000 components per hour, some 70% higher than previous generation solutions.

Sony's 12-nozzle "planetary" head, combined with high-speed "flying" parts recognition via CCD, offers placement accuracy as high as +/-40um.

With a small overall footprint and width of 1.2m, the SI-G200 produces maximum return-on-investment (ROI) within valuable production space, achieving component placement rates of up to 20,000 components per hour/m2.

Thanks to the small footprint a freight elevator is sufficient to lift the G200 to another floor.

The Sony SI-G200 fulfils a wide range of production line requirements: from high-speed line to multifunction line.

The compact "cellular" design builds on Sony's approach of providing smaller mounters to make more productive use of factory floor space, to create production lines that are flexible and expandable and thus improve cost-performance figures.

Multiple SI-G200s can be connected in-line to meet production and throughput demands.

A typical 160,000 component per hour line can be constructed from four G-series mounters, reducing linear space requirements by 50% and capital expenditure by around 15%.

Cassette loading is from both front and rear and transport direction can be right-to-left or left-to-right/front, further increasing flexibility.

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