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News Release from: VSMT
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 30 June 2004
On Board signs for latest placement
system
Surface mount equipment supplier VSMT has sold its first high-performance QPlacer HS 4000 component placement system.
Surface mount equipment supplier VSMT has sold its first high-performance QPlacer HS 4000 component placement system, which has joined the company's entry-level QPlacer S to expand the choices available to customers On Board Surface Mount Assembly concluded the deal during the launch of the new HS 4000 at Nepcon in May this year
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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With five networked assembly lines capable of running any job on any pick-and-place machine, contract assembler On Board purchased the QPlacer HS 4000 in order to upgrade the capabilities of one of its existing machines.
"The QPlacer is fast, accurate, enables very quick set-up and takes all of our existing feeders", comments On Board's Managing Director, Fred Starkey.
"With a 4000 components per hour capacity, it will double our existing capability and, by running four jobs simultaneously, the new machine adds up to 8000 total placements per hour".
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"It is effectively a plug-in replacement, and will enable us to consistently meet our production objectives and offer faster turnaround to our customers".
Designed by the same engineering team that developed the outstanding Versatronics RV range, the modular QPlacer HS 4000 features intuitive graphical controls with fast drag and drop actions for setup and changeover, 80 feeder lanes, and dual on the fly cameras for very high placement rates and pinpoint accuracy.
QPlacer HS 4000 is also easily scalable, with native machine networking and optimisation software allowing up to three QPlacer HS 4000 systems to be tightly integrated giving 12,000 components per hour and 240 feeder lanes.
The QPlacer HS4000 system is part of a comprehensive range of surface mount placement machines developed by VSMT to meet wide ranging customer requirements.
The QPlacer S delivers around 2000 components per hour real placement speed and can handle 0402 devices at an attractive entry level price.
It is also available on a pay-weekly basis for under GBP 150 with operator training and some feeders included in the price.
QPlacer S also offers a convenient upgrade path as customer requirements increase.
VSMT provides a complete service to its customers, including maintenance and technical support, upgrade options, component feeder units, tools and consumables, and supply of reflow ovens and manual and semi-automatic screen printers.
On Board's Starkey is impressed with the productivity features VSMT has built into QPlacer HS 4000.
"QPlacer HS 4000's SmartLoad facility is very powerful at changeover, and allows us to change to another PCB within a few minutes".
"And the direct data interface allows us to setup new products extremely quickly".
"We can generate programs from Gerber data in just a few minutes, and even quicker from CAD data in any format".
"Quick setup and changeover are paramount for many of the small to medium volume projects that we run".
"Our new QPlacer HS 4000 will help further improve our ability to service our customers' requirements by delivering high quality and fast turnaround".
On Board has a long-standing relationship with the engineers at VSMT, having purchased its first machine from them in 1993.
"VSMT offers a very good service contract and are nice people to deal with", adds Starkey.
"We intend to replace all of our pick-and-place machines with VSMT equipment in the near future".
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