PnP Machine Evaluation

There is a general healthy amount of skepticism towards all these solution but since technology is evolving fast we might have reached a point where such a machine is good enough for projects like us that assemble a medium amount of PCBs per batch.

1 Liteplacer

http://www.liteplacer.com/

500 parts/hour

2 cameras

1200€

2 Charmhigh CMHT48VA

5.650 $

3000-4000 parts/hour

2 cameras/vision systems

Linux inside

number of reels?

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Pick-and-Place-Machine-CMHT48VA-Stencil-Printer-Automatic-Chip-Mounter-Updated-from-CMHT48V-English-110v-220v/32502641910.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_1%2Csearchweb201644_3_10001_10002_10005_10006_10003_10004_62%2Csearchweb201560_2%2Csearchweb1451318400_6150&spm=2114.01020208.3.9.uJz2pi

3 NeoDen TM220A, TM240A, TM245P

http://www.printtec.nl/contents/en-uk/d583_NeoDen_pick___place_machines.html

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2015-New-Led-Manufacturer-Machine-TM245P-Advanced-Automatic-Pick-and-place-machine-Neoden-Tech/32278040180.html

http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=7097

http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/153947/28-reels-2-heads-5799-pnp-getting-good-reviews/p2

4 Visionbot

http://visionbot.net/

2000 parts/hour

3000$ - 6500$ options (depending on number of feeders)

"We have two VisionBot machines that are gonna be shipped nationally in Romania to two customers. One will be shipped next Saturday. We prefer national customers first, because in case they find any malfunctions in VisionBot, we are able to fix them fast. Unfortunately, we can not ship it right away. We are looking to redesign the feeding system (at least 3 weeks) because it takes too much time for us to create and manufacture the automatic feeding system within VisionBot."

5 Vision Placer

Dual Head

http://www.smallsmt.biz/home/vision-placer-vp-2x00d/

6000 - 10000$

2000- 3600 parts/hour

6 Novastar L-SF40 Benchtop

http://www.ddmnovastar.com/pick-and-place/automated-systems/l-sf40-benchtop

around 18,000 $

7 Diy options

LitePlacer :

Nice diy option at 1200€. Of course don't expect the same productivity as other machines. http://www.liteplacer.com/shop20/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=55 Code is here : https://github.com/jkuusama/LitePlacer-DEV

Other build :

https://amesberger.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/diy-pick-and-place-machine/

http://www.briandorey.com/category/DIY-Pick-and-Place