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 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

2 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

3 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/