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Validation & fab

Pick-and-place

The machine that picks SMD parts off a reel and places them on the PCB before reflow.

How it looks

Real image: CORE3588, rendered by KiCad from our board file
12341 mm
CORE3588 top side. Each amber circle is a point from our CPL file. The machine puts the centre of each part exactly there.

How it works

board, with solder paste printed on each padtape of partsvacuum nozzle picks one upcamera checks it, turns it to the CPL rotationpressed into the paste at X, Ytens of thousands of parts an hour

Where it fits

Reads the CPL; parts come from the BOM. Only surface-mount parts go this way; through-hole parts need a separate step. Next stop: reflow.

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