The Art of Problem Solving in Modern Industrial Machine Automation
Custom machine automation has evolved into the standard for many modern manufacturing operations. As you can probably imagine, innovation in problem solving is at the core of developing today’s state-of-the-art industrial automation solutions. Knowledgeable manufacturers approach Creative Automation with production processes that are either too labor-intensive, too complex and costly, or produce too much scrap. […]
Matching Fluid Dispensers
Matching Fluid Dispensers To Materials for Electronics Applications Understanding the technology behind popular non-contact dispensers for electronics assembly. There are four basic dispensing technologies being used today in Electronics Assembly. Although all the technologies can theoretically dispense almost all materials in most configurations (fills, beads, dots), each excels when used with certain materials (Fig. 1) […]
Solder Paste Dispensing
Dispensing any fluid material onto very small hybrids has two basic requirements: Applying the material to the exact location required and dispensing a dot of exact volume. Due to the small size of substrates and the typical density of required material pattern, these are not minor problems. Figure 1 illustrates a typical hybrid substrate wil […]
Micro dispensing
A Discussion of the Essentials for Microdispensing Including Accuracy and Volume Size Deposits The dispensing required for optoelectronic assembly is not too different from the dispensing for surface mount and solder paste applications. It just needs to be placed more accurately (volumetrically), and of course, with much smaller deposits than have ever been required before. […]
Build It and They Will Come
I was up late the other night and flipped to the classic movie channel as the movie “Field of Dreams” was playing. I hadn’t seen it in a few years and decided to watch it again. In the movie, a voice keeps hounding Kevin Costner to take the ultimate risk of plowing his crop of […]