BretMan
Mechanical
- Mar 27, 2007
- 60
Hello,
I have a very small custom wire formed part which is intended for medium to large production runs. The manufacturing process concept is to utilize a pick and place machine to place this tiny flat formed wire onto another part which is plastic. Maintaining the orientation of these parts is very important.
I don't know much about PnP machines so far but as I understand it there's a tape feeder that contains the parts which the suction tip lifts off the tape and places it onto the desired part. Is this correct?
How is the part (say my wire form) adhered to the tape, which is then rolled in a spool? And, if it's adhered to the tape, how can just the suction of the tip pick up the wire form off the tape? Is there a link to a description of how the tape, part and tip interact?
Thanks.
Bret
Miami,FL USA
I have a very small custom wire formed part which is intended for medium to large production runs. The manufacturing process concept is to utilize a pick and place machine to place this tiny flat formed wire onto another part which is plastic. Maintaining the orientation of these parts is very important.
I don't know much about PnP machines so far but as I understand it there's a tape feeder that contains the parts which the suction tip lifts off the tape and places it onto the desired part. Is this correct?
How is the part (say my wire form) adhered to the tape, which is then rolled in a spool? And, if it's adhered to the tape, how can just the suction of the tip pick up the wire form off the tape? Is there a link to a description of how the tape, part and tip interact?
Thanks.
Bret
Miami,FL USA