Partnering for success
18 October 2010
Saline Lectronics has announced that it has added a Juki chip shooter system to its production line in order to increase speed.
This recent purchase continues the relationship that began five years ago between the companies.
Founded in 2002, Saline Lectronics is a PCB assembly house located in Saline, Michigan, that provides through-hole technology (THT), SMT, BGA and microBGA capability, in addition to mixed-technology assemblies. The company specialises in manufacturing mid-volume, high-mix electronics printed circuit board assemblies. In addition, the company’s other strengths include electromechanical design, DFMA, project engineering and outsourcing.
As a contract manufacturer, Saline provides electronics manufacturing services including contract design supporting DFX for manufacturing, assembly and test to manufacturing technologies, circuit board testing and product assembly (box builds).
Saline Lectronics currently has four Juki surface mount lines for SMT PCB assembly. In order to meet its customers’ needs, Saline purchased a Juki FX-3 XL that will be added to one of its Juki lines.
The XL model of the FX-3 is capable of handling 22in x 24in boards, and also provides an upgrade in speed for Saline; from 15,000 to 60,000cph.
The FX-3 XL features two placement stations, each with two head beams. In each placement station the two heads are arranged in front of and behind each other, alternately carrying out component picking and placement. The four high-speed assembly heads each support six nozzles, giving the FX-3 XL a total of 24 nozzles.
The component placement range on the FX-3 XL is from 01005 (0402 metric) through to 33.5mm sq. Each head is driven by an overhead X-Y dual gantry positioning system with closed-loop independent linear servomotors and magnetic linear encoders. The Y beam has dual synchronised linear motors for each station, both left and right. Each nozzle is controlled with independent Z and Theta AC servomotors featuring new encoders that have a resolution of 260,000 pulses per revolution and that contribute to high precision, reliability, and accuracy. Precise control of each nozzle is possible without affecting other nozzles. This helps improve machine uptime as well as time between repairs. The design offers highly efficient operation, resulting in a placement rate of 60,000 components per hour, according to the IPC9850 standard.
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