Recently we started a series on the components used to assemble a circuit board. The first issue was on dispensing solder paste. Moving down the assembly line, with the paste already on the board, the ...

When the printed wiring or circuit board was first created in the 1940s, it was done so in part to reduce the increasing complexity of attempting to wire circuits manually. The PCB fulfilled its role ...

This is a fascinating take on building your own pick and place machine. It does an amazing job of automating the hardest parts of hand assembly, while relying on human dexterity to achieve the hardest ...

The new pick and place machine series includes desktop, high-speed, multi-functional, LED, DOB, LED lens, and odd-shape models. Designed with advanced technology, they feature intuitive software, ...

A UK company that supplies production equipment has designed its own testing system for pick-and-place component feeders because manual tests on feeders have turned out to be highly unreliable.