Paste Soldering

[liquidus2172]

would it be more quick if they used a stencil !

[turkuas23626]

skynet is a bullshit, technology is the only way to make our lives easier

[whiternoise2]

You realise that (having actually looked at the datasheet for this device) it can move at 500mm/s (0.5m/s). None of the people here appear to realise that the process may have been slowed down to give potential buyers an idea of how the robot works?

[cjmitz]

its v slow

[Lokivoid]

In the time it take's for this machine to do one board a screen print machine could of done 20 with the equal or better accuracy.

[jerryfudala]

You know, this is how SkyNet started...

[Nights85]

@jerryfudala Yeah.. It started with glue. ;)

[zangetsu2k8]

@jerryfudala skynet is a temporal paradox

[aradioactivedonut]

@jerryfudala right... a cartesian robot is going to wage war with humanity...

[Lokivoid]

As much as i like CNC's, The styncil method is still faster then this. and does not require setting up or dealing with cad's

[Knightsofwar210]

Dude how much can I get one of these for?

[sttsoi]

It may be quite good for making prototype, no need stencil and screen printer , no need mounter(manual mounted) but I am interested in the probe at starting, is it used for detecting the thickness of PCB?

[zaketus]

It seems like it's for something like that. To measure, how "deep" the needle should move, without colliding the pcb, but still being close enough.

[d3115uxor]

that thing would take all day to complete production orders,

we use a screen printer by Quad Systems that pastes the entire board in seconds instead of minutes

[stiffcookie]

Yeah, i agree. For production we use a dek screen printer that can print any size, whether multiple arrayed boards or not, up to about 50x50cm with a squeegee blade. The whole process takes about 20 seconds no matter how many components are on the board(s), fine pitch also.

I guess the best use for this machine is mass prototyping.

[damwmnm]

Sweet... I'd pay like 15 bucks for that thing.

[jmbenterprises]

Pretty neat for a little machine. Looks like it was putting quite a bit of paste down on the 1206 pads.

[vicmeuk]

I can see a great use for a small machine on prototyping..

[directoroftheunivers]

what`s the smallest fine-pich that machine can make without a bridges?

Nice thing for the small series!

We have semiautomatic printer

[monnie110]

nice. Talk about making life easier for the hobbiest :)

[Todenh31m]

AMAZING!!

[curtlow]

we use a screen to print the paste on the board...much faster

[elfgod]

how is that a technique?

[Krannyman92]

so thats how they solder big ass motherboards like that

[Palinurus99]

What a cute dispenser! interesting technique on the QFP pads, just a nice line over the lot- does that work OK for reflow with a component?