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, ...

Everyone who wants a 3D printer probably already has one, and even laser cutters and CNC machines are making their way into garages and basements ’round the world. Pick and place machines are the next ...

Electronic enthusiasts, developers and makers looking for a quicker way to manually build PCB boards may be interested in the Pixel Pump PCB pick and place machine. An open source vacuum pump ...

For his Hackaday prize entry, [Daren Schwenke] is creating an open-source pick-and-place head for a 3D printer which, is itself, mostly 3D printable. Some serious elbow grease has gone into the design ...

One of the jobs for which robots are best suited is the tedious, repetitive “pick and place” task common in warehouses — but humans are still much better at it. UC Berkeley researchers are picking up ...

The PPU-E is a linear-motor-driven pick-and-place unit that handles weights up to 5 kg. For a complete cycle with a 280-mm horizontal and 105-mm vertical stroke, the unit has a cycle time of 0.92 sec ...

Kerk Motion Product's 4000 Series ScrewRail combines drive, support, and guidance, in a single, compact unit. The arrangement eliminates external rail-to-screw alignment, an expense item for typical ...

Anybody who has put together a printed circuit board knows that placing chips on PCBs is always a challenge. In order to be done correctly, it requires that the user practices many times beforehand ...

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 ...

If you spend your time creating prototype PCB boards all small production runs you may be interested in a new open source manual PCB pick-and-place machine specifically created for “PCB artisans” say ...