Dear Technos,

Need your help on choosing the proper automated soldering robot.

We need to automate soldering of 24 pins that will be surface mounted vertically on an FR4 PCB. The application is high-reliability, so Sn63Pb37 will be the solder. Parallelism of pins is very important, but smart tooling will take care of this.

Looking for a table top type of system, rather than a Beamworks machine.

Questions:

*         Which are your favorite robotic system brands?

*         Laser vs. iron tip

*         In terms of processing times, how long does it take to make a joint, realistically? While pins are pre-tinned, PCB finish is not clear for now, but it might be either ENIG or ImAg. Is 3 seconds/joint a good bet for ImAg, with ENIG around 5 sec/joint?

*         Any idea regarding robot prices?

*         Any other considerations I should be aware of?

Thanks,

Ioan Tempea, P. Eng.
Manufacturing Engineer, Satellite Systems

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