I think they guys are Robotic Process Systems (RPS) might be able to deal with
something like that. They build quite a bit of custom robotic equipment for our
industry.

Best Regards,

Brian Stumm
ETS - Energy Technology Systems

Phil Bavaro wrote:

> We build telecommunications boards which have RF/EMI shielding requirements
> between the various "rooms" on the board and our designers use shields to
> achieve this.
>
> Typically during the prototype phases of a design we use the two piece
> shields, the first is a frame which is soldered to the board and the second
> is just a cover that snaps onto the first, but at some point it in time,
> like when our test yields finally are high enough, the designs usually
> convert over to one piece shields.
>
> During the two piece phase, our lines bog down due to the manual attachment
> method of as many as 20 shields per assembly.  It seems like the perfect
> application for a simple robotic placement system, but I don't know if
> there is such an animal out there yet.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>                                    Phillip Bavaro
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