The Quadris-S four-gantry placement machine, with built-in turret technology, leverages advanced motion controls to achieve a high throughput-per-machine footprint and a wide part range without changing heads. Has 100ppm final placement performance.
 
Combines 80,000 cph placement performance, 0201 to 44 x 44 mm component range, support for tape and tray feeders including dual-track feeders, automatic board centering between feeder banks, on-the-fly gang recognition and bank feeder change. In addition to high-speed placement of SMDs as small as 0201, fine pitch capabilities support BGA or leaded packages of 0.5 mm pitch, with ball diameters down to 0.3 mm or leads 0.18 mm wide.
 
“The Quadris concept concentrates turret-style and gantry placement capabilities into a far smaller footprint than discrete inline machines capable of comparable throughput,” said Prashant Vithlani, Product Manager. “Quadris-S now extends this performance-per-square-meter advantage by boosting throughput and supporting an even wider range of component sizes. This also simplifies scheduling of assemblies, and enhances line balancing and utilization because fewer large components must be placed further down the line.”
 
Includes direct drive, linear motion, linear sensor and gang recognition. Options include bad board reject, extended BGA/CSP options and 610 x 460 mm board handling. Other options: library data teach, pattern program data teach, automatic component validation (ACV) and an offline feeder setup station.
 
Comes with UCT-53 offline programming software, and runs on Windows XP.
 
High-speed linear motors with 0.0048 micron resolution ensure fast, accurate x-y motion. Inter-axis correction control for the y-axis, combined with twin drives, ensure accuracy and repeatability. Each gantry has a compact, direct drive 12-spindle head featuring low weight and inertia, high resolution, high speed and high reliability. Has theta resolution of 0.0027° and a z-height resolution of 1 micron. On-the-head linear CCD sensors provide automatic placement height optimization. The sensing system can detect missing and vertical components, and measures component thickness, to automatically adjust the height control.
 
Non-stop on-the-fly gang recognition of up to 12 components at high speed enables synchronous control of all four x-y gantries. Productivity Shift board transfer system centers the PCB between feeder banks for optimal balancing across the beams. Bank feeder change and splicing capabilities facilitate rapid replenishment and product changeovers.
 
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