Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. has developed the new “YS24X” surface mounter with a compact platform and two mounting heads capable of handling large and irregularly shaped components plus the various optical recognition systems and lighting fixtures to enable outstanding component handling. This new model will be released in March 2010.
The new YS24X achieves excellent productivity in relation to surface area and great versatility with its capability to accommodate a wide variety of electronic components, including irregularly shaped components up to 45mm × 45mm and 15mm in height.
Despite its compact platform with a width of just 1.25 m, this model has two multi-heads on independent beams with each head having 10 nozzles in an in-line configuration to achieve a superior mounting capability of 54,000 CPH*1 (0.067 sec./chip: Under optimum conditions as defined by Yamaha Motor) and also has the capability to accommodate extra large PCB (printed circuit boards), up to L700 × W460mm. What’s more, this model is complete with the optical verification functions and lighting to enable detection of defects and flaws of all ball electrodes and a coplanarity check*2 function, a large-sized nozzle station designed to hold a large number of nozzles to accommodate a wide range of electronic components and compatibility with the sATS 15-tray × 2 magazine automatic-replacement tray supply unit (option) to enable great flexibility in application. Plans call for the new YS24X “39th Internepcon Japan” show featuring electronics mounting technology that will be held from January 20 to 22 at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan (Ariake Koto-ku, Tokyo).
*1 CPH (Chips Per Hour): Total number of chips that can be mounted per hour (unit time). Indicates processing capability under various conditions.
*2 Coplanarity check: An inspection system that detects the positions of the electrode leads of the many electronic components mounted and the uniformity in height and direction of the ball electrodes on the bottoms of components and compares them with PCB (printed circuit board) pattern to ensure the reliability of electrode connections.
Source: http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/news/2010/0114/ys24x.html
