AIA: Linear Actuators Cut Programming, Assembly Times
Exselect Engineering (Toronto) manufactures automated soldering equipment. Its products range from lab-scale machines to multistation turnkey systems for Tier 1 automotive suppliers. Recently, the company built a customized, eight-station Pinpointer 86-8 machine to solder a variety of different automotive junction boxes. The machine is flexible and programmable to accommodate future product lines.
Pinpointer machines solder surface mount printed circuit board assemblies by rotating each board to a set position above a bath of flux or solder. The machines then raise the bath to flood the work area on the boards. Both of these steps require precise, repeatable motion control.