Publication date: 31 March 2011
Winner of the Global Technology and NPI Awards in 2008, the iineo platform features many enhancements to the Europlacer machine range such as a higher feeder count, increased board size and increased maximum component height. The platform uses the company’s proven core features, including turret head, intelligent feeders, powerful software — while introducing technologies such as linear motors and digital cameras.
Europlacer’s iineo is widely configurable, allowing for numerous different possibilities:
• Single or dual linear motor gantry including a rotary turret head with eight or 12 pickups • One or two board positioning mechanisms • Oversized board options • Huge feeder capacity to front and rear, or front only
The single-head iineo can handle maximum PCB sizes of 18" (457.2mm) x 27" (685.8 mm) L with options to handle up to 24" (609.6 mm)W x 63" (1600.2 mm) L. The double-head system can handle maximum PCB sizes (Standard Transport) of 18" (457.2mm) W x 20" (508mm) L with options to handle up to 24"(609.6 mm) W x 63" (1600.2 mm) L. Both the single and dual-head iineo systems can handle minimum PCB sizes of 2.4" (60mm)2, board thickness of 0.020" (.508mm) to 0.1 (2.54mm)"”, maximum weight of 22lbs (9.979kg) and under board clearance of one inch (25.4mm) .
Additionally, both feature board edge clearance of 0.12" (3.04mm) above/0.20" (5.08mm) below, and left to right, fixed front rail transport criteria with a height of 950 mm (adjustable from 890 to 975 mm). Board location on both is full edge clamping with fiducial correction and both systems feature a SMEMA interface.
For more information, please speak with a Blakell Europlacer representative at its distributor SmarTec’s booth 219 in Hall 7 during SMT Nuremberg 2011.
Europlacer has been developing machines for electronics assembly since the 1970s and invented the intelligent feeder concept in the 1980s. After acquisition by Blakell Europlacer in 1991, the company moved away from split-axis to the inherently more capable X-Y architecture that underpins the company’s machines today.
Europlacer’s policy has been to ensure wherever possible that technology purchased many years ago, especially feeders, remain compatible with the latest equipment. Europlacer designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of highly flexible SMT placement systems for the global electronics industry.
For more information, visit Europlacer’s Web site at www.europlacer.com.
