Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Robotic Arm

Hi Jon,

See below.

Jon Elson wrote:

> Peter Homann wrote:
>> Hi Jon,
>>
>> Good choice. I received my Pick and place machine a couple of weeks ago.
>> It is a Yamaha YM-84, commonly known in the USA as a Philips CSM-84.
>>
>> It came with about 50 feedersas well. I've already run out of feeder
>> slots
>> on the machine. It has 3 heads (0.7mm, 2mm and one about 4-5mm. It also
>> has a pneumatic centering station plus an upwards looking centering
>> vision
>> camera. Plus a tray freeder
>>
>> Ran off a handful of ModIO panels and a DigiSpeed panel over the
>> weekend.
>> It's quite a fun machine to use.
>>
>> One of the thinks I need to make is a number of waffle trays to hold
>> various components. One of them is the power inductor for the ModIO
>> power
>> supply. I purchase a part reel without the reel and the tape is all
>> cracked up. Iplan to use some 4mm perspex to mill an array of pockets to
>> suit the inductor. I'll draw it up in Autocad and use sheetcam to do the
>> nesting array and produce the G-Code.
>>
>> I've had a days training on it, and it is now productive.
> Great! I was worried that there was a malfuction, but I just
> had to manually crank the axes into the center of the workspace
> and then the error condition cleared up.
>
> I have a lot to learn on how the board conveyor and work stops
> are supposed to be used. I don't think it would take too long
> to get it placing parts, but I don't have any facility for
> applying the solder paste or reflowing the boards, yet.

The machine comes with a pendant that controls the menu on the RH screen.
The interface is primitive and similar to a Nokia phone text interface. It
hakes a while to get used to but is consistant.

Do you have a manual with it? If you have questions I can answer them to
the best of my limited knowledge.

>
> What are you doing for that?

I use a mylar laser cut stencil for applying paste. I also have a
pnuematic paste despenser as well.

For reflowing I use a fanforced toaster oven that I made a temperature
controller for.

>
> I see a solder paste dispenser is available, but this machine
> didn't come with one. (I still have to go through all the boxes
> of extra stuff, there could be one in there.)

I was told that many have tried unsuccessfully to get the despenser to
apply paste. It should only be used for adhesive.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon
>
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