Computrol installs Assembléon AX-501 pick-and-place system at Utah plant

Article Type: Industry news From: Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, Volume 25, Issue 3

Computrol, Inc. has installed an Assembléon AX-501 pick-and-place system with a 47 Tray TEM unit at its Orem, Utah facility.

With the implementation of the AX-501, Computrol benefits from the highest placement accuracy with constant component monitoring from pick-to-place and on-the-fly laser alignment. Additionally, the system features a fully software controlled, service-driven pick-and-place cycle: controlled pick, optimum acceleration and deceleration process, and controlled placement.

The new AX-501 is fully modular with an output of up to 121,000 components/hour(IPC9850) and 260 feeding inputs. Even with such high placement rates, it has accuracy down to an excellent 25 μm, CpK>1.0. The equipment places components varying from 01005 at full speed, right up to those measuring 45 mm². With easy-to-use feeder trolleys, fast changeovers are guaranteed.

Computrol now houses two AX-501 systems – one at its Meridian, Idaho plant and one at its Orem, Utah facility. Both facilities are AS9100:2004, ISO 9001-2008 and ISO 13485, IPC class II and III and J-STD certified as well as being ITAR registered and lead-free RoHS compliant.

For more information about Computrol, visit: www.computrol.com