Festo as your automation partner
Festo has established itself as a reliable partner in all areas of electronics manufacturing. Our efficient pick and place automation supports PCB manufacturing right from the start and with technological transformation and miniaturisation. That is why we offer axes and standards-based cylinders, fast-switching valves, vacuum generators and other standard components, as well as complete electric drive systems and ready-to-install handling systems through to high-performance vision systems and smart Industry 4.0 solutions.
Regardless of whether you assemble PCBs using the SMT (surface-mount technology) or THT (through-hole technology) method, we are your automation partner when it comes to moving and positioning the workpieces, feeding the PCBs into the production line and removing them again or securing them for processing during transport.
Automated PCB testing in practice
The compact planar surface gantry EXCM at Visatronic GmbH
Project:
Small batch sizes and prototypes make the economical testing of printed circuit boards a real challenge. We therefore developed a cost-effective flying probe tester specially for this task.
Solution:
At Visatronic, the mini planar surface gantry EXCM quickly and accurately guides the test needle to the test position, while the electric slide EGSK then lowers it onto the workpiece being tested with a predefined force and motion.
Michael Gebauer, General Manager of Visatronic GmbH sums it up:
“The EXCM is the ideal system component for modular, compact test automation.”
Handling Guide Online – designing handling systems
Configure the right handling system, from a single-axis solution to a 3D gantry, quickly and easily with the Handling Guide Online. You only need to enter the axis definition, payload, etc. and in just 20 minutes you will have a perfect ready-to-order system. We supply it together with CAD data and commissioning files, either ready to install or partially assembled.
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