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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Pick-and-place using a CNC mill

From: fd asdf <double2gs@...>
Date: 2007-12-24

There aren't any pneumatics being used in the video.
You just need a vacumm.
--- "mark.mickelsen" <mark.mickelsen@...>
wrote:

>
> I've been watching some videos on YouTube that are
> very interesting:
>
> http://ciciora.com/picknplace.html
> <http://ciciora.com/picknplace.html>
>
> and in the menu there is one called
>
> CNC Taig mill solder paste dispenser
>
> I'm very interested in doing something like this
> with my mill but I
> don't know very much about the pneumatics involved.
> They seem to be
> using ordinary syringes as the tool head for picking
> up and placing the
> parts. They are also using a syringe filled with
> solder paste for
> dispensing. They must be using an air pump that can
> be both a vacuum
> pump and compressor.
>
> Can anyone direct me to a site where I can learn
> something about the
> pneumatics involved? When I google "pneumatics" I
> get a gazillion hits.
> I don't know where to start. I also would like to
> know what kind of air
> pump to look for.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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>
>



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