One of the core applications for SMAC actuators is high speed pick and
place, particularly of small, delicate parts such as SMT chips and wrist
watch parts.
Advantages of the SMAC pick and place solution are:
Very high speed and acceleration (up to 15g (~150ms-2))
Force control = softland for handling delicate
parts
Can pick and place at any height
Long life (hundreds of millions of cycles)
Fully programmable in position, velocity, acceleration and force
Micron and sub-micron accuracy
No air supply needed
Integrated multiple axis units available
Integrated vacuum path (with optional filter)
Break-away shafts and custom tips available
Proven technology - thousands of units in the field
Case study
Requirment
A well known Japanese wrist watch manufacturer required a very high speed
two axis pick and place unit for handling watch parts.
Travel required:
X: 100mm
Z: 15mm
Solution
LAS55-100 (X-axis) with integrated LAL15-015 (Z-axis)
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