High-Speed Pin Insertion for Printed Circuit Boards
Your Advantages at a Glance:
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up to 400 pins per minute
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No contamination of the PCB due to horizontal pin stitching process
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Modular design
Product Size
Various PCB sizes up to 400 x 410 mm (15 x 16")
High-Speed Pin Insertion Process
- Feeding of up to 6 contact strips
- Horizontal pin insertion process by a pusher
- Measurement of the panel thickness for automatic insertion depth adjustment
- Insertion force monitoring
- Camera inside insertion tooling for the adjustment between actual and setpoint position
- Vision inspection for an early detection of geometric material deviations
Technical Data
- Insertion speed: up to 400 rpm
- Loading and unloading time: 2.7 sec (total)
- Positioning accuracy: Cmk > 2.0 with +/- 0.025 mm
- Insertion angle: 360° in 0.7 sec; infinitely variable
- Panel size: max. 400 x 410 mm (15 x 16")
- Chageover time: 1-10 min
- Compressed air: 5-7 bar
- Insertion force: max. 800 N
- True position: Cpk > 1.67 with α=1,2°
Watch the entire process in the video
High-speed PCB Pin Insertion Machine: whether as a single module or an interlinked system - we always configure a suitable solution for you:
Advantages of gentle PCB support during pin insertion
Eberhard Backplate
Supporting PCB with an Eberhard backplate
Eberhard backplate is used for gentle support of the PCB during horizontal pin insertion process.
- Clamps pull the PCB to supporting blocks
- PCB is in contact - no “high-frequency fluttering” during assembly
- No “hitting” of the PCB on the support blocks with each individual stroke
- < 500 microstrains
- Individually adapted support for the complete patch field
- Low punctual force application
- No deflection of the PCB
- Support of the sleeves in the PCB through precisely fitting holes for each pin type
- High-precision, hardened and screwed supporting blocks on request
- Unevenness of the PCB is compensated for by clamps
- Clamps hold the PCB only in the insertion direction
- No tension in transverse direction, PCB is tension-free here
- Horizontal pin insertion
- No deflection of the PCB due to its own weight
- Highly complex applications possible
- If suitable, pin insertion on both sides in one single machine
- Extremely durable backplate surface
Movable PCB support
Movable support of the PCB (also called anvil).
Other manufacturers use anvils to support the PCB. In this case, pin insertion is done vertically.
(-) Anvil hits the hanging PCB with high dynamics every time
(-) PCB is “bent up” and overshoots
(-) Counterpressure of the insertion axis presses it onto the anvil
(-) Anvil only supports a small area directly around the press-fit area
(-) Point load arises as a result
(-) Unevenness of the PCB cannot be compensated
(-) Tension on the outer edge clamps the PCB in the transverse direction
(-) PCB cannot “breathe”
Your advantages as an Eberhard customer
We support our customers over the entire life cycle of their production lines.
Visionlab
At Eberhard, we have our in-house expertise in programming and installing camera inspection systems. This saves you valuable time, especially if an existing system requires reprogramming. Our in-house specialists take care of this for you.
Retrofit
With our retrofit concept, we guarantee our customers CO₂-friendly utilisation of the system over several product generations. We give your system a second chance.
Lifetime Excellence
With our Lifetime Excellence service program, we offer our customers comprehensive support from our specialists throughout the entire life cycle of the production systems.
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