Automated quality control for printed circuit boards

Did you encounter any difficulties during the implementation with the help of robolink®? If so, what were they? We are a company that primarily deals with the electrical testing of printed circuit boards. Robotics was new to us and the project therefore involved many new tasks with a number of difficulties that had to be solved. The robolink® components actually caused the least problems.

What did you particularly like about the implementation with robolink®? Thanks to our own expertise, we are able to provide the entire motion control of a multi-axis system and extend it to a robot application. The mechanical interfaces of the robolink® joints allowed simple and fast integration together with our drives.

Did you combine the robot arm with your own components? If so, why? An important goal was that our automation should be able to handle PCBs with a wide variety of formats without an operator having to make any mechanical adjustments when changing formats. This initially led to the general decision that only a robot solution was an option. Furthermore, a universal, format-independent suction gripper was developed, which is manufactured using the 3D laser sintering process and can be easily connected to the robot.

In what ways do you benefit from automation today? With automation, we have an innovative product that will allow our company to grow in a new area over the next few years. Our customers benefit from the use of automation in electrical circuit board testing through greater effectiveness and, in particular, through increased safety by eliminating human error.