Abstract: A method and a system for providing operator information in an Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system comprising an SMT information database, a SMT pick and place machine and an identity tag scanner, the method comprising: receiving a bin in said SMT pick and place machine, wherein said bin is adapted to comprise vertically oriented bin load units, wherein said bin load unit has an pallet identity tag attached to the bin load units upwards facing surface; starting SMT production on said SMT pick and place machine; scanning individual identity tags attached to bin load units comprising component tape reels to obtain bin load units IDs.

Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to high utilization of donor material in a writing process using Laser-Induced Forward Transfer. Specifically, the technology relates to reusing, or recycling, unused donor material by recoating target substrates with donor material after a writing process is performed with the target substrate. Further, the technology relates to target substrates including a pattern of discrete separated dots to be individually ejected from the target substrate using LIFT.

Abstract: An ejector for jetting droplets of viscous media onto a substrate is disclosed. The ejector comprises a jetting nozzle having a nozzle space and a nozzle outlet, and an impacting device for impacting a volume of the viscous medium in the nozzle space such that droplets of viscous medium is jetted from the nozzle space through the nozzle outlet towards the substrate. The ejector also comprise a sensor arrangement arranged after the jetting nozzle in the jetting direction, wherein the sensor arrangement is adapted to detect a jetted droplet of viscous medium passing thereby.

Abstract: A method and a system for providing operator information in an Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system comprising an SMT information database, a SMT pick and place machine and an identity tag scanner, the method comprising: receiving a bin in said SMT pick and place machine, wherein said bin is adapted to comprise vertically oriented bin load units, wherein said bin load unit has an pallet identity tag attached to the bin load units upwards facing surface; starting SMT production on said SMT pick and place machine; scanning individual identity tags attached to bin load units comprising component tape reels to obtain bin load units IDs.

Abstract: A container, or box, for use in a Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system includes an outer shell and at least one compartment. The outer shell has side walls and a base. The container is configured to store a plurality of SMT-job related objects in said at least one compartment where one of said SMT-job related objects is not a component tape reel, wherein said container has a logically and electronically unique identity in the SMT system represented by a barcode or RFID tag arranged on the container, said unique ID of the container being configured to be associated with each of the unique IDs of said plurality of SMT-job related objects stored in said at least one compartment.

Abstract: A method in an automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse configured to store bins at predetermined positions within said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse, the method comprising receiving a bin at a port of said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse and scanning an identity tag attached to said bin to obtain a bin ID.

Abstract: A system and method for surface mount assembly of PCB's, using an automated pick-and-place machine into which component tapes on reels are fed, uses component tape reels each of which has been pre-threaded into its appropriate tape guide and been stored as a reel/tape guide packet in an automated SMD storage tower, from which appropriate packets are retrieved for coupling to the pick-and-place machine.

Abstract: A jetting device configured to jet one or more droplets of a viscous medium through a nozzle may include an acoustic transducer configured to emit an acoustic signal that transfers acoustic waves into at least a portion of the viscous medium located in a viscous medium conduit a viscous medium conduit configured to direct a flow of the viscous medium to an outlet of the nozzle. The acoustic signal may be an ultrasonic signal. The acoustic signal may adjust one or more rheological properties of the viscous medium, based on acoustic actuation. The acoustic transducer may be implemented by an actuator of the device that is configured to move through an eject chamber to cause viscous medium to be jetted through the outlet of the nozzle as one or more droplets.

Abstract: A method, a system and an archive server for determining an illumination setting for capturing an image of a component, belonging to a specific package type, in a pick- and-place machine are provided. The method comprises capturing a first image of a first component of the specific package type while the first component is illuminated by a first illumination component, and capturing a second image of the first component while the first component is illuminated by a second illumination component, the second illumination component being different from the first illumination component. An illumination setting may then be determined by creating a plurality of generated images based on the first and second image of the first component, and selecting the generated image that fulfils a predetermined quality measure.

Abstract: A container, or box, for use in a Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system includes an outer shell and at least one compartment. The outer shell has side walls and a base. The container is configured to store a plurality of SMT-job related objects in said at least one compartment where one of said SMT-job related objects is not a component tape reel, wherein said container has a logically and electronically unique identity in the SMT system represented by a barcode or RFID tag arranged on the container, said unique ID of the container being configured to be associated with each of the unique IDs of said plurality of SMT-job related objects stored in said at least one compartment.

Abstract: The disclosed technology teaches a method of reducing the impact of cross-talk between transducers that drive an acousto-optic modulator. The method includes operating the transducers, which are mechanically coupled to an acousto-optic modulator medium, with different frequencies applied to adjoining transducers and producing a time-varying phase relationship between carriers on spatially adjoining modulation channels emanating from the adjoining transducers, with a frequency separation between carriers on the adjoining channels of 400 KHz to 20 MHz. The disclosed technology also includes operating 5 to 32 modulators, which are mechanically coupled to the acousto-optic modulator crystal, and varying the different frequencies applied to the modulators in a sawtooth pattern, varying the different frequencies over a range and then repeating variation over the range.

Abstract: A jetting device configured to jet one or more droplets of a viscous medium through the outlet of a nozzle includes an energy output device. The energy output device is configured to direct a quantum of energy into at least a portion of the volume of the viscous medium jetted through the outlet to control a breaking of the droplet from the nozzle. The energy output device may include an acoustic transducer or a piezoelectric material or a laser emitter or a heater.

Abstract: A method and a system for providing operator information in an Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system comprising an SMT information database, a SMT pick and place machine and an identity tag scanner, the method comprising: receiving a bin in said SMT pick and place machine, wherein said bin is adapted to comprise vertically oriented bin load units, wherein said bin load unit has an pallet identity tag attached to the bin load units upwards facing surface; starting SMT production on said SMT pick and place machine; scanning individual identity tags attached to bin load units comprising component tape reels to obtain bin load units IDs.

Abstract: A method in an automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse configured to store bins at predetermined positions within said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse, the method comprising receiving a bin at a port of said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse and scanning an identity tag attached to said bin to obtain a bin ID.

Abstract: An ejector for jetting droplets of viscous media onto a substrate is disclosed. The ejector comprises a jetting nozzle having a nozzle space and a nozzle outlet, and an impacting device for impacting a volume of the viscous medium in the nozzle space such that droplets of viscous medium is jetted from the nozzle space through the nozzle outlet towards the substrate. The ejector also comprise a sensor arrangement arranged after the jetting nozzle in the jetting direction, wherein the sensor arrangement is adapted to detect a jetted droplet of viscous medium passing thereby.

Abstract: A jetting device may include a vacuum nozzle configured to direct a gaseous flow of a gaseous fluid in flow communication with a jetting outlet; a vacuum pump configured to draw the gaseous flow into the vacuum nozzle and further towards the vacuum pump via the vacuum nozzle outlet; and an inlet conduit between a vacuum nozzle inlet and the ambient environment, where the inlet conduit includes a control valve configured to control a flow rate of the gaseous flow through the vacuum nozzle outlet based on adjusting a smallest diameter of the inlet conduit between an open diameter and a constricted diameter. The open diameter may be greater than a smallest diameter of the suction hole. The gaseous flow may include a first gaseous flow into the vacuum nozzle via a suction hole and an adjustable second gaseous flow into the vacuum nozzle via the vacuum nozzle inlet.

Abstract: An ejector for jetting a viscous medium onto a substrate is disclosed. The ejector comprises a jetting chamber adapted to accommodate the viscous medium, a nozzle communicatively connected to the chamber, and an impacting device adapted to impact a volume of the viscous medium in the chamber such that viscous medium is jetted through the nozzle towards the substrate. The ejector may further comprise a rotating mechanism adapted to rotate the impacting device around a length axis of the impacting device such that shearing is induced in the viscous medium to be jetted. A corresponding system and method is also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for depositing and/or jetting viscous medium on a surface of a workpiece includes at least two depositing head assemblies. The at least two depositing head assemblies are configured to move in three dimensional space. The at least two depositing head assemblies are also configured to at least one of concurrently and simultaneously deposit the viscous medium on the workpiece.

Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a workpiece is disclosed. The method comprises providing (810) a layer (120) of a polymeric material on at least a portion of a substrate (110) and patterning (830) the layer of polymeric material by exposing the layer with electromagnetic radiation having a frequency and amplitude within said certain frequency range and amplitude range so as to form a pattern of regions (122) having a first electrical conductivity and regions (124) having a second electrical conductivity. The method further includes the actions of mounting (840) an electronic component (140) on the layer of polymeric material and curing (850) the polymeric material. A workpiece comprising a substrate (110), a layer (120) of a polymeric material adapted to, in a non-cured state, to change its electrical conductivity when exposed with electromagnetic radiation (E) within a certain frequency and amplitude range is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method in an automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse configured to store bins at predetermined positions within said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse, the method comprising receiving a bin at a port of said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse and scanning an identity tag attached to said bin to obtain a bin ID.