Pick-and-place Machine Design with Vision Module

This paper presents the design and development of a pick-and-place machine for integrated circuit (IC) packages. This paper begins with the conceptual design and its design considerations. A stress simulation has been carried out on the pickup arm. In the hardware part, several components are carefully selected or custom designed, fabricated and assembled for the electronics system, pneumatic system and mechanical system. In the software part, a graphical user interface (GUI) has been developed using MFC in C++ programming language. The performance of the machine has been tested in terms of pick-and-place speed and placement repeatability. The outcome was a pick-and-place machine that is capable to achieve speeds of up to 1500UPH using a simple design and readily available industrial components.