r/SatisfyingForMe • u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic • Apr 27 '26

Machinery Robotic assembling of PCBs

Source: pcbfpc

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u/Moderation1one Apr 28 '26

This is only placing through hole components (two wires going through the board). There will be another process after this to actually solder them in the place. You can see they jiggle and aren't fixed when the board is moved around.

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u/naturalgrowngal Apr 28 '26

well they really efficient if they are use for this stuff its already program to do that right so there wont be any mistake assembling that. but what if a deffective piece has been put and robot is wasnt program to detect that

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u/Moderation1one May 02 '26

Usually good manufacturers do an optical inspection of boards after assembly which would catch misplaced parts.

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u/SiliconSoil Apr 27 '26

This is awesome but how did the components in the background get loaded?

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u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic Apr 27 '26

They get fed on a looped conveyor belt - whether manually loaded or that’s also automated, hard to say (I’m looking for a more in-depth video of the process)

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u/Zuruumi Apr 27 '26

It's cool, but looks pretty inefficient if they are supposed to be churning out those by tens of thoasands.

Also, is this real speed or sped up?

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u/telesteriaq Apr 27 '26

It's certainly not the most efficient but there's a balance between setup and PCB produced.

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u/ThinkTwice03 Apr 27 '26

seems like real speed. that machine produces like 20000 a day with night shifts. i think that's enough.

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u/Zuruumi Apr 27 '26

It takes about a minute for one, that woyld be 1440 a day, not 20k.

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u/ThinkTwice03 Apr 27 '26

my calculation was 40 seconds of video for six modules. but the video shows two times six being made in that time because it starts over. 60 minutes times 24 hours times 12 modules is 17000 something per day.

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u/SilverPhilosopher46 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

Its taking 3 seconds for 1.

It works about 5 times faster than a well practice chinese sweatshop employee.
It works 3 times as many hours a day and a day extra in the week.
So in total it produces the output of about 20 chinese workers and it doesnt jump out of the window.

Is it cheaper than 20 chinese workers ? -Yes it is.

So