Design and development of an automated pinning machine for the surface mount electronics industry

This thesis describes the development of a concept for a pinning process and the associated machinery to handle odd-form pins specific to a company in the surface mount electronics industry. The developed pinning machine will reduce manual labor requirements, increase flexibility over current automated systems, and allow for greater part traceability. A brief history of industrial automation is presented to establish a background of the industry, followed by a more detailed look at robotic tooling. The design of the automated pinning machine is described in detail, as well as the design methodology behind the sub-systems and components themselves. Finally, the performance of the machine is documented in a testing chapter, comparing machine performance to the original design specifications. The final pinning machine is capable of processing pins with cycle times of 850ms, and has a mean time to failure of 0.24 hours.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Cook, Daniel J., M. Eng. (Daniel James). Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• David E. Hardt.

• Mechanical Engineering.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78163

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/78163