Pick and Place PCB Assembling using Rectilinear Arm

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are a massive part of every piece of electronic item that we have in our day-to-day lives. PCB assembling can be done in the following three ways Thru-Hole Technology (THT) Assembly Process, Surface Mount Technology (SMT) Assembly Process, and Mixed Technology. THT is used in smaller companies and start-ups where the PCB assembling involves human power which is more time-consuming when Compared with SMT, which involves machines. Our project has a feeder, compounds mounting by a rectilinear arm which is used in a component placing, and an automatic soldiering part. A component like resistors will be loaded onto the feeder the two ends of the resistors will be bent with the help of stepper motors. A rectilinear arm is used to pick and place the components by using the pinsetter method. PCB board flipped upside down for the soldiering part by the same arm. The extra part of the components will be cut by using a metal cuter. Error detection is done through the computer vision by the Open-CV module.