The most recent addition to the industry-recognized SIPLACE HF series platform, the SIPLACE HF/3 placement machine features a placement speed of 40,000 components per hour with accuracy of 30 µm at 4 sigma, 180 feeder inputs and an extensive component range from 0201 up to 8.0" long connectors. Viewed as the new industry standard for speed, flexibility and precision, the SIPLACE HF/3 work cell is the backbone of the Siemens lean manufacturing solution.
SIPLACE HF/3 is the industry’s first three-gantry, parallel placement machine that combines high speed with high flexibility to further improve the productivity of a user’s production line. Depending on the volume requirements, the HF/3 is perfect for an end-of-line or all-in-one machine solution. As a significant advantage to users, the new SIPLACE HF/3 is based on the proven SIPLACE platform and is equipped with all the innovative features of the SIPLACE HF — the new placement head, the new transport system, and the new drives for flexible and fast placement.

A third gantry enhances the placement machine’s production and flexibility even further. Like the other two gantries, this additional gantry can accept any available placement head, depending on the job requirements: an additional Twin-Head for even more flexibility, a six-segment Collect & Place head for more speed with larger components, or a twelve-segment Collect & Place head for maximum speed with smaller components.

The new HF/3 adds even more performance to the technological innovations of the SIPLACE HF platform and can be used with maximum flexibility. The new machine places components that range from 0201, flip chips and CCGAs to custom components with 100 g and dimensions of 85 x 85/125 x 10 mm at a rate of up to 40,000 components per hour. This makes the HF/3, by far, the most powerful end-of-line placement machine in the market, with a cost per placement that is unbeatable. The SIPLACE HF/3 can be integrated into any production line where line performance and flexibility are important.

The following innovations characterize the SIPLACE HF/3:
· Linear motors on all axes enable fast acceleration and deceleration.
· Lightweight, extra-stiff carbon-fiber gantries permit high travel speed.
· The TwinHead can pick up two components simultaneously, enabling very high placement rates.
· A wide component range provides great flexibility.
· Use of a Matrix Tray Changer (MTC) allows component feeding from trays.
· Improved camera system enables fast and very reliable component recognition, allowing placement of complex packages such as CCGA as well as all types of ball grid arrays (BGAs).

Visit Siemens booth at 5609 to learn more about the HF/3 and to view a demonstration. For more information about SIPLACE, visit www.siplace.com.