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Pick n' Paste - Carbide Labs LLC

Carbide Labs Pick n' Paste was a product that we developed to bring industrial assembly capability to the consumer/hobby desktop market. We hoped to add a tool to the wave of machines that were being developed for the prosumer market in 2012. The machine in its final state was a working prototype with motion control and machine vison; however it never made it to market. 

Pick n' Paste Features: 
  • Custom Core XY motion system 
    • 5 Degrees of Freedom (X,Y, Z1, Z2, A) 
  • Two actuated heads:
    • Paste dispenser
    • Rotary vacuum pick head
  • Dual vison cameras 
    • Downward camera - Board Position
    • Upward camera - part position adjustment 
  • Steel bed with Magnetic holders 
    • Board holder 
    • Component tape holders 
  • Linux CNC Branch developed for project
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Mechanical Design: 
The Core XY frame was designed custom for our application. Sheet material was cut using water jet and all other components where machined with a CNC machine. 

Features: 
  • Linear ball bearings and ground rods
  • Dual multi-start lead screws 
  • Stepper motor and timing belt system 
  • Software: Autodesk Inventor, HSMWorks CAM 
  • Machines: OMAX Water Jet, Haas VF2 CNC Mill, JET Lathe

Vision System: 
The Pick n' Paste system had duel cameras for real time circuit board fluidical location and component position and angle offsets
Features: 
  • Dual rear illuminated cameras 
  • Pick head designed to use Fuji nozzles for optimized background contrast 
  • Vison software developed in OpenCV 

The Pick n' Paste machine was featured by Hackaday.com during the 2014 Makerfaire in New York. Video include interview and machine demo.
Article: hackaday.com/2014/09/24/pick-and-place-machines-at-maker-faire/
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