MYDATA's pick and place machine helps ZOT to do the lot

For ZOT Engineering, a leading supplier of advanced manufacturing solutions to the UK electronics industry, a new MYDATA MY100SX14 pick-and-place machine has extended the company’s PCB assembly facilities to cover virtually every type of component currently available, including the latest tiny 01005 devices.

The new machine complements the company’s existing MYDATA TP11 pick-and-place machine, which is still delivering excellent results after fifteen years of use. It does, however, lack the capability to handle some of the latest component types, as these were not even in development when the machine was produced.

“Even though we were an existing MYDATA user and we were more than satisfied both with the performance of our TP11 machine and with the service provided by the company, we still surveyed the market very carefully before we bought our new machine,” said Mike Wilson, Production Manager at ZOT Engineering. “It didn’t take us long, however, to decide that the MY100SX14, which is one of MYDATA’s new generation of machines, was streets ahead of most of its competitors.”

As well as its versatility, other key features of the new machine that were of particular interest to ZOT Engineering were its high throughput capability of 21,500 components per hour, and the speed with which changeovers can be accomplished with the Agilis feeder system.
Interchangeability of feeders between the company’s existing TP11 machine and the new MY100SX14 was another important benefit, as was the possibility of using the same production programs for both machines.

“The flexibility that the commonality between the machines gives us is fantastic,” said Mike Wilson, “and another real deal clincher is the ability of the Agilis feeders to handle short strips of tape-mounted components efficiently and without wastage. This is very important to us, as some of our work is short run, which means working with small quantities of components.

ZOT Engineering has installed its MY100SX14 pick-and-place machine in a new purpose-built clean room, enabling the company to meet even the most exacting requirements for PCB assembly. The machine has now been in use for almost three months, and is fully living up to expectations, making it possible for ZOT Engineering to offer its customers even faster service, with a wider range of options.