Towards the Automated Coverlay Assembly in FPCB Manufacturing: Concept and Preliminary Tests
| Autor: | Paolo Scalmati, Chiara Renghini, Vito Basile, Irene Fassi, Marcello Valori, Simone Pio Negri |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing [Bari] (STIIMA-CNR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche [Milano] (CNR), Somacis, Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing [Milano] (STIIMA-CNR), Svetan Ratchev, TC 5, WG 5.5 |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Flexible electronics
Computer science business.industry Process (computing) Film manipulation 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Flexible circuits PCB assembly 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Available Volume [INFO]Computer Science [cs] Electronics 0210 nano-technology business Computer hardware |
| Zdroj: | IPAS 2020 International Precision Assembly Seminar-Smart Technologies for Precision Assembly, pp. 36–50, Online, 14/12/2020-15/12/2020 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Valori M.; Basile V.; Negri S.P.; Scalmati P.; Renghini C.; Fassi I.;/congresso_nome:IPAS 2020 International Precision Assembly Seminar-Smart Technologies for Precision Assembly/congresso_luogo:Online/congresso_data:14%2F12%2F2020-15%2F12%2F2020/anno:2021/pagina_da:36/pagina_a:50/intervallo_pagine:36–50 IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 9th International Precision Assembly Seminar (IPAS) 9th International Precision Assembly Seminar (IPAS), Dec 2020, Held virtually, Unknown Region. pp.36-50, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-72632-4_3⟩ IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology ISBN: 9783030726317 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-72632-4_3⟩ |
| Popis: | In modern electronics, flexible and rigid-flex PCBs are largely used due to their intrinsic versatility and performance, allowing to increase the available volume, or enabling connection between unconstrained components. Rigid-flex PCBs consists of rigid board portions with flexible interconnections and are commonly used in a wide variety of industrial applications. However, the assembly process of these devices still has some bottlenecks. Specifically, they require the application of cover layers (namely, coverlays), to provide insulation and protection of the flexible circuits. Due to the variability in planar shape and dimensions, the coverlay application is still performed manually, requiring troublesome manipulation steps and resulting in undetermined time-cycle and precision.This paper aims at the improvement of the industrial process currently performed, by proposing an approach for the automation of Kapton coverlay manipulation and application. Since these products are commercially provided as a film with a protective layer to be removed, the peeling issue is addressed, representing a challenging step of the automated process; the results of a systematic series of tests, performed in order to validate the peeling strategy, are reported in the paper. The overall assembly strategy relies on the development of a customized multi-hole vacuum gripper, whose concept is presented and contextualized in the proposed assembly process by outlining a suitable workcell architecture. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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