Dispensing Solder Paste Using The ProtoMat S63 or S103
Dispensing Solder Paste Using The ProtoMat S63 or S103
Dispensing Solder Paste Using The ProtoMat S63 or S103
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How-to Dispense <strong>Solder</strong> <strong>Paste</strong> <strong>Using</strong> CircuitPro<br />
<strong>Dispensing</strong> <strong>Solder</strong> <strong>Paste</strong> <strong>Using</strong> <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>ProtoMat</strong> <strong>S63</strong> <strong>or</strong> <strong>S103</strong><br />
Required Tools:<br />
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Dispenser Head<br />
Red Plastic Needle<br />
<strong>Solder</strong> paste (at room temperature)<br />
Calipers (capable of measuring in millimeters)<br />
Completed PCB<br />
Gerber Files (<strong>Solder</strong> <strong>Paste</strong> and Drill Layers)<br />
Compressed Air (@45 psi <strong>or</strong> 3 bar)<br />
Procedure:<br />
1. Complete Milling and Drilling of PCB board.<br />
a. See how to circuit pro (cam and board production) documents.<br />
2. Warm solder paste to room temperature.<br />
a. Recommend letting it sit f<strong>or</strong> 12 hours.<br />
3. Connect compressed air to the machine. (if not already connected)<br />
a. Minimum requirement of 45 psi <strong>or</strong> 3 bar.<br />
4. Open existing Circuit Pro file (.cbf) f<strong>or</strong> this design.<br />
5. Imp<strong>or</strong>t <strong>Solder</strong> paste top Gerber file.<br />
a. See how to circuit pro (Cam only) document step 2.<br />
6. Calculate the amount of solder needed.<br />
a. Go to the toolpath menu and select “dispense.”<br />
b. Select needle size<br />
i. Currently, only the 0.4mm needle is available<br />
c. Press run <strong>or</strong> apply.<br />
d. Press close.<br />
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7. Set dispenser offset.<br />
a. Go to the wizards menu and select “dispense preparation wizard.”<br />
Note: If there is a tool in the collet, it will be placed back into the toolbar.<br />
b. Install paste dispenser.<br />
i. See system manual f<strong>or</strong> instructions.<br />
c. Mount material.<br />
i. Use a scrap piece of copper material that is at least 50 x 50 millimeters<br />
ii. Measure the overall thickness with a set of calipers. Note this number.<br />
iii. Place the thickness in the thickness field.<br />
iv. Press next.<br />
d. Test dispenser<br />
i. Move the wizard screen off to the side.<br />
ii. Move machine to the center of your scrap piece by clicking on the w<strong>or</strong>king area with<br />
your mouse until the dispense needle is centered on the material.<br />
Note: Machine will now search f<strong>or</strong> the focus height of the material. It will do this 5<br />
times, in a dice pattern.<br />
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iii. Place a piece of paper underneath the dispenser needle.<br />
iv. Lower the head until the needle is barely touching the top of the paper.<br />
v. Press next.<br />
e. Clean Dispenser Needle (Or prepare needle)<br />
i. Press the dispense icon in the wizard screen.<br />
ii. Repeat until a single stream of paste comes out of the needle.<br />
iii. Clean off any paste that has been dispensed.<br />
iv. Press next.<br />
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f. Calculate Dispenser Offset<br />
Note: Machine will dispense 5 dots. Dot number 5 will be slightly offset from the<br />
first four.<br />
Note: Machine will then move the camera over the dots and will zoom onto them.<br />
Note: Machine will now calculate the dispenser offset.<br />
i. Press next.<br />
ii. Press Done.<br />
8. Dispense <strong>Solder</strong> <strong>Paste</strong><br />
a. Go to the wizards menu and select “dispense process wizard.”<br />
b. Mount material<br />
i. Measure the thickness of your actual board with a set of calipers. Note this number.<br />
ii. Mount the material onto the machine with the top side of the board facing up.<br />
iii. Place the board thickness into the thickness field.<br />
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iv. Press next.<br />
c. Setting Fiducials (existing holes on board)<br />
i. Move the wizard screen off to the side.<br />
ii. Left click on one of the drill holes near a c<strong>or</strong>ner of the board.<br />
iii. Press next.<br />
iv. Left click on one of the drill holes in the opposite c<strong>or</strong>ner of the board.<br />
v. Press next.<br />
vi. This will mark the <strong>or</strong>ientation of the board.<br />
Note: <strong>The</strong> machine will then search f<strong>or</strong> the drill holes selected.<br />
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d. Set camera focus height.<br />
i. <strong>The</strong> machine will now find the focus height on the material, similar to what it did during<br />
the “dispenser offset” step.<br />
ii. Clean needle.<br />
1. Press the dispense icon in the wizard<br />
screen.<br />
iii. Repeat until a single stream of paste comes out of the needle.<br />
iv. Clean off any paste that has been dispensed.<br />
v. Press next.<br />
e. Dispense <strong>Solder</strong><br />
Note: <strong>The</strong> machine will now dispense the solder on your pads.<br />
9. <strong>Dispensing</strong> Complete.<br />
a. If you want to apply paste to a second board, press the next board button.<br />
b. After all boards are complete, press the finish button.<br />
10. Remove solder dispenser from the machine.<br />
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