Pick-and-place machine

<p>Surface-mount technology (SMT) component placement systems, commonly called pick-and-place machines or P&Ps, are <a href="/facts/Robotic/wkmvodJz">robotic</a> machines which are used to place <a href="/facts/Surface-mount_device/SjFyQbbm">surface-mount devices</a> (SMDs) onto a <a href="/facts/Printed_circuit_board/muSR2p43">printed circuit board</a> (PCB). They are used for high speed, high precision placing of a broad range of electronic components (such as <a href="/facts/Capacitor/hyowqv7n">capacitors</a>, <a href="/facts/Resistor/JrsGReM6">resistors</a>, and <a href="/facts/Integrated_circuit/fjn6vg7C">integrated circuits</a>) onto the PCBs which are in turn used in <a href="/facts/Computer/SQe1aK05">computers</a>, consumer electronics, and industrial, medical, automotive, military and telecommunications equipment. Similar equipment exists for <a href="/facts/Through-hole_technology/q0d03wve">through-hole</a> components.
This type of equipment is sometimes used to package microchips using the <a href="/facts/Flip_chip/2jleJDJI">flip chip</a> method.
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Pick-and-place machine