SELECTIVE SOLDERING MACHINE PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE
ProntoSELECTIVE-SOLDERING is
used by electronic manufacturers to quickly program their Automatic
Selective Solder machines.
ProntoSELECTIVE-SOLDERING programs most popular
Selective Soldering equipment such as ACE Production Technologies, RPS
Automation, Vitronics Soltec, APS NOVASTAR, Pillarhouse Soldering Systems, etc.
ProntoSELECTIVE-SOLDERING
quickly
converts your CAD or
GERBER files to finished
Selective Soldering
program files. For
more information and trial software click here and
fill out the form or call
(203) 913-0782.
-Test drive today: Click here to download the ProntoSELECTIVE-SOLDERING software.
What is selective soldering?
The process of soldering only through-hole electronic components onto a printed circuit board that has surface mount components on the under-side.
This is usually done because the surface mount is not glued into place, instead solder paste is used, and the solder joints are formed using a reflow oven. Using a regular wave solder machine would effectively 'wash off' the components.
Source: Wikipedia
ProntoSELECTIVE-SOLDERING uses your CAD and Bill of Materials (BOM) files and outputs real reference designators, X/Y body centers, Theta rotation, part numbers, etc. This data is then used by Process Engineers to program their Selective Soldering Equipment. Any CAD to Selective Solder or only raw Gerber to Selective Solder.
Do you have special problems such as gerber translation - For example: You do not have the native CAD files for your project. You only have the Gerber Files and a BOM (Bill Of Materials). You need to program your Selective Solder machine and you do not know where to turn -- ProntoSELECTIVE-SOLDER can do it for you! ProntoSELECTIVE-SOLDER takes your gerber files and BOM and creates the exact Reference Designators, X/Y, and Part Number data you need to program your project. Of course the software also imports virtually all standard native CAD file types too!
Sample Selective Soldering machine setup files (all popular machine specific formats supported):
IC4 360-0834 90 1.575 1.475
R24 111-0122 270 2.750 3.200
R26 111-0103 270 2.250 3.200
C211 003-W2122104K 5315 4360 0 0402 CAP .1UF 10V CERAMIC 0402
C194 003-W212A104K 567 5 3955 0 0402 CAP .1UF 10V CERAMIC 0402
C125 600-RW1120JW 6145 1575 180 0603 CAP RF 12 PF 600 SERIES
C116 007-1213H473K 5625 1410 90 0603 CAP .047UF 50V CERAMIC 0603
C117 003-0012A104K 8300 1215 0 0402 CAP .1UF 10V CERAMIC 0402
C148 120-77131H121J 5625 2660 90 0603 CAP CERAMIC 120PF 50V 0603 SMD
Part Count=82
#00000001=-869950,539750,180,395422-01-9,U11,SOIC8,I/O CONTROLLER
#00000002=-1155700,273050,90,391818-06-6,U3,SOIC48,74HC14
#00000003=-869950,406400,180,395422-01-9,U12,SOIC8,ILD251
#00000004=-1447800,520700,90,391829-03-3,U4,SOIC20W,74HCT640
Assembly and Process Sheets
The Unisoft software allows you to quickly create matching assembly lists and assembly drawing sheets for each step in the assembly process. Part numbers are automatically assigned to the assembly step you wish (for example: Step 1 for Hand Inserts, Step 2 Chip Shooter components, etc). The part numbers are then automatically uniquely colored. If needed, overlay annotation notes can be added to each step. Next for each step matching assembly lists and assembly drawings are created. These drawings can either be printed or save to a file (PDF Adobe, etc.) or displayed on the screen.
Click here to download a sample of process and assembly sheet documentation created by this software.
First Article Inspection
Generally First Article Inspection is done on the first PC Boards assembled. When the assembly inspection is satisfactory at that point the PC Board can be built reliably in quantity.
The Unisoft software allows you to BLINK all the components in each part number. The person doing the first article inspection would check that each of those components are correctly installed. If all where correct then they would click the DRAW button to color those components to indicate they are correct. A check mark is placed next to the part number indicating it has been completed. The inspector would continue this process for each part number until all part numbers are colored at which point that would indicate the PC Board was assembled correctly. At that point the PC Board can be built in quantity.
As a bonus the output created is compatible with our ProntoVIEW-MARKUP software and all other UniSOFT FACTORY modules. With VIEW-MARKUP you can display the PC Board assembly, create process assembly instruction documents and actively search components, pins, etc. Click here for more VIEW-MARKUP information Call (203) 913-0782 for details.
