NeoDen NeoDen 4 User manual

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Hangzhou NeoDen Technology Co.Ltd
User Manual
Neoden4

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Content
1.Structure of Neoden 4.................................................................................................................. 6
1.1.Brief Introduction..................................................................................................................6
1.2.Structure of NeoDen 4.......................................................................................................... 7
2.Operation Flow Chart....................................................................................................................8
3.Procedure for making a programming file..................................................................................9
4.Edit on the Operation Interface..................................................................................................10
4.1Edit on the Interface.............................................................................................................10
4.1.1.PCB Feeding Setting................................................................................................10
（1）Tray fixed...................................................................................................... 10
（2）Rail once....................................................................................................... 10
（3）Rail multi.......................................................................................................11
（4）Eject front......................................................................................................11
4.1.2.Setting Panelized PCB & first chip( manual is the same as automatic download)............. 11
（1）Single PCB....................................................................................................12
（2）Panelized PCB.............................................................................................. 12
（3）PCB angle correction.................................................................................... 13
（4）Bad PCB detection........................................................................................13
4.1.3.PCB mark point setting............................................................................................13
（1）Single PCB....................................................................................................13
（2）Panelized PCB.............................................................................................. 13
（3）Maunal.......................................................................................................... 14
（4）Add or delete mark point.............................................................................. 14
4.1.4.Chip list setting........................................................................................................ 15
（1）Manual program............................................................................................15
（2）Import PCB BOM File..................................................................................16
4.1.5.Feeder configuration................................................................................................ 17
（1）Feed setting................................................................................................... 17
（2）System setting............................................................................................... 17
4.2.File mounting...................................................................................................................... 21
4.3.Manual test.......................................................................................................................... 22
4.3.1.Placement head........................................................................................................ 22
4.3.2.Rails control............................................................................................................. 23
4.3.3.Host control..............................................................................................................23
4.3.4.Feeder test................................................................................................................ 24
4.4.Factory settings................................................................................................................... 24
4.4.1Feeder configuration................................................................................................. 26
4.4.2.Feed setting.......................................................................................................... …29
4.4.3.Peel Configuration ……………………………………………………………… 30
4.4.4.System setting.......................................................................................................... 31
4.5.First trial and testing........................................................................................................... 33
4.6Continuous SMT production................................................................................................34

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5.Structure and maintenance instruction..................................................................................... 35
5.1.Structure chart..................................................................................................................... 35
5.1.1Peel box.....................................................................................................................36
5.1.2.Tape&Reel holder.................................................................................................... 36
5.1.3.Fixation support....................................................................................................... 37
5.1.4.Feed-box...................................................................................................................37
5.1.5.Vibration feeder........................................................................................................38
5.1.6.Auto-rails................................................................................................................. 39
5.1.7.Nozzle...................................................................................................................... 40
5.2Maintenance......................................................................................................................... 42
5.2.1.Take effective measures to reduce/ avoid malfunction........................................... 42
5.2.2Maintenance of device.............................................................................................. 43
5.2.3Placement failure analysis and troubleshooting....................................................... 44
5.2.4Related issues during Solder paste printing process ...............................................45
1.Stencil Printing Technology...................................................................................45
2.Inspecting of solder paste printing.........................................................................45
3.The defects of solder paste printing, reasons and solutions.................................. 46

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IMPORTANT
PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL
COMPLETELY BEFORE OPERATING
THIS UNIT AND RETAIN THIS BOOKLET
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
Notes
1.The contents include all features of NeoDen4, some of which may not be equipped on your
machine.
2.Basic training and basic SMT knowledge is required for an operator.
3.For routine inspection and repair ,please contact sales for operating instruction.
Safety Device,Warning Label
1.Before operation,please ensure the presence of adequate guarding and safety devices to avoid
accident..
2.When tear down the safety device,please keep it in the original position,and make sure it works
in good condition
3.When failures happen on safety device,can not run the machine after remove safety device.In
case any injuries or casualty accident.
Usage
1.You agree that you will solely be responsible for your use of any products and services provided
to you and that you will use our products and services legally and only for the purposes that they
are intended to be used for.
2.You agree that you will not misuse the products and/or services supplied and that you will abide
by any laws applicable to this agreement or the operation of it.

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CAUTION
Power off: After cut off main power supply,pull the plug or disconnect the power cable from the
power supply.
1.When an exception or failure happens,or power failure,please terminate the operation of
Windows,and power it off.
2.Power off prior to cleaning and repairing in case of any accidents.
3.When pull the plug,please hold the head instead of wire.
Transport
1.Take necessary security measures,to prevent upside down or fall when lifting or moving.
Open
1.Please read all instruction in the wooden box
2.Do not cut the packing tape by knife,to avoid scratch the machine
3.Keep all packing material.
Installation
1.Please put the machine in a horizontal place.
2.Please keep the floor clean and dry,and the machine should be grounded, to prevent electric
shock or leakage.
Prepare work
1.Make sure the power cable no damage,no shedding and no loose.
2.Do not put hand in the working area.
Maintenance
1.Repair and calibration should be operated by skilled mechanical technician.When replacing
parts,please use the part which are supplied by NeoDen.We are not responsible for any accident
result from using nonstandard part.
2.In order to prevent electric shock caused by unskilled operation,the electrical repairs,
maintenance(including wiring),should be operated by professional electrician or the technical staff
from NeoDen or our distributors.
3.Make sure Bolts - Nuts are tighten after repair,calibration or replacing any part.
Working Environment
1.Do not use machine in a noisy environment,such as high frequency welding machine.
2.Do not use machine if the power supply voltage exceed the rated voltage ± 10%.
3.Do not use machine and pull the plug when thunder to avoid any accident caused by damaged
electrical component.

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1. Brief Introduction
1.1. Product Introduction
NeoDen4,the 4th generation pick and place machine of NeoDen Tech., was
independently designed and developed with patents and CE certificate.
This machine equipped with dual cameras, four heads, auto rails,electronic
feeder,two conveyor ports, which achieves high accuracy,simple structure,stable
performance and easy operation.
It adopts our newly developed feeding system which can help to replace the tape
easily and install smoothly, together with its vision system and rails feeding system,
committed to create the great value for customers in actual PCB production.
1 Number of Heads with Vision 4
2Placement Rate( under
factory
test
condition)
WITH VISION:5000/WITHOUT VISION:10000
3 Feeder capacity TAPE REEL FEEDERS:48（all 8mm)
VIBRATING FEEDERS:5
4 IC tray capacity 5
5 Component sizes with vision Smallest Component size:0201
Largest Component size:TQFP240
6 Component Max Height 5MM
7 Resolution X/Y axis:0.01MM Z axis:0.1MM
9Rotation +/-180°(360°)
10 Positioning Accuracy +/-0.02MM
11 X-Y repeatability +/-0.02MM
13 Placement Area
With Auto Rails:310*1500MM(without waffle tray)
140*1500MM(with 1 waffle tray)
Without Auto Rails :310*400MM(without waffle tray)
140*400MM(with 1 waffle tray)
15 Main Control GUI
16 Power Supply 110V/220V
17 Power 180W
18 External Dimensions Machine :87*68*48CM/Packing size:94*74*60CM
19 Weight Net Weight:60KGS/Gross weight:80KGS

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1.2. Structure of NeoDen 4
Each part mentioned above can be disassembled and tested. Please find more details on P20.
①：Placement head
②: Nozzle
③：Rails
④：Vibration feeder
⑤：On/Off button
⑥：Conveyor port
⑦：Multi-hole positioning board
⑧：Feed box
⑨：Peel box
⑩：Emergency button
⑪：Power switch
⑫：Rack shelf
⑬：Acrylic cover
⑭：Foot Mounts
⑮：Fixed support

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2. Operation Flow Chart
NO. Flow chart Note
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Check the working environment
whether it is safe or not
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The machine will start a 1-2 mins
self-inspection after boot-up. It enters
the operation page once finished.
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Please check detailed programming
tutorial in P10.
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After making a programming file, there
may exist several unpredictable
problems , such as rotation issues of
components, so a production testing is
necessary for solving issues.
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Start to pick and place
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Power off software
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Power off after the software being
turned off, which decrease the damage
to the software
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Keep the machine clean and nozzles
need to be washed regularly
Keep daily maintenance of nozzle
assures high utility.
P
reparation
Turn
on
Initialization
Operation
page
Edit
Test
Modify
Yes
No
Mounting
Exit
System power off
Power off
Cleaning and maintenance

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3. Procedure for making a programming
file
Note: The basic procedure of making a programming file for manual programming or direct PCB
file is similar, but there are two different parts: chip list and mark point setting. Please find the
detailed operation steps of the differences on relative page.
Start
Add a new file
Edit the file
2、Chip list See P11
See P 17
See P11
See P13
See P10
1. PCB feed setting
3.Feeder setting
4.Panelized PCB first
chip setting
5.Mark point setting
Save
and
return
Select
file and
start
working

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4. Edit on the Operation Interface
4.1. Edit on the Interface
See below Fig.: Edit Interface
4.1.1. PCB Feeding Setting
Function:Used to confirm the feeding place,first edit item in manual program
Introduction of function keys:
(1) Tray Fixed:Once select tray fixed,the setting items of board feeding will be closed.We only
need use the positioning column to fix the board.
(2) Rail Once:First need ensure there are rails for your machine,then select one-off rail feed,the
setting items will be open corresponding.
Operation Step:First should adjust the width of the rail to ensure the PCB can move smoothly
Adjust the position of the board in rail via clicking items”Rail forward” and “Rail
backward”.
Click “ Align” enter into below interface(See fig.2),then adjust the position of camera until
to the limited place (See fig.3).Click “Save” item to save the setting,return to the main page

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to finish the setting.
(3) Multiple rail feed: This is only available for long board that can’t be handled once, such as
LED strip. After finished one part of PCB, the rails will advance the board and handle the left part
automatically.
(4) Eject PCB front-side:Once selected this item,the PCB will eject at front side when finish
mounting.If don’t select,the PCB will eject at back side.
4.1.2. Setting Panelized PCB & first chip( manual is the same as
automatic import)
Function: This is mainly to determine the first component on single or panelized PCB of manual
programmed or imported file. The principle is to collect and calculate the data of each board’s
Fig.2 Fig.3

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relative spacing, in order to achieve the effect of the actual placing.
Operation introduction
(1) Single PCB: Only need to enter “1” in the row and column, some other useless function will
turn grey. The “left bottom” is functional, which means the first PCB.Then you can press “align”
to go to the screen of vision and get the coordinate of first component, see image 2-2.
After saving the coordinate, the screen will automatically turn back to “PCB information” . Click
“Create panelized list” to get the information of “Panel 1”. Now we’ve finished setting of first
component of PCB.
(2) Panelized PCB: the sequence is same to single PCB, but please pay some attention to several
points below.
The row and column is determined by the positioning of PCB on working area. The
direction along the rails is the column. Enter data in the row and column.
About the data collection of “left bottom” , “left top” and “right top”, we should take the
“left bottom” as the basic, and then go to set “left top” and “right top”. Once all the data is
collected, the machine can calculate and process the information of panelized PCB. Please
refer to the data collecting method of each position information as following:
The data of “left bottom” is collected according to first component in programming file.
Press “align” find the left bottom panel which is nearest to the feeding position, after saving
the data, it will return to the “PCB information” automatically.
The data of “left top” is collected according to component (its position is same to that on “left
bottom”). Press “align” find the left top panel which is furthest to the feeding position, after
saving the data, it will return to the “PCB information” automatically.
The data of “right top” is collected according to component (its position is same to that on
“left bottom”). Press “align” find the right top panel which is furthest to the feeding position,
after saving the data, it will return to the “PCB information” automatically.
Fig.2-2

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After setup, click “create panelized list”, the data will be generated accordingly in the blank.
(3)PCB angle correction: angle deviation of PCB board compare to rails
(4)Bad board detection：used for find the bad PCB board and skip
4.1.3.PCB mark point setting
Function: After completing setup of the mark points, with which the machine can locate the
position of PCB and identify the set up mark points, so that the next step can be followed
Operation method:
(1) Mark point on single PCB: this mainly applies on single PCB or a whole board that consists of
a few boards (take them as a single board ).General we need to set 2-3 mark points.
(2) Panelized PCB: this mainly applies on multiple PCB(we need to set mark points on each
PCB )
(3) Manual alignment
If there is no mark point on PCB, you can use some positioning holes or some other
referential points as subsidies to locate the PCB.
Fig.3-1

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Import coordinate: according to the PCB schematic, we get the coordinate of mark and write
down manually.
Mark point information；
Min-Max: Based on different size of mark point to find the correct position in case of any
confusion.
Light source: inner ring and outer ring. Use inner ring if the board holes work as fiducials , use
outer ring if light-spots work as fiducials.
Brightness：Default value
Manual programming: when it’s in Manual Programming status, the function “Alignment” of
Mark will be effective. Click on it, the camera will go and collect the coordinate of mark (see
image 3-2), save it and go back. (Note: if the mark point is far away, please use Overall
movement to find it)
No mark exists: Generally we will choose a component that is far away from the first
component as a mark, which will make placement effect better.
(4) Add mark point: the function of adding mark point
Delete mark point: the function of deleting mark point can be used when there is needless mark
point or error point.
Fig.3-2

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4.1.4.Chip list settings
Function: to display the sequence, footprint and other information of components. There are two
ways to add these information: manual programming and import mounting file.
Operation：
（1）Manual programming: firstly, check the box of manual programming. There is a sample line
of the first component, please modify this line firstly.
Find and confirm one component’s coordinate by using the function of “Movement Mode”-Click
Fig. 4-1,
one component has been found

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to move (Visual field/Overall Workbench).Once clicked the “Save” item,the interface will
automatic back to main page,then input the corresponding values(Designator refer to the
location,Specification refer to the value of resistance,Footprint refer to the normal package
info,I.e.0603,0805,1206,Etc.Angle value should be set according to the required direction on the
PCB and polarity ,horizontal direction(0 or 180 degree),vertical direction(90 or -90 degree).The
first component have been completely created after set all above values.The next step is click
“New”item and will pop up one line(completely copy the previous line),then click “Align” to find
and confirm second component(same operation as before)
(2) Import PCB Coordinate File
First generate the coordinates from PCB diagram and put the PCB file on the USB Flash
Disk,then insert it to the machine(There are many kinds of PCB designer software,the only
request is can generate the coordinates from them,file format(.csv)-support use Excel to edit
Remove tick mark before the item”Manual ”and then click “File import”,will pop up one
small dialog,select the required PCB file and then click “Save”item,all data will be automatic
imported to Chip List .(Turn to the “Feeder configuration”interface to do next operation).See
fig.4-2
Fig.4-2

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4.1.5.Feeder configuration
(1) Feeders Arrangement:Left Feeders(Feeder20-48),Right Feeders(Feeder1-19),Special
Feeders(Feeder49-58).
There are two ways to setup feeders.
①Before installing tape&reels.
Press “Allocate Chip to Feeder”, it will calculate how many different components according to
Chip List, and automatically allocate them to each feeder in sequence.
②After installed tape&reel
Click on each feeder, it will pop out a drop-down list with all components’specification, select one
by one according to actual allocation.
(2) Feeder Configuration:Select one feeder,tick the item”Apply”,all configurations will be
unlocked for this feeder,then can do amendment.There are five items:Nozzle information,
Feed-box information,Feeder basic information,Tray feeder information,Feeder exchange.One
item will be always locked for Feed-box information and Tray feeder information according to the
differences of components.Operation sequence: Feed-box information(Tray feeder information)
—Feeder basic information—Nozzle information—Feeder exchange(used if placed wrong tape).

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Feed-box information setting
Function:Adjust the value for feeder and peel box
Peel Strength:Support do adjustment according to different components’ required strength,default
value 100
Feeding rate: It's the distance between two components.
Feed strength:Adjust the feed strength by changing the value,default value 60
Feed test:After finishing above steps,can click this item to test the feed status
Tray feeder information
Function:Use to set the components’ information from tray and tube packages,complete picking
up operation for special feeders by changing the values
1Column: Quantity of components on each column
2Row: Quantity of components on each row
3Right top X/Y: Find the position of right top component, this component is usually the
last component in IC tray, and left bottom side is the first component in IC tray.
4Start X/Y: This setting is used to define the position of 1st component, its default setting
is X1,Y1( in 1st column, 1st row). If the 1st component is on 2nd column, 1st row, you can enter
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Feeder basic information
1Pick position X/Y:First have to lock the position of component on the feeder(See
fig.5-2),once saved the modification, the XY data will automatically change to the ones after
alignment.
2Pickup Angle:The initial default angle is 90 degrees, support to do modifying the value
in order to change the mounting angels for wholly feeder if needed.
3Footprint:Select corresponding footprint,when use the function”Vision Alignment”, will
refer to the values in date base.
4Placement speed:Control the placement speed for the feeder by adjust the speed values.
5Vision Alignment:Choose corresponding alignment method under this item.
6Pick height:Control the pick height by dragging the sideward slider.
Placement height:Set the value according to the component’s actual thickness.
7Placement/Pick delay:set a little value or 0 both ok.
8There are two detection methods,Vacuum Detection and Vision Detection.
Vacuum Detection:Once the “Vacuum dete.” is ticked, the sensor of air pressure will be turned on.
If the actual vacuum hasn’t reached the default value during pick and place, the machine will
throw it and re-pick a component.
9Skip:Once select this item,will skip all placement for this feeder.
Fig.5-1 Fig.5-2

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Nozzle Information
Function:Function:Select corresponding nozzles according to actual demand. It will automatically
assign to each feeder in order to meet the requirements of single head or multi heads working.
Align:The nozzle will align to the component’s upside on corresponding feeders when click this
item
Height Test:After clicking this item,the nozzle will go down and check whether the pick height is
ok. Support do adjustment of pick height on feeder information item if needed.
Pick test:After clicking this item,the corresponding nozzle will pick one component and check
whether pick position is ok. Support do adjustment of pick position on feeder information item if
needed.
After finish setting of all above feeders information,then click “assign feeder and nozzle to Chip
list”,then chip list will automatic to be changed correspondingly.