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Product variety is the standard for electronics manufacturing today. One SMT line can often produce many types of PCBs-smart phone mainboards, automotive controller module boards, medical equipment PCBs and IoT sensor boards-all with varying dimensions, thickness, and component profiles. Static storage means manufacturers have multiple dedicated magazine racks for each size of PCB, resulting in higher inventory costs and changeover times. The Adjustable SMT PCB Storage Magazine supports the wide variation in PCB sizes. Leenol (Shanghai) is a "Total Solution" company committed to meet ESD requirements for your factory and laboratory. We have a wide variety of product lines that includes Leerack Handling Storage ESD Equipment, Leepak Packing Material, Leebench Factory and Lab Furniture, LeePPE Personal Protection, Leepur Cleanroom Products, and LeeStat Testing Equipment and Tools. Read more about four ways an Adjustable SMT PCB Storage Magazine supports varying production and assembly.
How Flexible Storage Solutions for Diverse Production Requirements Reduce Changeover Time
Production changeovers tend to be expensive. Each minute a fixed-size magazine rack is replaced, equipment reconfigured or manually sorted through mismatched storage is a minute of lost production time. The Adjustable SMT PCB Storage Magazine provides solutions that flexibly store for a broad variety of production demands. Adjustable magazines use the latest in movable side guides that can slide horizontally or vertically, enabling the storage of an extremely diverse range of PCB sizes, typically from 50mm to 350mm or more. Slot pitches (the gap between PCBs) can often be adjusted for ultra-thin boards 0.4mm and up to thick boards 3.2mm. Generally, you can replace 5-10 fixed storage bins with a single, adjustable magazine. When you change production from 100mm x 150mm boards to 200mm x 250mm, you can merely loosen the adjustable knobs, adjust the guides, then retighten. You have now switched production within just 30 seconds. Shanghai Leenol's Leerack storage solutions range from adjustable SMT PCB storage magazines and ESD trolleys to LeeBench ESD workbenches. When you use our adjustable SMT PCB storage magazines, you save yourself time and improve your SMT line's productivity.
Protecting PCBs of Different Thicknesses and Component Profiles
A thin, flexible board (0.4mm thick) will generally have very small spaces between each board compared to thicker boards (2.0mm) because it is less rigid. If the gap is too wide, vibration may cause some PCBs to bow. In addition to the PCB's thickness, component layout on both sides of the board needs to be taken into consideration. For a double-sided assembly with a lot of component clearance required on one side of the PCB, you need to leave more room. This will cause components to contact the adjacent guides. The Adjustable SMT PCB Storage Magazine has the advantage of supporting multiple adjusting points and ranges of spacing to adapt to every application. PCB Width can be adjusted to meet the edges of your PCB. Some machines feature fully adjustable individual left and right guides, allowing you to set the same or different space widths for each side of the PCB to accommodate an odd-shaped component. Slot Pitch adjustable from 4mm to 12mm means you can provide each PCB with the perfect space to support the boards and component clearance. Wider spaced shelves and extra thick anti-static foam inserts can be used if you have tall components on both the top and bottom. Shanghai Leenol offers ESD workbenches, ESD trolleys, and LeeIntelligent SMT Storage Systems to fully meet your ESD production and handling demands.
Optimizing Inventory and Reducing Storage Equipment Costs
A business requires many specific equipment tools to run its production line efficiently, but when there are many dimensions of each particular item, keeping an inventory of these various sizes becomes a very costly operation. When a model of PCB changes and you are left with racks specifically designed for it that can no longer be used, it adds waste. Adjustable SMT PCB Storage Magazine, in addition to decreasing the number of total equipment and storage needed by as much as 50% to 80% per SMT line, will also drastically reduce the overall cost of production and ease inventory control because the same racks can be used. A factory needs only a few adjustable SMT PCB storage magazines, regardless of how many different kinds of PCBs are being manufactured. For contract manufacturers running 100s of kinds of PCBs per year, the savings are immense. Shanghai Leenol is a "Total Solution" company that offers a variety of ESD protection for factories and labs-including LeeIntelligent SMT Storage System-which works in tandem with your adjustable storage equipment to manage your production.
Supporting Lean and Just-in-Time Manufacturing
Lean production emphasizes minimizing inventory, reducing setup times, and flexible operations. Adjustable SMT PCB Storage Magazine can perfectly complement these goals in any production facility. Small and manageable work-in-process batches are ideal in a lean environment and adjustable SMT PCB storage magazines fit well into this concept of production. When your SMT line needs to switch from one PCB to another (and no longer requires a particular size storage bin), you don’t have to worry about new equipment being made; your production team can simply reuse any one of your adjustable magazine bins for the next job. This is particularly beneficial for high-mix, low-volume production. Shanghai Leenol's Leerack storage equipment includes ESD trolleys for easy handling, ESD benches to hold the storage bins, ESD work chairs, ESD flooring, ESD furniture, and ESD personal protection-all providing a total ESD solution.
Summary
Adjustable SMT PCB Storage Magazine supports the variation in PCB size through flexible storage of varying manufacturing and production needs, reduction of changeover time, protection of varying thicknesses of PCBs and varying component heights, optimization of equipment cost and inventory and support of just-in-time/lean manufacturing processes. As such, the adjustable magazine rack has become a critical piece of equipment for today's high mix SMT shops with high product variability and frequent changeovers. As a "Total Solution" company, Leenol (Shanghai) provides your complete ESD ecosystem including Leerack storage equipment (adjustable SMT PCB storage magazines, ESD trolleys, and tote boxes), LeeBench factory and lab furniture (ESD workbenches and chairs), Leepak custom packing material, and LeeIntelligent SMT storage solutions alongside LeePPE personal protection, Leepur cleanroom products and LeeStat testing equipment. Contact us at Leenol today to bring adjustable, flexible storage solutions to your production line.
