Pick and Place Process Setup Options

Pick and Place provides the following process-level options:

Select Insert Loading Method

Pick and Place operations can be performed either manually or robotically (see Machine Selection for Pick and Place). By default in starting point Digital Factories, the loading is assumed to be performed by a 6-axis robot. Administrators can customize the default with the cost model variable loadManualOrRobotic.

With this setup option, users can override the default on a per-part basis, and specify one of the following:

  • 3-axis: loading is performed by a 3-axis robot.

  • 6-axis: loading is performed by a 6-axis robot.

  • Manual: loading is performed manually.

Number of Operators

For manual loading (see Select Insert Loading Method), increasing or decreasing the number of operators is assumed to speed up or slow down (respectively) the loading of inserts. That is, elapsed time for insert loading is inversely proportional to the number of operators (see Insert Load Time).

By default, the number of Pick and Place operators is specified by the machine property Number of Operators. With this setup option, users can override the default and specify a different number of operators, including a fractional number of operators.