SMT Forge

SMT FORGE:

Imagine designing a circuit board from your own room or lab whenever you wanted. SMT Forge is a design team that is part of Gator Robotics. It focuses on rapid prototyping and small-scale manufacturing of circuits.

 

It combines the following:

1. PCB milling
2. Pick and Place
3. Soldering

Here is a video on another concept of the pick and place machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTaeEG4P-E4

DIY Pick and Place first PCB test www.youtube.com This is a first test with placing parts. The vision alignment is not yet optimized (it could move in the X-Axis while measuring and save quite some time) but...

The challenge is to build one that is suitable to have in a professor’s lab. This project needs mechanical engineers who:

• Can work in a group setting
• Can perform research on assigned tasks
• Are coachable
• Have taken SolidWorks and/or Design and Manufacturing Lab

What you learn:

• How to implement the engineering design process from the ground up
• How to make designing decisions
• How electrical and mechanical engineering come together
• How circuit boards work

If you love the idea and follow the qualifications, this team is for you! To learn more about the team, follow this website: https://gatorrobotics.com/smt-forge/ 

To contact the project manager for SMT Forge: Venkata Gurrala (Venkata.gurala@ufl.edu)

Facebook group: SMT Forge @ Gator Robotics

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About: SMT Forge is an integrated solution for prototyping and small sc ale manufacturing of circuits that use SMT( Surface Mount Technology) components.