Efficient Operation of a Component Placement Machine with a Multi - head in a PCB Assembly Process

인쇄회로기판 조립공정에 있어서 여러 개의 헤드를 가진 부품자동삽입기의 효율적 운용

Efficient operation of a component placement machine with a multi-head in a PCB assembly process is considered. The problem consists of two subproblems, which are the optimal allocation of the component tape reels in the rack and the optimal mounting sequence of the components on a printed circuit board. We analyze the problem and propose a heuristic algorithm to solve it. The heuristic can be used for the one head case too. Computational experiences on some real world problems show the effectiveness of the heuristic in terms of speed and solution quality.