About how much would a pick-and-place machine cost?
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If I wanted to do my own manufacturing of fully finished PCB's (i.e. with the components soldered into place), about how much would a pick-and-place machine cost for doing small batches? It would be especially nice if it could precisely dispense solder paste as well so that a stencil would not be needed.
Anyone here doing it already?
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Build one yourself:
http://hackaday.com/2015/02/06/a-diy-pick-and-place-you-can-build-right-now/I guess you would have to pay something like $10000- 15000 for a semi-professional machine form chine. I.e.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dual-Head-Automatic-Pick-and-Place-Machine-SMT-QM1500-/252639482960