Title :
Retrofitting of a plain table plotter for printed circuit boards prototyping
Author :
Dutra, Cynthia Beatriz Scheffer ; Mendonça, Felippe Kalil ; Sousa, Gabriel Costa ; Bonacorso, Nelso Gauze
Author_Institution :
Inst. Fed. de Educ., Cienc. e Tecnol. de Santa Catarina (IF-SC), Florianopolis, Brazil
fDate :
Sept. 27 2009-Oct. 1 2009
Abstract :
This article describes a retrofitting of a plain table plotter model NE-245, manufactured by EMG (Hungary) which was technologically outdated and out of service. This equipment was an A3-paper plotter. The goal of this retrofitting was to change this machine into a robust and reliable CNC plotter to be proper for printed circuit boards (PCB) prototyping. The retrofitting was based on technological upgrade of the mechanical parts and electro-electronic devices and also a software development using the Mach3 CNC controller. PCB samples produced by the retrofitted machine are shown to validate the equipment.
Keywords :
computerised numerical control; plotters; printed circuits; A3-paper plotter; CNC plotter; Mach3 CNC controller; NE-245; electro-electronic devices; plain table plotter model; printed circuit boards prototyping; Computer numerical control; Copper; Costs; Electromyography; Glass; Optical fiber devices; Printed circuits; Protection; Prototypes; Pulleys; CNC; Mach3; PCB; Plotter; Retrofitting;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Conference, 2009. COBEP '09. Brazilian
Conference_Location :
Bonito-Mato Grosso do Sul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3369-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2175-8603
DOI :
10.1109/COBEP.2009.5347704
