The JUKI high-speed small module placement machine RX-8 was released, and productivity increased by 30%.

On July 21, 2021, JUKI released the "High-Speed Small Modular Placement Machine RX-8" for high-speed placement of electronic components and greatly improved production efficiency. In the placement process of printed circuit boards, the RX-8 placement machine uses two placement heads to high-speed placement of small parts such as chip parts and small ICs with a size of 0.4 mm × 0.2 mm ~ 5 mm and a height of 3 mm. The number of nozzles of the placement head has been increased from 16 to 20 (per head), which increases the number of parts that can be picked at one time. As a result, with the same compact size as the original RX-7 model, the high-speed placement of 100,000 CPH, which is 1.3 times higher than the previous model, and the highest level of area productivity of the 2-head placement machine are achieved at the same time. In addition, the new placement head (P20 planetary placement head) is most suitable for continuous placement of the same part. It also achieves high-quality production in the production of lighting and panel substrates using LED edge lights. 

In recent years, with the full launch of 5G (fifth-generation mobile communication system) in the market, as well as the development of the latest technologies such as artificial intelligence and sensing, there have been emerging targets for smartphones, wearable devices, new-generation cars, service robots, etc. Demand for a variety of products. At the placement site of electronic substrates, it is necessary not only to introduce equipment with high processing capabilities, but also to build a patch production line that can flexibly respond to multiple types of production, and realize the intelligence of the entire factory through the combination with the system. Through the combination of RX-8 and the high-speed intelligent modular placement machine "RS-1R", it is possible to build a high-speed and high-quality placement line for a wide range of production varieties. In addition, through the joint placement integrated system software "JaNets", including the visualization of operating conditions, it contributes to the improvement of the overall production efficiency of the factory. In the future, JUKI will also use "JUKI Smart Solutions" as the theme to solve the problems of customers' production sites, and provide services to customers for the construction of smart factories. .