Yamaha YRi-V HS optical inspection system

Yamaha Robotics Europe has launched the YRi-V HS optical inspection (AOI) system, featuring faster performance, high-resolution imaging and improved accuracy for inspecting surface-mounted LEDs.

The YRi-V HS configuration is for electronic manufacturers in all market sectors, from consumer to industrial and automotive, seeking greater inspection resolution with high production throughput. As circuit designers increasingly adopt components with tiny feature sizes, to deliver extra functionality and comply with tough constraints on the overall form factor, manufacturers need inspection systems with greater resolution to enable proper quality control. On the other hand, maintaining high throughput is necessary to fulfil productivity targets.

The YRi-V HS combines high inspection resolution and high throughput to handle components such as SMD chips and IC packages with fine-pitch I/Os and BGAs with a high I/O count. With its enlarged, square field of view (FOV) and 25 MP camera, the YRi-V HS can image a complete assembly or selected area up to 1.6 times faster than ordinary high-resolution systems.

The optical inspection system also integrates an advanced laser system for height measurement and coplanarity checking of components, such as LEDs in lighting products, overcoming the limitations cameras face in detecting component height. Laser profiling overcomes the imaging challenges presented by the LEDs’ transparent or opaque lenses, offering effective quality control for manufacturers to address LED lighting opportunities in automotive, consumer and industrial markets. Laser profiling enhances accurate imaging of components with highly reflective surfaces, like wafer-level chip-scale packages, which helps improve end-of-line yield and reduce rework.

Hawker Richardson is the exclusive supplier of Yamaha SMT line products in Australasia, providing regional access to Yamaha’s advanced inspection solutions.