SMT Placement

S-600-OF Hybrid Placement Machine by Southern Machinery: SMD and Through-Hole on One Platform
Sep 20, 2026

Most EMS lines still need two machines to finish one mixed-technology board: an SMT Pick and Place platform for surface-mount parts, and a separate insertion machine for through-hole parts. Southern Machinery's S-600-OF is documented to collapse that split. It is a six-head, seven-camera placement machine that the manufacturer describes as placing both surface-mount and through-hole components, on a published PCB envelope of 400 x 360 mm, with an SMEMA-compatible inline conveyor. This guide covers what the S-600-OF is used for, its published specifications, where it fits in a PCB assembly line, and the parameters to confirm before you quote.

S-EF30000 Semi-Automatic Pick and Place Machine: 8-Head LED Placement from Southern Machinery
Sep 19, 2026

Southern Machinery's S-EF30000 is a semi-automatic 8-head pick and place machine built for LED lighting boards. It publishes 25,000-30,000 CPH real speed, +/-0.1 mm accuracy, and a 310 x 1200 mm board envelope that places 1.2 m LED tube boards in a single pass, with a vision alignment camera on every head and motor-driven feeders instead of air feeders. This guide explains where semi-automatic placement fits in an SMT line, which LED products the platform suits, how it integrates with printing, reflow and inspection, the selection parameters buyers should confirm, and the cost-of-ownership case for motorized feeding.

WhatsApp