PnP Toolkit for Panasonic: setup, terms and part programming

Panasonic’s NPM series covers modular high-speed and multi-function placement for production lines. PnP Toolkit is an independent operator app: pick Panasonic once and it uses Panasonic words for nozzles and tape feeders, keeps a setup sheet for your Panasonic machine, and points you to NPM-DGS for the program.

What changes when you pick Panasonic

Your model not listed? Type it in the picker. The terms above apply to all Panasonic models.

Set it up in four steps

1. Open the app on the phone or line PC at pnptoolkit.app. It opens with Panasonic selected; pick your model.
2. Fill in the machine setup sheet: the nozzle and tape feeder you use for each package. Scan your existing setup sheet to save typing.
3. Share the team file so every operator on this Panasonic has the same choices (how).
4. Add it to the home screen so it opens like any other app, and works offline.

Programming a new part on Panasonic

1. Find the part in the library, or scan its label or product page.
2. If it is new, type the drawing numbers into the QFN decoder. Check the warnings and the to-scale drawing.
3. Type the nominal numbers into NPM-DGS. Use the rotation helper if pin 1 on the tape doesn’t match the CAD.
4. Before the run, build the kitting list and load-check every reel into its tape feeder.

Part categories and part numbers for Panasonic

All 179 library entries work the same on every machine. Tape widths below tell you which tape feeder sizes to have ready.

Panasonic tape feeders, nozzles and settings

The names below are what PnP Toolkit offers in the setup sheet pick lists when you pick Panasonic. Each one links to the maker document (or, where marked, the supplier catalog) it came from. Models and options vary, so always match the name printed on your own nozzle or tape feeder. Compare the same thing across brands in pick-and-place terms across brands.

Tape feeders, trays and sticks

Nozzles

Heads

Centering and vision

Placement settings: the maker’s own words

In the app, ⚙ on each setup row holds centering, head, speed, pick and place height offsets, placement force and vacuum check. These are the terms Panasonic uses for those ideas:

Software

Tools operators use on Panasonic

Other machines

• ASM SIPLACE
• FUJI
• Yamaha
• Juki
• Europlacer
• Hanwha
• Universal Instruments
• Mycronic
• Other / desktop

Panasonic and model names are trademarks of their owners. PnP Toolkit is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Panasonic.