Large-Format PCB Optical Inspection

Legacy reverse engineering and production-drawing reconstruction for a large tilting automated optical inspection station used to scan printed circuit boards.

Reverse EngineeringX-Y-Z MotionMachine VisionProduction Drawings

High-volume reconstruction

Approximately 300 legacy mechanical parts and drawings were reconstructed in roughly three months, turning old source information into a usable manufacturing and engineering package.

System remembered

Large inspection surface approximately twice the footprint of a drafting board.
Inspection plane tilted roughly 45–50 degrees and capable of moving toward vertical.
X-Y motion carried the inspection head across the PCB plane; a Z axis controlled camera position or focus.
Integrated structure, motion hardware, camera, illumination, board fixturing, cable routing, and control packaging.

Engineering contribution

Recovered design intent from legacy hardware and drawings
Recreated parts and assemblies for controlled release
Maintained relationships across hundreds of components
Supported a machine-vision production platform
Delivered under an unusually compressed schedule

The exact commercial model remains unverified. The rendering preserves the remembered slanted geometry and technology family without claiming archival accuracy.

Legacy recovery

Reconstructed missing or outdated design definition instead of merely revising a clean modern model.

Motion architecture

Documented the structural and mechanical relationships enabling camera travel across an angled PCB inspection surface.

Drawing throughput

Produced a large, coherent drawing set while maintaining assembly and interface relationships.

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