Hi,
I would like to use my cnc table to dispense solder paste on a surface mount PC board. The pattern for the pads is available in Gerber or Eagle format. There are converters that make PC boards from CAD programs, but I haven't seen anything that will do solder paste dispensing.
 
As I see it, there are two basic methods.
1) Cut a mask in metal and screen the paste in place. This may be the easiest for conversion purposes and modest to large production runs, but then a screen print process needs to be involved.

2) Attach a dispenser directly to the Z axis and place the paste on each pad one at a time. Thiswould work well for small runs. The problem here is turning on/off the dispenser at the right times.

I would like to be able to use/try the dispensing method.

The pros are using both methods, but it all seems to be proprietary configurations.
Does anyone know if anyone has a Gerber or Eagle converter to allow for dispensing solder paste?
Thanks.
Bill

If you use the M8/M9 coolant commands to turn on/off your dispenser you should be able to get your cam post to turn on the coolant on every z down and turn off on the  z up command.

Graham.