Component Management
Easy Stencil Printer Adjustment Due To New Features
Fino from Essemtec, will be presented at SMT Nuremberg 2013 with a larger touch screen for easier operation, as well as with two larger video monitors for a simple adjustment of stencils and substrates. Additionally the high-resolution cameras can accommodate a larger zoom.
Petronics Takes SMD Production In-House With MYDATA
Petronics Electronica Assemblage, a fast-growing Dutch electronics assembly subcontractor, has added in-house SMT capabilities to its range of services by purchasing a pre-owned MY12 component placement machine from MYDATA.
Essemtec implements eez-Technology into its Scorpion
Essemtec is pleased to announce that it implemented eez-technology for its dispensing system Scorpion. eez-technology is already successfully used on the pick-and-place machines Paraquda and Cobra.
Teknek's board cleaner increases yields by 3-6%
Some 74 per cent of all defects in the PCB manufacturing process are related to solder paste problems according to the SMTA. Blocked stencils can be caused by a number of things including laser marking ablation dust, smaller apertures in the stencil and even hair and clothing fibres from operators. So what is the solution? Teknek believes the answer is to ensure the bare boards are thoroughly cleaned before printing using the latest contact clean...
DEK Horizon 01iX Platform a Key Component of Krypton Solutions Expansion
DEK announces Krypton Solutions, has selected its Horizon 01iX print platform to enable expansion of the company’s electronics design and manufacturing business. The Plano, Texas-based firm, which specializes in full-service design, layout and rapid prototyping, is adding a fourth SMT production line to accommodate its growing customer base.
HGST Reaches 10-Nanometer Patterned-Bit Milestone
HGST is leading the disk drive industry to the forefront in nanolithography, long the exclusive purview of semiconductor manufacturers, by creating and replicating minute features that will allow the doubling of hard disk drive (HDD) density in future disk drives.
Intertronics Pots the Green For Variohim
In setting up a new production project for in-house potting of temperature probes the engineers at Variohm considered a number of well-known industry standard potting compounds – and they called in the materials specialists at Intertronics.
Elite Electronic Systems Grows with Europlacer
Elite Electronic Systems has been a long-term user of Europlacer placement systems, having bought its first Progress 6 back in 1997 and following a very successful period of steady growth over the ensuing years increased to three lines of high-technology assembly equipment, including Europlacer iineo machines purchased in 2010 and 2011.
Infineon Completes 300-Millimeter Thin-Wafer Production Qualification
Infineon Technologies has achieved a major breakthrough in the manufacturing of power semiconductors on 300-millimeter thin wafers. In February, the company received the first customer go-aheads for products of the CoolMOS family produced by the 300-millimeter line at the Villach (Austria) site. The production process based on the new technology has completed qualification from start to finish and customers have given the go-ahead.
New Micro Drill from Intertronics for PCB Rework
The new CircuitMedic Micro Drill system from Intertronics is versatile and powerful – making it ideal for milling, drilling, grinding, cutting and sanding circuit boards. It removes coating, cuts circuits, cuts leads, drills holes, cuts slots, shapes FR4 and performs many other procedures using various interchangeable bits.