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General-purpose stencil printer
23 July 2008, Testerion
Speedline Technologies recently announced the debut of its next generation MPM printer, the Momentum. This general purpose printer features a number of technologically advanced features common with ...

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A local IPC trainer's electronics assembly quality concerns
23 July 2008
Since February 2008, I have been bumping into dissatisfied electronics assembly and manufacturing professionals who were very nostalgic about the once thriving MIL-2000 standard. True, the once vibrant ...

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Machine framing system supplier
23 July 2008
Machine builders, system integrators and OEMs are increasingly adopting profiled framing as the preferred choice for machine frames, bases, guards and enclosures, with cost savings and improved flexibility ...

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South African CEM uses AOI to drive new business
23 July 2008, Production Logix, ZETECH ONE
The contract assembly marketplace in South Africa exhibits some unusual dynamics. The sector is hotly contested by competitive firms but typically only on a provincial basis. However, some of the more ...

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Cost-effective and modern alternatives to IPA
23 July 2008, Electronic Industry Supplies
In Western electronic manufacturing sites in different applications such as PCB, stencil and reflow oven cleaning, IPA (Isopropanol) has been replaced by modern cleaning agents. In Asia a lot of companies ...

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High-precision, high-speed mounters
23 July 2008
The YG100RA and YG100RB from Yamaha are high-speed component mounters capable of handling up to 24 000 components per hour - the equivalent of 0,15 seconds per placement. Both machines handle a wide ...

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Heavy-duty resistance soldering systems
23 July 2008, DS Communications
American Beauty Soldering Tools has introduced heavy-duty resistance soldering systems for soldering tasks such as large military pin connectors where the solder joint quality must be exceptional. The ...

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Desktop fibre laser marking system
23 July 2008
Lasit has introduced its newest generation RotoTab, a compact, desktop rotary dial table fibre laser marking system. The fully enclosed Class One system comes complete with a fibre laser, galvo scan ...

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Focused IR rework in a hand tool
23 July 2008
PDR has announced the launch of its professional handheld rework system - the PDR IR-SolderLight Professional. Designed to deliver flexibility for SMT/BGA rework, the infrared hand tool is able to cope ...

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Evaluating solder paste ... continued
23 July 2008
The 20 February 2008 issue of Dataweek carried an article by Phil Zarrow, discussing the evaluation of solder pastes - specifically technical evaluation. However, there is more to it than that, as Phil ...

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Increased use of QFNs brings new challenges to light
23 July 2008, MyKay Tronics
The never ending quest to jam ever more functionality into smaller and smaller packages has increased the popularity of yet another high performance device that is quickly gaining favour among handheld ...

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Red who?
23 July 2008, Alien Systems & Technology
Red Rhino Electronics may be a name unfamiliar to many South African manufacturers, but it has had a presence here for several years in one form or another, and is looking to expand. Based in the UK, ...

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Liquid gap filling material
23 July 2008
Bergquist has released its latest liquid gap filling solution, Liquid Gap Filler 1500. This product is a silicone based, two-component, room or elevated temperature cured product. As dispensed, this material ...

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Tag printer boasts new features
23 July 2008
Grafoplast has added a number of features to its S12K thermal printer, aimed at enhancing its automatic printing capabilities of cable marking tags. The new S12KSYS2 system's improved universal feeder ...

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Measuring transducer disconnect terminal blocks
23 July 2008, Phoenix Contact
The new generation of patented measuring transducer disconnect terminal blocks from Phoenix Contact is distinguished by its compact construction and its ease and safety of use. The terminal blocks are ...

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Marantz launches new AOI system
9 July 2008, ZETECH ONE
Marantz recently launched its PowerSpector, a powerful new AOI system, at the SMT Nuremberg exhibition. The PowerSpector system improves on the performance of Marantz's DL Series of AOI systems. With ...

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New software reduces AOI programming effort
25 June 2008, ZETECH ONE
Inspection system specialist Marantz Business Electronics has announced a pre-release of new software for its series of AOI equipment. The new V400 suite offer numerous advances, not least of which is ...

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High volume tag printer
11 June 2008
Specifically for tag printing applications where high volumes are required, Grafoplast’s latest S12T printer can print up to 2500 tags of 15 mm per minute. It uses thermal transfer technology for continuous ...

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High-power soldering station
28 May 2008, Testerion
The WD 1000HPT soldering station from Weller features the new 120 W high-power WP 120 soldering iron. The soldering iron combines a compact, powerful heating element with a replaceable soldering tip. ...

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Self-aligning, Pb-free capable corner support for CSPs
14 May 2008, MyKay Tronics
While underfill materials were originally designed to accommodate for coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatches between the substrate and device, newer generation underfill systems have also found ...

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