Panasonic Factory Solutions Co. of America has moved from Elgin, IL, to
a dedicated location in Buffalo Grove.
The new facility will house
three industrial market units: Welding and Robotics, Electronics
Assembly (EAG) and Microelectronics (MEG).
"We're continually growing as an independent industrial division of the
Panasonic family," said Tom Gebhardt, president. "This move is most
advantageous: the location's proximity to O'Hare and other industrial
corporations is far more convenient for customers visiting/training
with us. We have expanded our MEG clean room by 60%, and added lab
space specifically for metrology and solutions."
The company develops and supports innovative manufacturing processes
around the core of welding, robotic, software and circuit manufacturing
technologies.
Pro-Mation, a company specializing in PCB handling equipment, selective
robotic soldering, laser mark and technical workstations, has signed a
sales deal with Kintner Equipment Corp. to serve
customers in upstate New York and western Pennsylvania.
Gary Goldberg,
president of Pro-Mation, said, “Kintner Equipment is a premier capital
equipment sales organization with many years of experience in both SMT
and back-end manufacturing operations. Promation is delighted to have
secured this business relationship.”
AC-30L platform combines the throughput of the rotary
Lightning head with the flexibile AdVantis platform. Said to deliver high
utilization for top- and bottom-side applications, with high-speed placement of
large parts. Lightning head features a radial array of 30 modular, individually
controlled spindles for placement rates up to 30,000 cph.
Pb-Free suite of materials for electronics assembly includes no-clean
and water-wash solder pastes, solder preforms in tape and reel
packaging, wave solder flux, reworkable no-flow underfill, and rework
and repair materials.
Verifier HR high-resolution x-ray system
addresses failure analysis and manufacturing/rework quality assurance
applications for PCBs up to 16 x 18". A 90kV, 5 micron microfocus x-ray
source supplies power to penetrate shielded packages; high-definition imaging
train provides >650X magnification for microscopic interconnections. Cabinet
measures 32 x 34".
Vision-Rework machines place BGA or CSP components onto the array prior
to reflow, without surface tension assistance. Lightning model has a
focal bottom heater, Marksman has a panel bottom heat system. Offer
manual component placement arm with final precision touch-down stage.
Include a 16-profile, 16-segment controller.