Products
GerbTool version 14.0 offers fully revised support of NC drilling and milling, and enhanced netlisting support that streamlines the comparison process of Gerber-to-D356. Includes DfM support for embedded passive technology. The DfM analysis features help designers and fabricators deploy either additive or subtractive passive resistor materials within their printed circuit-based products
Allows users to work with multiple tool tables and control every aspect of their NC data, down to feed, speed, plunge and extract rates of the machine spindle. Can accommodate complex assembly sub-panels or manufacturing production panels. 25 new DfM analysis queries provide a general analysis of any PCB; results can then be used for job quoting, pre-sales analysis or pre-production reviews.
Increased collaboration with free Internet Explorer-based GerbTool database reader allows users to share datasets with other team members, inside or outside of the company.
Release highlights include:
Embedded Passive Support, Alignment Checking
Termination Bar Overlap Checking, Extension Checking, Width Checking
Advanced Tool Table Support
Multiple Tool Tables
NC Feeds and Speeds
NC Plunge and Extract Rates
NC Compensation Index Tables
NC Tool Linking
Maximum Hits
Tool Reordering for Export
User-Defined Break Tabs
Enhanced Interactive Milling
Drilled Text
Operator Messages
Operator Stop Command
MCM/LTCC Layer Stack-Up
Enhanced Information Queries
Updated Internal Net Names
Importing Databases, Internal versus External Netlist
Import Netlist Only (ODB++, PADS ASCII)
Explode Nets, Preserve Nets
Net Compare, Check Pad Sizes
GT-Reader Internet Browser Plug-In
WISE Software Solutions Inc., wssi.com
Accutronic, a flat-belt-driven, powered live-roller accumulation conveyor with 24-volt electric actuation is said to offer quiet, positive transportation and true zero-pressure accumulation of cases, cartons and totes.
Reduces noise and removes lubrication requirements associated with chain-and-pad-driven live roller conveyor. 24-volt electric stepper motor lift mechanism eliminates the need for the compressed air, increasing installation flexibility and producing energy savings.
Features an automatic sleep mode, which disengages the drive if no product has rolled by in eight seconds, and detectors built into the photo-eye sensors that shut the system down five seconds after sensing a product jam. Photo-eye sensors, factory installed and aligned, and control modules are delivered ready to run.
Designed for medium-duty, high-speed accumulation lines. Offers speeds up to 400 ft./min. on transportation and up to 240 ft./min. on accumulation.
Weight capacity is 35 lb./ft. for live loads, 100 lb. per package. Provides release rates of up to 95% and acceptance rates up to 100%.
Available in three-, six-, nine- and 12-foot lengths with a standard zone length of three feet. Available widths between frames are 16", 22", 28", 34" and 40".
FKI Logistex North America, fkilogistex.com
Smart Sonic ultrasonic stencil cleaning process cleans at very low power density (watts/liter) as early research by GEC Marconi and the EMPF Laboratory indicated that lower power density equals higher safety.
Recent studies indicate that ultrasonic power densities of 10 watts per liter or less are desirable for the safe cleaning of populated PCBs. These stencil cleaners have always been rated at 10 watts per liter and still clean any type of solder paste from fine-pitch stencils.
Cleans all types of solder paste at low power densities due to the cleaning efficiency of their proprietary 440-R SMT Detergent and the mechanical efficiency of the ultrasonic transducers.
Smart Sonic, smartsonic.com
Press Releases
- ViTrox Americas Expands and Upgrades Its ViTrox Demo Center (VDC); Sy Creed Comments
- SisTech Manufacturing Selects Europlacer to Power High-Mix, High-Reliability Growth
- Q Source Announces New Partnership with C2V to Expand Safety Solutions Offering
- Altus Helps FermionX Enhance Production with Advanced Inspection Solutions; Joe Booth and Will Patrick Comment