SAN DIEGO – KIC will exhibit in Hall 4, Booth #126 at SMTconnect, scheduled to take May 9-11, 2023, in Nuremburg, German. KIC provides the most accurate Heat to Data™ solutions including its award-winning support with onsite service and application knowledge from the thermal process experts.

KIC provides Heat to Data™ Solutions for all electronics assembly and semiconductor packaging Thermal Processes. Its solutions cover Machine Performance Tracking with Heat Transfer Index TM - automated NPI recipe setup - Thermal Profile Optimization – Automation for Traceable Audit Data with Automatic Profiling and Profile Inspection. KIC is the inventor of automatic profiling and real-time process inspection with RPI and WPI for reflow/cure/wave. The company continues to innovate with a complete ecosystem of solutions for its customers’ manufacturing requirements.

Machine Performance Tracking

• Smart Reflow Analyzer - detecting oven performance to make maintenance more effective and precise. Easily identify changes: heat transfer with HTITM, temperature, and speed.
• Wave Surfer – Track preheat peak temperatures and ramp rates, and peak temperature and dwell time through the wave.

Profile Setup, Optimization, and Verification

• SPS Smart Profiler with AutoFocus TM and Navigator TM automated NPI oven setup and optimization tools. Used across all factory floor thermal processes (soldering, curing, rework, etc.)

Automation and Inspection

• An infinite number of automation possibilities across five different platforms for a customized solution specifically for your requirements. Something for every budget and every requirement.
• The most options available – always the most accurate and independent monitoring solutions.
• From simple automatic profiling to fully integrated real-time profile inspection traceability and process control, and everything in between.
• Always with our award-winning onsite service and application support in every region worldwide, with the experience and knowledge from the thermal process experts, KIC.

KIC’s has 45+ years of experience in automated process data collection and analysis and a worldwide network of KIC service and application support in the field in every region. With more than 28,000 systems in the field KIC offers the most reliable, accurate, and innovative solutions for electronics manufacturing challenges. Experts in turning Heat to Data TM . For more information: www.kicthermal.com 

OXFORD, CT – MIRTEC, ‘The Global Leader in Inspection Technology,’ will premier its complete line of 3D AOI and SPI Inspection Systems at SMTconnect, scheduled to take place May 9-11, 2023 in Nuremberg, Germany. The company will showcase a total of five (5) Inspection Systems specifically designed to address the full spectrum of inspection requirements associated with the electronics manufacturing industry in Hall 4A, Stand 128.

MIRTEC’s Award-Winning MV-6 OMNI 3D AOI Series features its exclusive OMNI-VISION ® 3D Inspection Technology which combines either a 15MP or 25MP CoaXPress Camera with MIRTEC’s revolutionary 12 Projection BLUE Moiré 3D Technology in a cost-effective platform. MIRTEC’s proprietary Ultra-High resolution CoaXPress Vision System is designed and manufactured by MIRTEC for use with its complete product range of 3D inspection systems. MIRTEC’s 12 Projection Digital BLUE Moiré Technology provides true 3D inspection to yield precise height measurement data used to detect lifted component and lifted lead defects as well as solder volume post reflow. Fully configured MIRTEC’s MV-6 OMNI machines feature four 10MP or 18MP Side-View Cameras in addition to the Top-Down Camera, a Multi-Focus Programmable Z-Axis System, an Internal PCB Flipper Conveyor, and Multi-Function AOI/SPI Fusion Technology.

MIRTEC’s Award-Winning MV-3 OMNI Desktop 3D AOI Series features the same hardware and software as MIRTEC’s in-line OMNI-VISION ® 3D Inspection Systems providing 100% compatibility across the company’s entire 3D AOI product line. These systems feature exclusive OMNI- VISION ® 3D Inspection Technology which combines either a 15MP or 25MP CoaXPress Camera with MIRTEC’s revolutionary 12 Projection BLUE Moiré 3D Technology in a cost-effective platform. MIRTEC’s proprietary Ultra-High resolution CoaXPress Vision System is designed and manufactured by MIRTEC for use with its complete product range of 3D inspection systems. MIRTEC’s 12 Projection Digital BLUE Moiré Technology provides true 3D inspection to yield precise height measurement data used to detect lifted component and lifted lead defects as well as solder volume post reflow. Fully configured MIRTEC’s MV-3 OMNI machines feature four 10MP or 18MP Side-View Cameras in addition to the Top-Down Camera, a Multi-Focus Programmable Z-Axis System and Multi-Function AOI/SPI Fusion Technology. Without question, the MV-3 OMNI is the most Technologically Advanced Desktop 3D AOI machine.

AI Powered Smart Factory Automation Solution

MIRTEC’s Smart Factory Automation solution, ‘INTELLI- PRO’, is an AI based Software Suite specifically designed for the purpose of improving the performance and convenience of MIRTEC’s complete line of AOI machines. INTELLI-PRO consists of a proprietary Deep Learning based Automatic Part Search and Teaching function, and AI based; Automatic Parameter Optimization, Character Recognition (OCR), Foreign Object Detection (FOD), Placement Inspection Algorithms and an Automatic Defect Type Classification function.

MIRTEC’s Award-Winning MS-11e 3D SPI Series features exclusive 15MP or 25MP CoaXPress Camera Technology, providing enhanced image quality, superior accuracy, and incredibly fast inspection rates. The MS-11e 3D SPI is also available with a cost-effective 4MP Camera Link option. These machines use Dual Projection Shadow Free Moiré Phase Shift Imaging Technology to inspect solder paste depositions on PCBs post screen print for insufficient/excessive solder, shape deformity, shift of deposition and bridging. All MIRTEC 3D SPI machines are CFX complaint and feature upstream and downstream Closed Loop Feedback.

MIRTEC’s Award-Winning GENESYS-PIN Hybrid 3D AOI Series is specifically developed for the Automotive Electronics Market. This extraordinary system is configured with a 12 Megapixel CoaXPress High-speed Camera System, a 15um Precision Telecentric Lens, an advanced nine (9) Phase RGB Color Lighting System, a Programmable Multi-Focus Z-Axis System, and four (4) Programmable Multi-Pattern Digital Projectors which are an integral part of MIRTEC’s proprietary Hybrid 3D Measurement Technology. With this revolutionary optical system, the GENESYS- PIN machine can measure up to 50mm tall connector pins with extreme accuracy. The GENESYS-PIN machine detects defects such as missing pins, pin offset as well as measurement of distance between pins and inner/outer dimensions of forked pins.

New to SMTconnect 2023, MIRTEC will be displaying the GENESYS-CC AI Based Conformal Coating AOI Series. These revolutionary systems are configured with MIRTEC’s Exclusive 15MP CoaxPress Camera Technology, four 18MP Side-Angle Cameras and an optional Internal PCB Flipper Conveyor for Double Sided PCB Inspection. The GENESYS-CC machine inspects for Presence/Absence of Conformal Coating, AI Based Bubble Inspection and Lateral Side Component CC Inspection using the 18MP Side Cameras. The system is also fully capable of standard PCB inspection, providing maximum flexibility to the Electronics Manufacturing Environment.

MIRTEC is Leading the Way to Industry 4.0

MIRTEC’s Total Remote Management System (TRMS) is a fully integrated Industry 4.0 Solution which combines remote management with real-time data monitoring and analysis for each system within the SMT production line. MIRTEC’s TRMS provides real-time remote monitoring of status information and statistical data such as equipment operation status, production yield, PC resources, temperature, humidity, etc. The combination of MIRTEC’s 3D Inspection Systems and TRMS provide a vast improvement in production process management. The TRMS Module is a key part of MIRTEC’s Intelligent Factory Automation System, INTELLISYS ® . This powerful software suite was designed and developed by MIRTEC to provide manufacturers with a clear view into the manufacturing process, thereby helping them achieve higher operating efficiencies and improved quality.

HOUSTON – Alert Tech SMT, a contract electronics manufacturer in Houston, Texas, is excited to announce Brian Laney's promotion to the role of chief operating officer. The announcement comes as the company gears up to expand into a new 35,000-square-foot production facility.

In this new role, Laney will be responsible for leading day-to-day operations, coaching team members and scaling the company to meet growing demands. He will balance both long- and short-term planning, strategically leading the company toward stable growth.

"My goal is to remove hurdles so everybody on the team can do what they do efficiently," he said. "I'm dealing with the day-to-day, but always looking ahead to the future."

Laney joined Alert Tech in 2008 and worked his way up through the ranks, most recently serving as vice president of sales and product. As vice president, he played an integral role in helping the company pivot from retail technology to full-service electronics manufacturing in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

His combined technical expertise, empathy and ability to excel under pressure helped steer the company through one of the most challenging experiences of its 30-year history, Alert Tech SMT Founder and CEO Marge Laney said.

"Brian is very hands-on. He got in there and really did the work," she said. "It served us well and continues to serve us well."

Today, fewer than three years after launching the surface mount technology (SMT) division, Alert Tech SMT is experiencing exponential growth as a U.S.-based manufacturer. The company boasts an impressive lineup of industry veterans and is in the process of expanding to a new facility to support increased production.

Brian Laney said the rapid growth is made possible by the company's commitment to quality and customer service, two things that go hand in hand under his leadership.

"We believe in a disarming level of transparency with our customers," he explained. "We are aligned with them as absolute partners."

As he transitions into the role of chief operating officer, Brian Laney will continue to build on the ethos of partnership and service. He said he's excited to help usher in this new chapter for the company and is working to ensure that as the company grows, the team is supported and the customer's voice is always heard.

"Brian's leadership skills are innate," Marge Laney said. "He's not only thoughtful and driven, but he brings a technical understanding to the role and has always served as the voice of the customer. He's earned this, and I trust him without reservation."

HALF MOON, NY – PVA, a global supplier of automated dispensing and coating equipment, will exhibit in Hall 4A, Booth 230 with SmartRep at SMTconnect, scheduled to take place May 10-12, 2022 in Nuremberg. The team will demonstrate the Delta 8 Selective Conformal Coating Machine.

Pieter Van Der Vorst will be on hand to discuss PVA’s PVA Conformal Coating Systems, including the PVA350, Sigma, Delta 6, and Delta 8. He will be available to answer questions about coating and dispensing, as well as other application solutions in the PVA line-up such as coating inspection, optical bonding and curing ovens.

Ideal for selective coating, potting, bead and meter-mix dispensing applications, the Delta 8 is designed for maximum flexibility and can be configured for custom assembly applications. The Delta 8 has many options and integrated features including robotic system repeatability of +/-25 microns and multiple dispensing applications or materials in one cell.

Pieter Van Der Vorst will be on hand to answer questions about coating and dispensing, as well as other application solutions in the PVA line-up such as coating inspection, optical bonding and curing ovens.

For more information about PVA, please contact PVA at info@pva.net or (518) 371-2684.