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Kester’s Apex booth will feature numerous products from its Lead-Free Solutions (products and services) portfolio to help companies beat the July 1, 2006 RoHS Directive deadline. Featured products include: EnviroMark 907 lead-free no-clean paste and its low-cost Ultrapure K100 lead-free bar solder alloy, along with technical services to help manufacturers assemble Pb-free. An interconnecting materials catalog will be debuted.

Kester, kester.com
Apex booth 1085

VectraElite soldering system will make its North American debut at Apex. It expands on the core subsystems of the Vectra wave soldering system. In addition to improved system wide access, a new rollout solder pot design and an advanced control system, it features UltraFill nozzles, upper High Velocity Convection (HVC) preheat module and a ServoJet fluxing system.

The company will also preview its Post Wave Cooling (PWC) module and the Optima ultrasonic spray fluxing system featuring Ultra-Spray technology.

Speedline will also preview new options for its MPM Accela printing system as well as spotlight an array of its MPM printing, Camalot dispensing, and Electrovert soldering and cleaning solutions.

Speedline Technologies, speedlinetech.com
Apex booth 1207

SFX-TAP4/CR is the newest member of ScanflexTAP transceivers, developed for integration in Flying Probe Testers (FPT) offering four parallel independent TAP.

This seventh TAP transceiver can be freely combined with all Scanflex controllers on PCI, PXI, USB or LAN basis, with distances up to five meters. Each TAP offers programmable input and output impedance, stepwise (250Hz/1MHz) programmable TCK frequency to 80MHz, programmable delay compensation, read-back of output signals and a relay controlled power signal. This enables an optimal UUT configuration over distances up to 1.5 m. Feature captive CION interface chips (ASIC) and additional safety measures. Features 32 voltage-programmable dynamic I/O, two analog I/O channels, three statistic I/O and trigger lines.

All TAP signals and PIO channels are galvanically isolated from the UUT, and can be tested for operation directly in the system by means of an integrated Built-In-Test (BIT).

The transceiver has a particular slot for coupling with Scanflex I/O modules; or various SFX I/O modules can be connected via an SFX/LS interface.

Supported by software System Cascon from version 4.2.1 on and is compliant with standards IEEE 1149.1, IEEE 1149.4, IEEE 1149.6, IEEE 1532 and JESD71. The software automatically recognizes the transceiver by the AutoDetect Feature.

GÖPEL electronic, www.goepel.com

Aegis introduces the "MCAD" system to support box and mechanical product documentation, tracking, quality and materials management. Customers may now support any discrete assembly processes—from circuit boards to full system level assembly—in a single information system.

MCAD functionality is inherently incorporated within the Web-centric manufacturing execution system (MES). Shop-floor operators can step through and drill into iView's existing sequential assembly process feature with intelligent cross-reference to the mechanical components.

MES also supports multi-level assemblies and material setup validation at any work station, and these assemblies are now better depicted in the visual aids.

Features include:

·Support for common mechanical CAD vector file formats;

·Simple digitizing for 2-D capture from a 3-D drawing with the desired user-controlled perspective;

·A mechanical Shape Library permits re-use of commonly used items and components;

·A color-coded parts list display for easy cross-referencing to the drawing.

The module is a cost option available in the upcoming 6.1 release; existing customers have been offered this option at no charge.

Aegis Industrial Software Corp., aiscorp.com

Enhanced Concept 129 Intelli-Drill includes a companion Database and Search Utility. These tools inspect and measure internal layer movement, then assist in using this information to improve process yields.

Database is loaded by the CNC-7 Controller during panel inspection. Search Utility allows the user to search for data and perform statistical analysis. This data is then fed back to the beginning of the PCB design process to improve production process yields

Database can be searched from any networked PC.

Excellon Automation, excellon.com
Booth 2031

Excellon Automation, excellon.com
Booth 2031

Wave Surfer is a self-contained measurement system for wave solder machines that provides critical data on wave solder machine setup and its process. As a wave solder machine profile fixture, it has five embedded thermocouples, and works in conjunction with the SlimKIC 2000 for quick and easy profiling and setup.

Made of a material similar to typical wave solder pallets, can withstand thousands of passes. The fixture holds the SlimKIC in place during each run to measure process data including peak temperature, dwell time, parallelism and conveyor speed.

KIC, kicthermal.com

Apex booth 363