SMT Pins use capillary action for solder joint strength.

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Intended for automation using existing pick and place equipment with special feeder, SMT Z-Axis Compliant Pins help compensate for thermal expansion and contraction. They can be placed on .100 x .120 in. on-center applications, making them suitable for parallel PCB stacking. Pins come in 0.025 x 0.025 x 0.375 in. high copper and feature 95/5 matt tin/lead over copper finish.



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Zierick's SMT Z-Axis Compliant Pin Integrates Automation and Reliability



Designed to compensate for thermal expansion and contraction

MOUNT KISCO, NY - Zierick Manufacturing Corporation, a leading provider of PCB connectors and assembly equipment, offers the SMT Z-Axis Compliant Pin. Designed for automation using existing pick and place equipment with a special feeder, Z-Axis Compliant Pins provide axial compliancy to compensate for thermal expansion and contraction.

Benefits resulting from the flexibility of the pins include geographical stability, high locational tolerances, and the ability to randomly place individual pins. Z-Axis Compliant Pins can be placed on .100" x .120" on-center applications, making them ideal for parallel PCB stacking. The unique design takes advantage of capillary action, providing superior solder joint strength, and ensuring that the pins are reliably perpendicular.

Z-Axis Compliant Pins have been designed and manufactured to accommodate production in a continuous reel format. The reel is placed on Zierick's Surf-Shooter SMT(TM), and can be positioned on existing pick and place equipment in the same slot that was designed for a tape feeder. Pins come in 0.025" square by 0.375" high copper and feature a 95/5 matt tin/lead over copper finish. A lead-free matt tin finish will be available in early 2005.

Since 1919, Zierick has manufactured a full line of standard and custom engineered electronic connectors, electrical hardware and automated assembly equipment. Zierick is an ISO 9001 company. To learn more, call Zierick at (800) 882-8020; in New York: (914) 666-2911; fax: (914) 666-0216; e-mail: connectwithus@zierickhq.com; write Zierick Manufacturing Corporation, 131 Radio Circle, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549; or visit www.zierick.com.

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