Teknek Makes Contact Cleaning a Priority at Productronica
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Electronics manufacturers who wish to boost productivity, increase yields and improve quality need to address the problem of contamination at each stage of production according to Teknek.
Teknek, the global leader in contact cleaning technology for the electronics sector, will be showing its market-leading solutions for both PCB and SMT production at Productronica.
Making its debut at the show will be Teknek's new patent pending* EcoFilm product. EcoFilm product is the first Oxydegradable clean machine adhesive roll to be available on the market. It retains all the benefits of the Teknek Nanocleen+ adhesive roll (silicone free, static dissipation, extra wide format, slant cut) plus the added advantage of being "green".
"The launch of the EcoFilm range will help our customers comply more easily with their environmental responsibilities," said Ruaridh Nicolson, Teknek's sales and marketing manager. "As circuits become ever smaller the need to use efficient contact cleaning equipment becomes a greater priority. Increasingly smaller stencil apertures mean that smaller particles can block the opening leading to production problems. Furthermore with BGA boards becoming more common, numerous solder problems can arise if the board is not 100% clean. Our equipment offers a very rapid return on investment usually within months depending on production volumes. Before and after evidence using AOI and SPI equipment demonstrates a dramatic reduction in defective boards if contact cleaning is applied at key stages of the production process."
Visitors to Productronica will be able to see a Teknek SMT contact cleaning machine in action on sister company Speedline Technologies' stand (Hall A3, Stand 121). Speedline, part of the Illinois Tool Works group of companies, is a leading supplier of electronics assembly equipment.
For further details about Teknek please visit www.teknek.com or call +44(0)141 568 8100.
*Application number WO GB10/051056. EcoFilm complies with the standard ASTM D 6954-04.
For further information about Speedline Technologies please visit www.speedlinetech.com
About Teknek
Teknek is the global leader in contact cleaning equipment for a number of sectors including semi-conductors, converting, printing, medical and solar cells.
The equipment helps manufacturers increase production yields and reduce wastage by removing contamination. Over 90% of Teknek's equipment is exported overseas.
Since July 2011 Teknek has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works Inc. With nearly 100 years of history, Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 200 global diversified industrial manufacturer. The Company's value-added consumables, equipment and service businesses serve customers in developed as well as emerging markets around the globe. ITW's key business platforms, including welding, automotive OEM, industrial packaging, food equipment, construction, polymers and fluids, test and measurement, electronics, decorative surfaces and automotive aftermarket, employ more than 60,000 people worldwide. ITW's revenues totaled $15.9 billion in 2010, with more than half of these revenues generated outside of the United States.
To learn more, please visit www.teknek.com or www.itw.com .
About Contact Cleaning
Contact cleaning was pioneered by Teknek 20 years ago and the company has remained at the forefront of the technology and innovations in this field ever since. The technology uses a unique elastomer roller to gently lift dry, unattached particles (down to one micron in size) from the surface being cleaned. The contamination is then transferred to a reserve-wound pre-sheeted roll of adhesive for disposal. This method has been proven to be the most effective method of contamination elimination for critical processes as the roller makes direct contact with the substrate (without damaging it). The key benefits of contact cleaning are increased yields, improved quality and reduced waste.
