Mazak Southwest Event to Explore Cost Reductions in Manufacturing
Open house invites region's industries to discover true part-production potential FLORENCE, Ky. – The Mazak Southwest Technology Center in Houston, Texas will host a Discover More With Mazak open house on June 5 and 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. CST. The event will spotlight innovative machine tool solutions for the energy industry and other key market segments. Company experts will also share...
Read More »CyberOptics and DEK Link Together at NEPCON China to 'Close the Loop'
CyberOptics Corporation (Nasdaq: CYBE), in partnership with DEK, will offer 'LIVE' demonstrations of its breakthrough closed loop feedback technology from booth 1G55 at NEPCON China 2013, scheduled to take place April 23-25, 2013 at the Shanghai World EXPO Exhibition Convention Center. CyberOptics' latest SE500ULTRA™ SPI system and DEK's Horizon APiX- print platform equipped with ProDEK will...
Read More »Printed Circuits, Inc. Invests in Pluritec Automatic X-Ray Registration System
Printed Circuits, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) purchased a new Pluritec Inspecta Combo HPL X-Ray registration system, or a Smart Drill to improve registration on complex rigid flex manufacturing. The new drill uses X-Rays to locate fiducials on each layer along the perimeter of the panel.- The machine then optimizes the drill program to fit any dimensional shift, skew or rotation in the layers, prior...
Read More »FlexVIA Plasma System from Nordson MARCH Wins New Product Introduction Award for Surface Treatment of Flexible PCB Materials
Concord, California, USA - Nordson MARCH, a global leader in plasma processing technology, received the New Product Introduction (NPI) Award for its FlexVIA™ Plasma System, a completely self-contained vacuum plasma system designed for maximum efficiency and cost-effective etch, desmear and surface activation treatment of flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs). The award, presented by Printed...
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INTERIM EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP: On-demand executive resources that bring specific expertise to bear to solve sticky problems in your business.
This paper from Sharper Counsel Interims explores the ways in which strong operational leadership can provide support to companies in order to guide them through tough and complicated problems.
Read More »STMicroelectronics and PNI Sensors are Selected for Nintendo's Wii U
Geneva and Santa Rosa - STMicroelectronics (STM), the world’s leading MEMS manufacturer, and PNI Sensor Corporation, the U.S.- based geomagnetic-sensor manufacturer, today announced that Nintendo Co., Ltd. has adopted an advanced sensor solution for Nintendo's newly launched Wii UTM that includes sensors from ST and PNI. PNI's 3-axis geomagnetic sensor, based on proprietary magneto-inductive...
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Manncorp to Unveil New Stencil Printer and Vapor Phase System at IPC APEX Expo 2013
Electronic manufacturing equipment provider Manncorp will be unveiling several all-new products at IPC APEX Expo Booth #118 in San Diego, California, February 19-21. Among the new products will be a compact, touchscreen-controlled- vapor phase soldering system- designed for the most complex, temperature-sensitive soldering and conductive adhesive curing applications.- The batch-style system...
Read More »Printed Circuits, Inc. Makes Equipment, Process and Plant Cleanliness Upgrades
Moving from 2012 into 2013 brings a recommitted interest in improving PCi's product and capabilities. Printed Circuits, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) has made a number of upgrades to improve their products. Items of note are a new die punch, a new conveyorized microetch line, improvements to the lamination layup clean room, and an overhaul of the HVAC system. The new die punch frees up a significant...
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SMT Chip Mounter features 4-head structure.
CoTRO Head, Sigma F8 achieves ultra high-speed One-by-One Pick-up/Placement using 4 direct drive heads per module. Component range starts at 0402s and delivers placement accuracy of 3σ: -
Read More »Nujay Technologies Adds Large Single Sided PCB Capacity
Nujay Technologies Inc. audits today - Uniwell Electronics (Uniwell Group) in Dongguan, China. Univwell has large capacity automatic line for producing Single Sided PCBs. The automatic line can produce as many as 5000 panels per shift! Such automatic lines are not common in China. Nujay ties up with Uniwell to market their PCBs in North America. With this new alliance, Nujay Technologies will be...
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NBS Adding Juki's GL Stencil Printers to Five Manufacturing Lines
Leading EMS provider NBS (www.nbscorp.com) announced the deployment of Juki GL Stencil Printers to two of its SMT assembly lines with orders pending to upgrade three additional lines at their Santa Clara manufacturing headquarters. The fully automatic printers utilize a patented alignment algorithm to ensure the high accuracy essential for 01005 (0402 metric) printing. NBS was the first Juki...
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TPA Motion Introduces New Curved Linear Rail Guides: the CR40 Series
For the ultimate in precision open and closed loop guided motion systems, TPA Motion is the leader in curved rail, liner guides. We specialize in engineering excellence, with products that exhibit an elevated level of precision, delivering robust performance, even under the most challenging conditions. See our video to learn more.
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