Practical Components Will Feature Newest Dummy Components and Test Boards at SMT Nuremberg

Practical Components announces that it will showcase its latest portfolio of dummy components and test boards at SMT Nuremberg, scheduled to take place 8-10 June, 2010 Messezentrum Nuremberg, Germany. The international distributor of mechanical IC samples, or “dummy” components, and SMD production tools and equipment will highlight their latest technologies in representative AAT Aston’s booth 7-243.

Among the innovative technologies on show at the AAT Aston/Practical booth will be Pac Tech Flip Chips and test boards, FusionQuad® components and thermal cycle test board, 15mm x 15mm Amkor POP components, 12mm Middle stack POP components, B-52 Cleaning test kits with isolated components, 01005 capacitors and resistors, .4mm pitch CVBGA components as well as a newly revised Aim test board and CPK test and machine maintenance components.

The new dummy component catalogue and design guide will also be available at the show to provide additional information on these products. This free virtual catalogue is available at www.practicalcomponents.com, and is organized by package type/category with each product accompanied by drawings, description and part number. The catalogue also presents both lead-free and tin-lead availability and formulations, in addition to daisy chain patterns.

According to Practical’s President Kevin Laphen, “Hands down, this is the number one resource for anyone involved in electronics and a must-have in everyone’s production arsenal. Practical Components’ dummy products are selected with care to be the finest ‘factory quality’ components, as well as boards and kits that simulate real world production. Special attention is given to lead-free availability and formulations including all the various SAC formulations.”

Practical Components’ products are designed to help engineers qualify their technology and reduce costs, while improving the production process. The new product catalogue will be of special interest to anyone involved in PCB assembly, training, soldering and surface mount technology. Dummy Components are the exact mechanical equivalent of fully functional, electronically active components. In cases where only mechanical characteristics are required, dummy components can be used instead of live, functioning components. Since there is no expensive die inside the package, the cost for performing mechanical testing is significantly lower and offers real advantages for machine setup and evaluation, assembly workflow evaluation, soldering training, practice and certification, prototypes and demonstrations testing.