Component Management

Juki Automation Systems (JAS), Inc. has announced that the ISM2000 Fortress can now support both 32 and 44 mm size reels. The Fortress is the newest and largest of the ISM family that guarantees to keep components safe while providing easy and intelligent management of component inventory. Additionally, all ISM2000 Fortress models will be bundled to include ESD package certification and humidity control as standard features of this system.

When milling stainless steel there are many challenges to overcome, including difficulties with chip formation, tool life and productivity. The latest insert geometries for CoroMill 345 have been designed specifically to offer the light cutting action and low forces required to surmount such challenges. Numerous benefits include not only higher metal removal rates and greater throughput, but the ability to use CoroMill 345 on small taper machines...

Photo Stencil, LLC announces that its step stencils are now available using Photo Stencil's unique new NiCut high-performance stencil technology that delivers the quality advantages of an electroform stencil, but with faster turn-around time. Step stencils offer significant flexibility in achieving the proper solder paste height and volume for the overall paste printing process, especially when trying to print on boards containing very small comp...

Choosing a sealing profile does not have to involve choosing the material as there are many standard sections in standard rubbers found to be suitable for general purposes such as control cabinet door sealing, where specification may be made primarily on the correct mechanical fit.

Master Bond EP46HT-1AO is formulated for bonding and sealing applications, is widely used in the aerospace, electronic and specialty OEM industries. Unlike most conventional two component epoxies, EP46HT-1AO cures with the addition of heat, which allows it to have a working life exceeding 24 hours. It has a forgiving 100 to 30 mix ratio by weight and bonds well to metals, composites, glass, ceramics and many plastics.

DDM Novastar is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new entry-level pick and place machine. 

At Brucha’s 80,000-square-meter plant in Michelhausen in Lower Austria, four Atlas Copco GA oil-injected screw compressors with variable speed drive technology are using 25 % less power to supply the company’s four production halls with the required volume of compressed air to meet their production needs. 

Designed specifically for the high-volume production of long (1220mm) LED PCBs, PROMATION has introduced two PCB handling solutions. The ESV-200 XXL has been redesigned as a rear load, bare PCB line loader that is capable of handling LED boards up to 1220mm in length and 370mm in width.

A bench mounted, dual cartridge dispensing machine has been launched by Fisnar Europe. Model DCD provides users with a cost-effective solution for low volume mixing and dispensing of two-part materials in dual cartridges. The fully portable bench-mounted system is simple to install and program for accurate two-part dispensing.

MasterSil 152, a two component condensation curing system from Master Bond, has been developed for potting and encapsulation applications where an addition cured silicone cannot be used. Only requiring air for complete cross-linking, the curing system has no ubstrates that will inhibit the cure.