Component Management

Essemtec will introduce the Cobra SMD pick-and-place at the upcoming Cien Exhibition in Paris, from May 24-26. Cobra is the latest product from Essemtec, the Swiss manufacturer of production machines for electronics. It combines very high flexibility with the fast placement speed of an 8-axes placer.

Essemtec, the Swiss manufacturer of production systems for electronics, will debut a new type of exchangeable vacuum table at the upcoming SMT Nuremberg exhibition. It allows foils and double-sided PCBs to be processed on the same machine, and installation is simple with only a few steps. Essemtec also will present a new inline system during the exhibition.

Essemtec, the Swiss manufacturer of production systems for electronics, will premier the Cobra Feeder, a new type of SMT component feeder, at the upcoming SMT Exhibition that is taking place May 3-5 in Nuremberg, Germany. The double-8-mm feeder can increase the placement rate of Cobra and Paraquda pick-and-place machines by up to 25%.

Essemtec Brazil announces that it will introduce the new Paraquda SMT pick-and-place system to the South American market in Booth N28 at the upcoming FIEE-ElectronicAmericas exhibition, scheduled to take place March 28-April 1, 2011 at the Anhembi Exhibitis Pavilion in São Paulo.

Essemtec AG announces that its Tower Automatic Storage System simplifies logistics and increases the flexibility of production for Variosystems, an international electronics manufacturing subcontractor. Variosystems manages thousands of components for its customers’ assembly jobs. Until recently, the component storage has required significant effort. Now, with Essemtec’s Tucano, component reels and trays can be stored locally in produ...

Essemtec will build a production line for LED tubular lamps that will replace the common fluorescent lamps. Essemtec's innovation, a 180x50cm printing system will enable the full automatic, inline production of such lamps.

BGAs, QFPs and other fine-pitch devices can now be desoldered, removed and replaced with the BR720 lead-free rework station from Manncorp. Utilizing split-vision zoom optics with 22x magnification, real-time images of components superimposed on solder pads are continuously displayed on the system monitor. Perfect alignment is achieved when operator makes final X and Y micrometer adjustments with LED lighting providing high image contrast.

Answering growing demand for equipment dedicated to LED assembly, manncorp.com now includes LED-capable pick-and-place systems -- one of which can also serve as a mid-range placer for today’s surface mount components.

Essemtec announces that its PANTERA-XV SMD Placement Machine features an ideal price/performance ratio for SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises). The PANTERA-XV is designed for prototype and mid-size series manufacturing. The machine offers ideal combinations of speed, accuracy and wide application range.

Rochester Electronics has expanded its space-level continuing manufacturing services and product offering to provide a continuous, long-term source of certified semiconductor devices. Since many manufacturers are discontinuing production of space-level parts due to the rigorous certification processes and expansive infrastructure required to manufacture, test, and store these low-volume parts, customers are often left with few places to turn for ...