Real-time profiling at NEPCON South China

Products on display will include: the KIC RPI, X⁵ Profiler, K² Profile Setter, KICstart² Thermal Profiler and KIC EK-7 Thermal Profiler.

The KIC RPI is said to bring process transparency and traceability to the thermal processes.  The information no longer needs to only reside down on the production floor, but can flow seamlessly through the network to be shared with the factory MES system and even clients. The result is less production stoppage as well as less risk of human mistakes and defects

The X⁵ Profiler redefines what a data intelligence profiler does.  As opposed to the low-cost data acquisition profilers that focus purely on recording a product profile, a data intelligence profiler takes the additional active role of suggesting new oven setup in order to optimize the thermal process. 

The K² Profile Setter is available both as a standard “passive” profiler as well as an “active” profiler in the same unit.  The passive profiler measures and displays the myriad of time/temperature data for the profile on a PCB and displays it in an easily accessible manner. The standard Mobile Profile View App transmits the information from the PC wirelessly to a mobile device for the ultimate in viewing convenience and accessibility.

The KICstart² Thermal Profiler utilizes core technologies developed by KIC, and is supported by KIC’s worldwide organization. The patented design concept automatically identifies the location of each oven heating zone, so no or few measurements are required. Additionally, the KICstart2 automatically corrects for different TC locations on the part, aligning them for improved profile graph viewing.

The KIC EK-7 is a new generation thermal profiler from KIC. It is capable of real-time profiling and its real-time profile transmission is achieved via industrial grade Bluetooth technology. The EK-7 is capable of stacking up to 1000 reflow profiles in its internal flash memory without the need to download profile data at every profile run.