News Release from: Contax
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 17 February 2006
Nepcon stand to feature 14 demonstrations
Production automation specialist Contax will be exhibiting on stand D20 at Nepcon UK from 9th to 11th May 2006 at the NEC, Birmingham.
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Production automation specialist Contax will be exhibiting on stand D20 at Nepcon UK from 9th to 11th May 2006 at the NEC, Birmingham. Contax will demonstrate 14 systems, six of which will be on show for the first time in the UK. All of the equipment displayed is ideally suited to small and medium volume manufacturers, and offers excellent flexibility and price/performance.
The systems span the full range of production processes from pick and place, through reflow and conveyoring to stencil printing and optical inspection.
Automation and wire preparation needs will also be addressed with semi-automatic workstations and automatic wire crimping machines.
Furthermore, Contax will be announcing Q-UpNavi, new management analysis and SPC (statistical process control) software from Omron, designed for use with its range of VT-RNS automatic optical inspection (AOI) systems.
Contax will be presenting three systems from Swiss manufacturer, Essemtec, covering pick and place, reflow and stencil printing.
On display for the first time in the UK, the FLX2020 is one in a series of FLX2000 SMT pick and place machines.
All are extremely flexible, being both modular and upgradeable, and available with a wide selection of feeders.
Other attributes include high production speeds and zero downtime during changeover.
One of Essemtec's best selling systems, the RO400FC is ideally suited to lead-free solders for small to mid-size volume productions.
It is a full convection reflow oven that heats the PCBs uniformly using vertical laminar flow convection technology, so providing efficient heat transfer with the lowest delta T values.
A flexible fine-pitch stencil printer with vision for automatic stencil alignment, the SP200 is easy to program and operate, with a quick changeover and print size up to 360 x 400mm.
Omron's two AOI systems will be on Contax's stand, and the new Q-UpNavi software will be launched by Contax at the Show and available to view.
An intelligent, high quality in-line AOI system, the Omron VT-RNS is ideally suited for lead-free inspection.
Using its colour highlight system, LEDs emit coloured light and information is extracted through chromaticity.
This ensures that inspections are not affected by fluctuations in the brightness of the surface of the solder, as can happen with lead-free paste.
The system can be placed at varying points on the line - post-printing, post-placement and post-reflow - to prevent defects at any specific stage of production.
On show for the first time, the Omron VT-RNS-ptH is the first benchtop system available to offer true analysis rather than pattern recognition as the basis for its inspection.
A sophisticated system that uses the same analysis technology as the larger VT-RNS, but is available in a compact footprint, so making it ideally suited to a production environment where space is limited.
Other new products will include: Phoenix X-ray Microme-X X-ray inspection system for PCB assemblies; ATF 23-33 wave soldering machine for leaded and lead-free solder; and Pillarhouse Orissa, a low-cost inline or stand-alone system that can handle both small and large batch soldering.
The remaining systems on Contax's stand are all proven best-sellers.
These include: the Speedline MPM AccuFlex stencil printer; the Contact C5 pick and place; the Shuttleworth conveyoring system; Sigma semi-automatic workstations; and the Komax Kappa range of automatic stripping machines.
'We are very happy to be exhibiting at Nepcon at its new venue in the NEC', said Mike Rapson, Managing Director at Contax.
'This new, larger site suits our needs very well and we are able to bring more equipment to the stand, and offer visitors even more choice'.
'We select only the best systems worldwide, and the equipment on our stand reflects this'.
'We will be showing a range of world-class products from leading suppliers such as Essemtec, Omron, Phoenix X-ray and Speedline - some of these are new to the market - and others tried and tested solutions'.
'Small and medium sized manufacturers have very specific production needs'.
'They need equipment that is flexible and reliable, and offers high performance at a realistic cost'.
'We will be bringing a small selection of our recommended systems to Nepcon, so providing visitors with a sample of the most advanced systems available today', he said.
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