August 2022 – Bentec is pleased to announce that it has appointed Sincotron as the Insituware distributor throughout Scandinavia and the Baltics.

Founded in 1969, Sincotron’s operations have always been based on reliability, stability and, most importantly, the long-term relationships it has with its customers and suppliers. The company currently employs a team of 16 to cover Scandinavia and the Baltic states.

“Insituware has a very interesting new device, and we believe that this new technology can help our customers improve their process quality and lower their false rates. We have already conducted a couple of demos with good success and, thanks to David Bennett, we now have two demo units in-house, so we will have several additional demos with customers in upcoming months,” said Sampsa Rekonen, Vice President of Sincotron.

“Sincotron is the premier distributor for northern Europe, with a host of premier customers who undoubtably will appreciate the benefits that the Insituware material control products offer,” commented David Bennett, Managing Director Bentec Ltd.

Insituware LLC is the provider of the first smart in situ measurement solution with integrated machine learning technology. Its product offerings provide the ability to make real-time process measurements and quality control decisions directly from the shop floor during the manufacturing process. The cloud-based software system and small portable design allow customers to react instantly to process changes and make corrections and improvements quicky and easily, all at an affordable price point.

ABOUT BENTEC

Bentec is a sales and support company based in the UK that also provides a unique “associate” network of partner sales agents and distributors spanning Europe, the Americas and Asia. Several equipment manufacturing companies use Bentec to recruit and manage their international sales organizations due to its global network and vast experience in creating and managing them.

Since the invention of the first 3D printing technologies in the early 1980s, the 3D printing market has experienced a tremendous amount of innovation and interest. A niche technology until the expiration of key patents, the 2010s allowed many startups to emerge offering inexpensive consumer-level 3D printers. The subsequent media frenzy in the early 2010s thrust 3D printing into the limelight, accompanied by major multinational corporations like HP and GE entering the 3D printing space. After years of hype, the industry has moved on to a more critical examination of the value-add that additive manufacturing brings to businesses and supply chains. Despite the obstacles posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and persistent supply chain disruptions, the additive manufacturing market continues to find new applications and end-users. IDTechEx forecasts that 3D printing's continued innovation and meaningful adoption will lead the hardware and consumables market to surpass US$41 billion by 2033.

IDTechEx has studied the 3D printing industry for over a decade and has released their latest report, “3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 2023-2033: Technology and Market Outlook”, providing the most comprehensive view of the market. In examining thirty individual 3D printing technologies and five major material categories, IDTechEx finds a continuous theme between these important aspects of the industry: expansion.

Evolution of Market Shares for 3D Printing Technologies and Materials 2022-2033. The IDTechEx report includes eighty 10-year forecast lines. Source: IDTechEx - "3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 2023-2033: Technology and Market Outlook"

Given that established additive manufacturing technologies like selective laser sintering and thermoplastic filament extrusion are decades old, it might be expected for the market to consolidate and stabilize from a technology standpoint. However, new entrants with their own unique innovations on 3D printing are popping up every year, some of which are so unique that they don't fit into the classic seven printing processes framework. New technologies, which span polymer, metal, electronics, ceramics, construction, and composite 3D printing, offer different advantages and disadvantages to incumbents. Parallel to these new technologies are more incremental improvements in established processes. What both advancements allow is access to new applications and end-users that 3D printing previously struggled to reach.

Taking place in tandem with the expansion and improvement of the 3D printing hardware portfolio is the growth of the broader 3D printing ecosystem, including materials, post-processing, software, and services. For example, the 3D printing materials portfolio is expanding because of the aforementioned new technologies entering the market, which can process materials previously underused or underutilized by additive manufacturing. In addition, the software, scanners, and services sector of 3D printing is introducing new offerings to simplify the adoption of additive manufacturing by end-users, making their experience more seamless.

Across these different technologies, materials, and services, the theme remains the same: the expansion of additive manufacturing to enter new target markets and reach new end-users. IDTechEx expects this expansion to drive the 3D printing industry past US$41 billion in hardware and materials sales by 2033.

Market Forecasts for Additive Manufacturing Materials

The new report from IDTechEx, "3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 2023-2033: Technology and Market Outlook", carefully segments the market by eighty different forecast lines across seventeen different technology categories, four major material categories, and eight material subcategories. These hardware and material forecasts analyze future installations, hardware unit sales, hardware revenue, materials mass demand, and material revenue. Additionally, IDTechEx provides comprehensive technology benchmarking studies, examination and case studies of critical application areas, detailed discussion of auxiliary AM industry fields, and in-depth market and economic analysis. Finally, IDTechEx carefully dissects the positive and negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent supply chain disruptions on the 3D printing market. For further information on this market, including 125 interview-based profiles of market leaders and start-ups, technology comparison studies, business model analysis, and granular 10-year market forecasts, see the market report "3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 2023-2033: Technology and Market Outlook".

For more information on this report, please visit www.IDTechEx.com/3DP, or for the full portfolio of 3D Printing research available from IDTechEx please visit www.IDTechEx.com/Research/3D.

PCB West: The leading technical conference and exhibition for electronics engineers. Coming Oct. 4-7 to the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center. pcbwest.com

Tokyo, Japan – August 24, 2022 – Saki Corporation, an innovator in the field of automated optical and X-ray inspection equipment, will be exhibiting at Productronica India 2022. From 21 to 23 September, visitors to Saki's booth PC05 in Hall 14/15 will be invited to discover the latest 3D-SPI, 3D-AOI and 2D-AOI inspection solutions. The Saki technology team will also present latest hard- and software innovations and demonstrate its Full SMT Line, Smart Factory and M2M capabilities.

Saki will offer booth visitors a first-hand look at the unique features of the latest hardware and software releases with an emphasis on reliability, speed, quality and value for applications across all sectors, including mobile phone manufacturing.

The show line-up on booth #PC05 will feature:

3D-AOI solution 3Di-LS2-L with 18μm camera head

The powerful 3D AOI model 3Di-LS2-L with 18μm camera head is the ideal inspection solution suitable for all standard full SMT line manufacturing processes. It is designed to improve production, boost process efficiency and maximize product quality. The closed-loop system, dual servo motor drive, high-resolution linear measurement and solid gantry design provide unsurpassed accuracy and repeatability. Quadruple multi-frequency digital projectors ensure accurate 3D measurements and high-quality images.

3Di-LS2 with 12μm high resolution

Saki’s flexible 3Di-LS2 has been developed in response to the increase of customer applications demanding further optional features and capabilities. The machine is based on the 3Di-LS2-L system and can be customized with a choice of three camera resolution levels of 7µm, 12µm, and 18µm to match specific application requirements. In addition, the system can be upgraded with a quad side camera system that ensures inspection of the entire board, including dead angles and areas missed by overhead cameras. Saki’s latest Z-axis optical head is a further optional feature for accurate inspection of tall components, press-fit components and PCBAs in jigs. The innovative optical-head offers the industry’s highest level of inspection capability. With such a choice, Saki’s 3Di-LS2 machine fulfills inspection capabilities and flexibility far beyond standard SMT inspection processes with accuracy, speed, and ease.

3Si-LS2 with 12µm optical head

Saki's high-precision and high-speed 3D solder paste inspection machine. The single-lane system is equipped with a 12µm camera head for board sizes from 50mm x 60mm to 500mm x 510mm.

BF-10D

The 2D-AOI system BF-10D was developed especially for high speed, inline, dual-lane production of M-size (330x250mm) PCBs, employing Saki's innovative high-speed color camera and a robust gantry frame designed for high-speed motion of the camera. Sophisticated image processing tools take advantage of multi-core CPU processing. Able to easily keep up with production takt times as short as 8 seconds, BF-10D handles dual-lane high speed production lines using only one head. Whether the two lanes have the same or different board configurations, simultaneous inspection is possible in one pass, making inspection very fast.

Saki's software suite & line control systems demonstrate the company's data-driven approach to continuous productivity improvement. Visitors to the Saki booth will experience the full IPC-CFX certified machine-to-machine connectivity capability, full line control enabled by Saki’s Offline Teaching station (BF2-Editor) and Verification station (BF2-Monitor).

“We see India as a market with huge growth potential for Saki. With our deep expertise in inspection solutions, our goal is to become the go-to technology partner for OEM's and EMS companies in India,” said Jayson Moy, General Manager Saki Asia Pacific.

For further information about Saki, visit www.sakicorp.com/en/.

PCB West: The leading technical conference and exhibition for electronics engineers. Coming Oct. 4-7 to the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center. pcbwest.com

(Waterbury, CT USA) – August 24th, 2022 – MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, a global supplier of integrated solutions from our Circuitry, Assembly and Semiconductor divisions, will exhibit its range of innovative assembly solutions for the electronics manufacturing services industry at the upcoming EMS-Tag conference and exhibition on Thursday 8th September in Würzburger, Germany.

MacDermid Alpha will highlight its range of high reliability circuit board assembly solutions including high reliability solder pastes and alloys designed to exceed industry expectations in harsh environments. The ALPHA CVP-390V solder paste paired with the high reliability Innolot alloy provides superior electrochemical performance on fine pitched components to ensure reliability on complex PCB assemblies. The ALPHA HiTech range of adhesives, underfills, edgebonds and encapsulants will also be highlighted. Designed to provide reinforcement and protection for soldered assembled components, the ALPHA HiTech range protects against potential component failure due to mechanical stress.

For more information on the EMS-Tag conference and exhibition please visit: https://www.ems-tag.de/en-gb

To learn more about MacDermid Alpha’s high reliability assembly solutions please visit: macdermidalpha.com

About MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions:

Through the innovation of specialty chemicals and materials under our Alpha, Compugraphics, Electrolube, Kester, and MacDermid Enthone brands, MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions provides solutions that power electronics interconnection. We serve all global regions and every step of device manufacturing within each segment of the electronics supply chain. The experts in our Assembly Solutions, Semiconductor Solutions, and Circuitry Solutions divisions collaborate in design, implementation, and technical service to ensure success for our partner clients. Our solutions enable our customers’ manufacture of extraordinary electronic devices at high productivity and reduced cycle time.

PCB West: The leading technical conference and exhibition for electronics engineers. Coming Oct. 4-7 to the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center. pcbwest.com