The Commercial Products division of Branson introduces support racks for the bottom of the ultrasonic tank. Parts baskets are required to suspend items in the solution, however they are not practical for all ultrasonic cleaning applications. Support racks provide a stable, flat surface upon which parts, fixtures, or containers may be placed. Open design with integral rubberized “feet” will not inhibit chemistry circulation or ultrasonic energy.
 
Also useful as countertop support racks following cleaning or processing. Hold containers or components off the table to facilitate air circulation and drying.  A  range of sizes is provided to access the full volume of your tank. Have stainless construction for chemical compatibility, electro-welded design for durability,  bright electro polished finish for cleanliness. For use with .5 to 5.5 gal units.
 
Branson Ultrasonics Corp., bransonic.com

Until now, optical chips have been cut out of a silicon wafer and then placed individually into housings. However, the dimensions of these casings are several times the size of the chip itself.
 
Schott’s Thin-Glass Wafer-Level-Package with BGA on the backside concept aims to manufacture miniature opto-housings.
 
Instead of packaging individual chips, the technique “packs“ the more than 1000 chips that the entire wafer yields at the same time.
 
Production started at the Electronic Packaging business unit in Singapore last October. The company aims to manufacture approx. 3 million chips per month with its staff of 65 employees.

 
SCHOTT North America, us.schott.com

CSM 200 Connector Seating Machine is a semiautomatic machine for the application of compliant pin connectors. A BMEP servo electric press allows for the monitoring and control of force, distance and speed during the press process.
 
Operators manually load a PCB and connectors onto fixtures and tooling. The CSM automatically positions the connectors on the PCB and then an X/Y table with PCB fixture locates the PCB (up to 8 x 11") under the servo press head for processing the connector. Automatically sequentially presses each connector on the PCB to the required specifications. Each press cycle is monitored and can be stopped if an error occurs. Each press cycle can be recorded to provide real-time feedback with full traceability for every connector applied.
 
Specializes in processing right-angle board edge connectors with non-overmolded pins. Uses “comb” tooling to ensure proper location of the pin legs to the hole pattern in the PCB ¾ allowingr faster processing, less scrap and lower applied cost.
 
Tyco Electronics, tycoelectronics.com
Booth 1029

Offers 3,200 scans per second at a repeatability of ±0.03µm (LSM-500S) to inspect rapidly moving or vibrating workpieces such as optical fiber, fine wire, micro shafts, films, ferrules and similar items.     
 

Data can be output via a standard RS-232C and I/O analog interface for use in multiple statistical analyses.
 
Mitutoyo America Corp., www.mitutoyo.com