MI-300 Pb-free wave soldering system has an 800 mm preheat tunnel, wave height of 0-12 mm, and forced-air cooling. Comes with standard foam fluxing (spray optional), runs at a conveyor speed of 300-9000 mm/min, handles PCBs of 50-300 mm. Uses PLC controls. $13,500.

Tolo Machinery Equipment Co. Ltd., www.sztolo.com

VisionX 934 nitrogen convection reflow oven comes with nine preheat, three peak and four cooling zones. Throughput is a reported 180 boards per hr. Comes in sizes of 7 and 10 meters. Has two or three flux residue filter towers and online profiling software.

Rehm Thermal Systems, www.rehm-group.com  

VCTA-A580 inline AOI uses a color digital CCD camera capable of 20 µm resolution. Has a 20 x 20 mm field of view, and handles boards from 50 x 50 mm to 400 x 430 mm. Requires <30 mm component clearance. X-y stage camera is said to have <10 µm accuracy.

Zhen Hua Xing Technology (Shenzhen) Co., www.vcta-aoi.com

HP-620 vision screen printer handles stencils of 736 x 736 or 800 x 800 mm and has a reported accuracy of +/-0.015 mm. Has an 8 sec. cycle time, 15 sec. for load-print-unload. Includes 2-D real-time top- and bottom-side SPI. Is said to print to 0.3 mm pitch, and 0.2 mm BGA. Handles boards up to 620 x 480 mm. Uses metal squeegees, with five speed print stroke. $75,000-$80,000.

SJ Inno Tech, www.sjinnotech.com