The industrial-grade product is designed for 24/7 service. Designed for integration into a laser beam delivery system and can deflect the beam out of production when desired to perform beam diagnostics, check beam homogeneity, pulse width or other beam characteristics, since an excimer laser beam changes characteristics over time and usage. 
 Remote control allows the user to insert or remove a beam splitter; is magnetically pre-mounted so the beam splitter will be accurately located.  It has a true gimbal design and allows either a 90-degree turn or straight-through beam path. Switching is mechanical and the unit holds accurate tolerance swing when switching from one path to the next.
 
JPSA Laser, jpsalaser.com

 Unlike conventional material solutions, the compound reportedly yields a smooth surface without the need for sanding. Durable surface is impervious to chemical reactions and eliminates glass blooming associated with traditional solder pallet materials.
 

 Electolock Inc., electrolock.com

Aquacoat Plus is a water-based conformal coating formulated to protect electronic circuitry. Eliminates the need for extraction and other precautions normally required to apply solvent-based conformal coatings. Is non-flammable, contains low levels of VOCs. It contains no isocyan­ates, so it can be soldered through without fear of highly toxic gases, and is phenol-free (non-corrosive to cadmium and zinc plates)
 
Based on polymeric materials, said to offer adhesion on a variety of substrates and a wide operating temperature range. Available in two formulations: WBP and WBPS (Sprayable) for use in selective film coating equipment.
 
Meets the requirements of DEF-STAN, MIL and IPC-CC-830 and is RoHS compliant.
 
 
Electrolube, electrolube.com
 

Engineering Data Management (EDM) suite helps engineering teams create RoHS/WEEE compliant products. The database management system enables detailed control over all product design data with emphasis on environmental compliance material content. Supports various versions of RoHS data including RoHS 5 (NIE exemption) and the general RoHS 6 requirements. Can manage all relevant product design data including ECAD (electrical) and MCAD (mechanical) with the capability to create RoHS/WEEE reporting documentation.
 
Functions include BOM versioning, ECO generation, full library and workflow management, and document archival for the engineering work group.

EMA Design Automation, ema-eda.com

 

 

 
High-Tech Conversions, high-techconversions.com

32K443-800 connector has a four-hole flange mounting structure, with a separate center contact pin soldered to the signal via the board. The connector is reusable, extra center contact pins are available. Said to have excellent electrical performance up to 18 GHz.
 
SMCC (surface mount coaxial connector) products provide an impedance match if the signal trace or signal via on the board is 50 Ohm.
 

 

 
Is based on the integration of the Cascon Galaxy software and Scanflex hardware into the FPT with up to 24 probes that can be freely positioned and used as virtual Boundary Scan pins.
 
Bettina Becker, marketing and international sales manager for GÖPEL, said: “The direct control of the ICT pin electronics by the Boundary Scan environment has the advantage of each probe acting as additional virtual scan pin in a Boundary Scan test.  The user is now able to achieve a significant increase in test coverage for digital as well as mixed signal ICs, whereby Boundary Scan procedures already utilized in the lab can be completely reused without modifications.”
 
The integration is based on PCI controller models SFX/PCI1149-x with programmable TCK frequencies up to 20 MHz (A type) and 50 MHz (B type), respectively.  The connection to the UUT is realized using a transceiver model SFX-TAP4/C, which provides four parallel TAP and up to eight programmable interface parameters for adaptation to the UUT. The UUT is connected by means of the standard FPT interface. The reliable TAP-Transceiver with CION-Interface enables direct control of UUTs up to 1.5 m. No additional electronics are required. 32 dynamic I/O pins are available on the hardware.
 
All Cascon software editions can run on the FPT.
 
GÖPEL electronic, goepel.com
 
Scorpion Technologies AG, scorpion-tech.com
 

 
Board support is critical in printers, dispensers and pick-and-place machines to run a repeatable process.
 
The shape memory tool combines the benefits of a custom tooling plate with the versatility of pins. An antistatic membrane covers a foam former surrounded by polymer granules.
 
Place a golden board onto the modules, press down, pull a vacuum and the memory of the board shape profile is held. The chambers are profiled to the shape of the underside of the board ¾ on activation of the vacuum this shape is now held. Simple, secure and a custom board support is created within seconds. The shape will hold for weeks/days/months until the vacuum is released. The modules return to their original form, awaiting the next version of board.
 
Cuts risk of damage to a component due to the pin/printing pressure; supports forces evenly spread over the entire board.
 Can handle high-density boards and requires little to no lead-time.
 
Guarantees board flatness and is not sensitive to solder paste contamination.
 
Novatec, novatec-eap.com

Owens Design partnered with Questar Products International to develop a line of automatic wire bonders built on Kulicke and Soffa’s former Hybrid bonder platforms. Capabilities include fine pitch, large table travel and ball bumping, with user friendly, customizable software. The Questar Q2100 series bonders are designed for a range of complex devices.
 
John Apgar, president of Owens Design, said, “Our customer challenged us to come up with a cost effective design, replacing and upgrading older technology components, solving difficult electronics layout challenges, while packaging the system and all electronics in a very small footprint, and conforming to all SEMI and CE standards.”
 
Questar Products International, questarinc.com
Owens Design, owensdesign.com

Speedline Technologies will unveil several new options for its MPM Accela printer as well as an upgrade of its MPM UltraPrint 2000 printer at Apex 2006. 
 
Speedline will also showcase its MPM printing, Camalot dispensing and Electrovert soldering and cleaning solutions in booth #1207.
 
For its parallel processing MPM Accela system – designed high-volume throughput with high yield – the company will introduce:
·        A High Speed Inspection option capable of full 2-D inspection of the substrate and/or the stencil at line speed. Built off the patented texture based algorithms and conventional 2-D methods, the option will quantify the inspection results and report them to SPC for process control and decision making. 
·        An option for process setup verification and traceability using bar code reading capability and enhancements in the machine software.  Provides data management down to the board (within the panel) level in the printer.
·        An option for closed loop control of the printer using external inspection information.
 
Speedline Technologies, speedlinetech.com