Now available: MiniMate (MMSD Series) with wire gauges from 20 to 30 AWG and PowerMate (IPBD Series) with wire gauges from 16 to 24 AWG.  MiniMate cable and connectors are rated at up to 6 amps at 20°C, with PowerMate rated at up to 12 amps at 20°C.

Standard assemblies can be specified from the catalog for any cable length with a variety of pin counts and termination orientations. Also available are mating PCB-mount connector shells and contacts as components for customer assembly.

 A range of assembly tooling is also available. Hand tools (CAT-HT) are ideal for low volume, pre-production and repair applications, while bench-top terminating units (CAT-3000 Series) and mini applicators (CAT-MA Series) allow quick change and semi-automated terminating with press capacities up to 3000 pounds.

Samtec Inc., www.samtec.com      

YESTraX barcode traceability software enables traceability from AOI systems to the offline review/rework station. Can create a serialized barcode that can be assigned to rework images as well as SPC data. The SPC software will generate quality reports, archive data and improve quality control.
 
The increased need for a paperless environment and lean manufacturing, YESTraX is the first software to provide a barcode traceability function for the AOI market. 
 
Logs board defects, generates barcodes for boards that do not already have one and creates quality control reports, reducing the time to log defects and create reports downloadable to various different software applications.
 
 
YESTech, yestechinc.com
 

OptiCon AdvancedLine is a new hardware platform for AOI that guarantees high fault coverage. The centerpiece of the new family is a modularly extendable camera that allows alternative selection between a one and four mega-pixel camera module. Users can add additional camera options for THT components, color inspection or 3-D measurement as well as angled view inspection for the inspection of J-Lead pins at PLCC and SOJ components.
 
Designed to offer higher test speed, reduced debug times, minimal false call rate and high fault coverage. The platform has an all new appearance and space for further options and capability.
 
The four mega-pixel camera with system-specific telecentric lens allows an inspection field of 40 X 40 mm at a 21 µm resolution. TOP lighting provides  multicoloured LED illumination with three basic colors controllable separately. Quattro illumination with 16 illumination settings enables the display of shorts, laser labelling and polarity markings.
 
GÖPEL electronic GmbH, www.goepel.comww.goepel.com

FrameScan FX is an advanced vectorless test tool for detecting open pins on components and connectors assembled onto PCBs. Uses an enhanced in-circuit capacitive coupling technique that tests for open pins by applying an AC signal to an un-powered PCB node and measuring the voltage coupled to a plate positioned in close proximity to the component or connector being tested. Users can reportedly detect open pins more accurately and with greater repeatability.
 
The complete hardware and software suite can extend measurement capabilities. Solves test issues associated with smaller device packages and connector technologies.  Hardware improvements include a new low-noise op amp that increases the front-end gain of the active probe to minimize the effects of noise upon other stages of the measurement circuit.  Software improvements include an automatic Precision Mode that increases the number of measurement samples for low measurement signals. 
 
Teradyne, www.teradyne.com

 

Panel-mount pressure sensors, such as Model AST4200, were designed to provide a hermetic seal against the media without the use of adapters. The one-piece bulkhead design mounts through the panel to keep hazardous media out of the control box.  The solid one-piece 17-4PH or 316L high strength stainless steel design is free of welds, internal O-rings or fluid-filled cavities. Requires a minimal mounting configuration that uses a standard panel punch. A locknut holds the sensor to the panel and leaves room for a gasket. Two wrench flats on the nose of the sensor allow the user to tighten the external pressure tubing to the sensor without turning the part.
 
Units offer outputs of 10mV/V, 4-20 mA or 1-5V.  Said to provide long life and resistance to media corrosion as well as over range and burst protection. Offers wetted material such as titanium and nickel alloys to produce strain gauge sensors that yield a high output with low thermal errors.
 
Provide gauge, sealed gauge or compound gauge pressure measurement in ranges up to 10,000 PSI.  Sensors are calibrated and temperature compensated to ensure stability over specified ranges. Units offer accuracy of < +0.5% BFSL at 25ºC (77º F) and long-term stability of +0.25% full-scale output per annum. Exhibiting resistance to high vibration, shock and temperature extremes, and high levels of EMI/RFI filtrations, units perform in demanding environments.

American Sensor Technologies, www.astsensors.com

Magnet Wire Stripping Pot strips film insulations from wires of all sizes and configurations. The wires are dipped into the stripping solution to quickly remove the insulation. Will not cause mechanical stress or abrasion to the conductor. Available in two models: DSP1 with basic temperature control and DSP2 with programmable temperature control. Both are available in 115V 60Hz or 220/240V 50/60Hz. Custom sized pots can be quoted.
 
The Eraser Co., www.eraser.com

ERSA IR / PL 650 A third-generation IR rework system offers three new technological innovations: DynamicIR, Multi True Closed Loop Control and IntelligentIRS. Designed to handle rework applications on heavy mass PCBs and large-format SMT assemblies (18 x 20" / 460 x 560 mm) in a lead-free environment.
 
The safe and proven medium wavelength IR heating technology allows uniform heat distribution from the top and bottom side across the PCB and component. DynamicIR allows fully automatic dynamic control of the top (1400W / 60 x 120 mm) and bottom (3200W / 350 x 450 mm) IR heaters depending on the actual temperature of the component and where it is in the temperature profile. Total available power to the selective reflow system is spread across four separately switchable heating zones on the top and five zones on the bottom. Depending on board size, the thermal mass of the substrate and component size, the required heat energy is delivered at the precise time and location to ensure that component and board follow the prescribed temperature profile. Can run an extended or flat peak, reduces PCB warpage.
 
True Closed Loop Control means that the actual component temperature is acquired, using the non-contact Infrared sensor, and is used as the primary control mechanism for the heating system. IntelligentIRS allows for precise temperature measurement by choosing from a component table or by component-specific IRS calibration.  Either the IRS or a TC sensor of choice can be chosen to drive the heating technology. Multi True Closed Loop Control uses up to four additional TC sensors. By assigning threshold values to these additional sensors, they prevent the fully automatic heating system from undesired overheating of adjacent or bottom side components.
 
Affords a high level of rework safety by y making it impossible to heat over an assigned threshold value. Thus, it is impossible to work outside a specified lead-free process window.
 
The system is broken down into four modules: the IR650 Selective Reflow module, the RPC Reflow Process Camera module, the PL650 Precision Placement module and the IRSoft software module.
 
ERSA, ersa.de/en/

 

Delivering electrical conductivity for attachment of ICs and components to metallic lead frames, Loctite QMI529HT is a highly silver filled conductive adhesive designed to provide high thermal conductivity. Hydrophobic and high-temperature stability characteristics produce void-free bond lines with adhesive strength, enabling adhesion to a variety of metals and ceramic surfaces, including copper, silver-plated copper and pre-plated leadframes. The bismaleimide (BMI) formulation also said to have particularly robust adhesion to NiPdAu leadframes.
 
Designed as a soft-solder replacement or for applications that require high thermal or electrical conductivity, reportedly achieves UPHs that are higher than conventional oven cured adhesives.  With e fast cure kinetics and very low volatiles, can be SkipCured on the diebonder or wirebonder preheater. 
 
To control bondlines and fillet heights, can also be converted into a controlled collapse spacer paste. 
 
Henkel, www.henkelelectronics.com
 

Transition Automation has a new squeegee holder which is said to improve SMT printing by incorporating a self-cleaning wiper system. 

Reduces solder paste sticking by way of two small articulating wiper wires. Results may vary depending on the particular viscosity and rheology of the solder paste.  In some cases, users may benefit by altering their solder paste formulations to be more sticky and viscous (which improves printing), without the additional paste sticking worries. The new devices is offered across the full Permalex metal squeegee product line, and may be retrofitted on most popular SMT printing machines. 

No additional hookups or machine interefacing required, is passively actuated by the motion of the squeegee holder.

Transition Automation Inc., www.transitionautomation.com

Hermetically sealed transformers and inductors meet MIL-T-27 requirements, for use in military and commercial applications. Feature glass-to-metal hermetically sealed terminals, MIL SPEC paints and finishes, and deep drawn and fabricated enclosures.  

High quality epoxies and silicones allow long service life and resistance to heat, vibration and other environmental factors. For use in new designs or to replace legacy products (some dating back to the 1930s). 

Foster Transformer

Model 20X2HC incorporates patented Horizontal Convection technology with 12 vertical zones in a 146" heated tunnel and a 20" wide conveyor.  It typically reflows PCBs at 3 to 4' per minute. The horizontal forced air circulation results in a uniform temperature profile along the entire PCB with negligible temperature differentials.

20X2HT (high temperature version) reportedly can precisely match any lead-free or standard solder profile. The onboard computer can store up to 100 profiles. 

Options include edge rail conveyor, PC interface Windows software and nitrogen inerting.

Novastar Inc., www.novastarinc.com

 

In addition to the standard-plastic series MEDI-SNAP circular connector with push-pull locking made out of plastic, a new version with metal housing is available.

The metal connectors are mating and mounting compatible to the plastic version and featuremore than 1.000 mating cycles, a robust version of housing; flexible design of receptacles (receptacles for front or rear panel assembly are available); sever color-coding forms.

ODU GmbH & Co. KG, www.odu.de