Methuen, MA –  Lightspeed Manufacturing has added a third SMT manufacturing line to its EMS manufacturing capabilities, responding to increased volume and a flood of new orders, according to Rich Breault, president.
 
“Our sales have doubled over 2005, and we needed to add capacity to handle it,” said Breault. “Due to the wide-ranging nature of these orders, we also had to build in the ability to handle a high product mix.”
 
The new line includes an Assembleon flexible pick-and-place system with high-volume placement capability, as do the company’s other lines. “This means that we have plenty of flexibility for offline setup, and can run multiple jobs at once, or switch to another line if there is a hitch so that we don’t have to interrupt production,” Breault added. “Having three identical, top-level machines gives us speed and tremendous flexibility to handle virtually any circuit assembly job.”
 
Lightspeed recently began shipping Pb-free assemblies, as the facility switches over to RoHS-compliant manufacturing.