PCB Assembly Plant List

Environment
Full anti-static protection on flooring, benches, clothing, bins, racking.
Fume extraction by high volume low pressure ducted fan system.

Laser stencil cutting
LPKF Laser stencil cutter type G6060

Tooling
4 x Aegis CircuitCAM offline component placement & documentation programming seats
1 x Aegis Checkpoint Seat
1 x Graphicode GC Powerplace seat
1 x Siemens PLM - EM-Test Expert flying probe test programming seat

Automatic SMD placement
2 x Solder paste screen printer Reprint R29 (automatic) with computerised vision camera alignment system. 1 x Automatic solder dispensing system, Essemtec CDS6720, with archimedean screw
1 x SMD placer: I-Pulse FV-7100, 6 head pick & place machine, 18,000 placements/hour
1 x SMD placer: I-Pulse M4E, 3 head pick & place machine, 12,500 placements/hour, 35 micron placement accuracy
1 x SMD placer: I-Pulse M2, 6 head pick & place machine, 18,700 placements/hour, 30 micron placement accuracy, equipped to place parts as small as 0201.
6 x fast change feeder trolleys for above.
Forced convection reflow oven: Concept 60 high velocity hot gas, computer controlled, with 4 zones top, & 4 zones bottom.
Oven temperature profiling system: Solderstar Neptune.

Semi-automatic SMD placement
2 x Essemtec EXPERT SAFP semi-automatic computer guided pick & place machines.

Manual SMD placement
Fritsch Manual solder paste / glue / fluid dispenser
5 x Fritsch SMD manual pick & place units c/w carousels, stick & tape feeders.
3 x manual solder paste stencil printers.
Through hole assembly / wiring:
10 x manual assembly stations c/w calibrated Kaisertech soldering irons.
Lead-free pallet conveyor wave solderer type CMS400LF
Cropmatic series 2 component wire cropper.

Re-work/Repair
Zevac DRS20 soldering and desoldering machine with capability to remove and place all types of SMD components including micro BGA's.
2 x Hako 470/474 solder extraction guns.
1 x Hako 850 SMD hot-air rework unit.

Inspection / Test
Takaya APT-9411CE Flying Probe test system
Mirtec MV-2HTL AOI system & offline repair stations
Mirtec MV-3L AOI system, 5 M/Pixel camera, 4 x side cameras, intellibeam laser system & offline repair stations
Quins LC10 digital comparascope inspection system
Ersascope 2 Plus inspection system (capable of micro BGA inspection)
BGA inspection: MS-1000LW BGA and fine-pitch inspection endoscope
Vision Engineering Mantis optical inspection unit. (x2, x4, x10)
Stereo microscope (x20)
Intel PC controlled inspection microscope (x10, x60, x200)
Oscilloscopes, bench-top power supplies, DVM's, BERT tester, function generator, test PC's etc.

Finishing
BJZ de-panelling machines for routered & scored PCB's.
Clarke 6" linesher.
Branson 1510 Ultrasonic cleaning bath (1800cm3 capacity)

Other Equipment
ICE Technology programmer for PIC/GAL/EPROM etc.
Bench drills
IDC press tool

Future plans

In addition to the equipment listed above, we are installing a 4th pick & place line incorporating:

1 x SMD placer: I-Pulse M20, 4 head pick & place machine, 19,000 placements/hour, 25 micron placement accuracy, equipped to place parts as small as 01005, incorporating automatic lead coplanarity detection, with 8 x fast change feeder trolleys

DEK Horizon 03ix in-line automatic solder paste printer with Hawkeye AOI paste inspection

Heller Model 1707 MK111 - SMD Convection Reflow Oven

Nutek magazine line loader & un-loader

Installation to be completed May 2012