NEWS // FEATURES // NEW PRODUCTS AsteelFlash Experiences the ViTrox Advantage with AXI Purchase
innovative, advanced and cost-effective automated vision inspection systems and equipment for the semiconductor and electronics packaging industries. In June 2011, the company sold its fi rst V810 Automated X-ray Inspection (AXI) system in the United States. The sale was made to AsteelFlash, a top electronics manufacturing services (EMS) customer in Fremont, CA with AsteelFlash’s Director of Engineering John Burke facilitating the sale. AsteelFlash is a full-service, end-to-end EMS provider
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specializing in product design, engineering and manufacturing services, including mechanical design, printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), sheet metal and plastic enclosure fabrication, fi nal assembly, and logistics support. The company services customers in the communications, networking, computing and storage, industrial, consumer products, automotive, medical, and lighting markets. Headquartered in Paris, France, AsteelFlash has 16 production sites on four continents (Europe, Africa, North America and Asia), more than 1.25 M sq ft of manufacturing space and employs over 4700 associates worldwide. The AsteelFlash Group was formed in February 2008 as a result of the merger of ASTEEL (established in 1999) and Flash Electronics (established in 1994), and is in the top 15 of the top 50 EMS companies worldwide. AsteelFlash’s electronic plants are equipped with the
latest PCBA equipment that ensures that its customers’ manufactured boards are of the highest quality. This is accomplished by using full inspection and testing on assemblies that require automatic visual inspection, in- circuit testing and functional testing. In designing manufacturing processes, AsteelFlash is
aware of the limitations of electrical test. Electrical test does not cover the solder quality of the components; therefore, added automated visual inspection is a necessity in the PCBA line. To have a complete solution of automated visual inspection, AsteelFlash conducted evaluations on
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eadquartered in Penang, Malaysia, and with offi ces in Asia and the Unites States, ViTrox Technologies is a total solutions provider of
several market-leading AXI systems based on its stringent requirements. After meticulous examination and careful verifi cation of both the system capabilities and cost of ownership, ViTrox V810 was selected as the company’s qualifi ed supplier for AXI systems. John Burke, Director of Engineering at AsteelFlash, said,
“Considering that ViTrox is a healthy fi nancial yet vision- focused organization, ViTrox V810 was singled out for its higher throughput, better focus repeatability, better image quality and system mobility.” One of the main reasons that the ViTrox V810 was
chosen by AsteelFlash to be applied in the manufacturing line is because of its high test coverage for structural defects occurring at the solder joints. Test coverage for structural defects of 3-D automated X-ray inspection is more than 90 percent, giving manufacturers the upper hand in detecting failure up front _ before the structural failure occurs at the end user’s facility. This minimizes parts return and warranty cost, which signifi cantly increases the return on investment to the manufacturer. As a top EMS company, AsteelFlash believes the ViTrox
V810 delivers the quality it needs. This level of performance provides direct benefi ts to the overall business model of the company and its customers, as well as helps AsteelFlash continue to successfully partner with its customers and suppliers while manufacturing superior quality integrated electronics systems and solutions. As an additional benefi t, the system is cost-effective, innovative and will help AsteelFlash provide customer satisfaction through its fl exibility and high-quality performance. ViTrox V810 is a high-speed inline and offl ine
automated X-ray inspection machine designed for PCBA manufacturing. Considered the fastest AXI system in the world, it is the latest revolution in X-ray technology, inspecting double-sided panels with high defect coverage, high inspection speed and low false call rates. Additionally, the V810 provides highly accurate and repeatable 3-D inspection of the solder joints with very high call accuracy, minimizing the incidence of false failures that, in turn, reduce the opportunity for operator error.
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