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July, 2016 ElEctronic Mfg SErvicES
LEDs Illuminate iTECH e-Services’ Path to Success
By Tom Kuttii, Director of Sales, iTECH e-Services
port to the electronic manufacturing industry by assisting clients through product development, prototyping, complete turnkey manufacturing, af- termarket care and worldwide deploy- ment. Specifically, the company works in the areas of electronic and electro-mechanical assembly, diagno- sis and repair of PCBs, custom cables, wiring harnesses, racks and panels, and control cabinets. Recently, in order to compete
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with LED board producers overseas, the company installed a line of pro- duction equipment from Juki Au- tomation Systems. A growth in de- mand for LEDs, which are being used to replace conventional 4 ft (1.2m) fluorescent lights, is driving manufacturers to produce LED boards in the U.S.
LED Production In December 2015, the company
purchased an LED-capable line from Juki Automation Systems that in- cludes a Pmax printer, a JX 350 pick- and-place system and an RSA oven.
contract manufacturer head- quartered in Norcross, Georgia, iTECH e-Services provides sup-
LED production. The RS-600 six- zone air and nitrogen reflow oven contains a top and bottom independ- ent air velocity controlling system, which allows for flexible processing control, a four-way air recycling sys- tem in each zone, and an efficient power design and air management system that greatly improves energy savings while lowering carbon emis- sions.
The majority of companies as-
Kevin Simpson, SMT director of iTECH e-Services, with the company’s new Pmax printer.
The company chose Juki because of the equipment’s capability to handle long LED boards. iTECH is the first company in its region of the U.S. to purchase a Pmax, which it hopes will give it a leg up on the competition.
The GKG printer is one of only
a few that is capable of printing boards 4 ft long, and the Juki JX 350 is a long-board SMT placement ma- chine that has the ability to place 32,000 components per hour during
sembling LED boards purchase the LED strip from China, which is ex- pensive and time-consuming. iTECH wanted to streamline the process, while keeping the entire assembly in the United States. The company pur- chased the best systems available to meet the challenge. Assembling LED boards onshore will also allow for de- creased labor (through automation) and will reduce the cost of rework/re- pair. The Juki line provides lower cost, higher quality, reduced rework and now allows the company to com- pete with China. U.S. customers no longer have to pay exorbitant ship- ping fees or worry about the lan- guage barrier. In addition, they re-
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