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EPE Corporation Acquires Agilent X-Ray System
Manchester, NH —EPE Corporation, a high-reliability EMS provider, has recently purchased an Agilent series 5000 5DX X-ray system. The system was acquired to provide complete and efficient X-ray coverage for the
dition, it inspects both sides of a panel in one pass. Digital cross-section X-ray im-
ages of solder joints are automatical- ly generated and analyzed, including average solder thickness, solder
James Bell, Jr., president and CEO of EPE, with the Agilent 5000 5DX X-ray system.
company’s high-volume customers. The X-ray system provides 100
percent inspection of all solder joints in a production environment and fa- cilitates real-time feedback to the SMT process line. Time to production is typically under a day for an experi- enced user to program an entire panel. The high-speed, X-ray system is
built for both in-line and off-line au- tomated process testing of solder con- nections on PCBAs with pass- through or pass-back loading. In ad-
thickness distributions, pin/pad/fillet positional relationships, and other features related to solder quality. The company has also recently
made other capital investments, in- cluding the purchase of a Pillarhouse Jade MKII selective soldering ma- chine, and a Nordson DAGE XD76 -
00 NT Ruby FP X-ray system. Contact: EPE Corp., 645 Harvey
Road, Manchester, NH 03103 % 603-669-9181
E-mail:
tbel@epecorp.com Web:
www.epecorp.com
APEM Intros High-Security Emergency Stop Switch
Vista, CA — The new A02ES-H is APEM’s latest addition to an ex- panding line of industrial emer- gency stop switches. The A02ES- H includes an automatic discon- nect from the power supply in case of operator damage or switch block separation. This exclusive built-in safety feature reduces the risk of accident if the switch is damaged, destroyed or assembled incorrectly. The A02ES-H emergency
stop switch is intended for appli- cations where safety levels are particularly high and significant- ly regulated, including material handling equipment, off road ve- hicles and industrial automation. APEM’s A02ES-H e-stops
include a 22 mm (0.87 in.) diame- ter bushing, a long mechanical lifespan of 250,000 cycles, are panel sealed up to IP65, and offer optional backlit illumination. The A02ES-H are offered in double- pole, normally-closed or double- pole, normally-closed plus single-
pole, normally open. Contact: APEM, Inc., 970
Park Center Drive, Vista, CA 92081 % 760-598-2518 fax: 760-598-2524
Emergency stop switch.
E-mail:
info@apem.com Web:
www.apem.com
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