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Editorial Offices
Trevor Galbraith
Europe Editor-in-Chief
Global SMT & Packaging
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shrinking AOI, SPI
China
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systems
Editor-in-Chief
Trevor Galbraith
Tel: +44 (0)20 8123 6704 (Europe) Don’t worry, they are not going away, but footprint to a FUJI NXT, but the addition
Tel: +1 239 567 9736 (US)
they will shortly start to disappear from as- of AOI on the backend before the board
E-mail: editor@globalsmt.net
sembly lines as standalone units. Following goes into the oven brings the opportunity
Managing Editor
developments revealed at APEX and more of closed-loop defect detection, before the
Heather Lackey
recently at SMT/PCB Korea, it is clear that components are soldered to the board,
Tel: +1 (828) 231 9434
E-mail: hglackey@globalsmt.net
the AOI, SPI and dispensing functions are avoiding potentially costly rework.
moving inside the printers and/or place- Personally, I am not sure if I agree with
Circulation & Subscriptions ment machines.
an SPI system on the placement machine.
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E-mail: subscriptions@globalsmt.net
Why? The reasons are as follows: By I think it is more useful on the printer, but
moving SPI inside the printer, it is much the concept is still evolutionary and takes
easier to work towards a closed-loop system the process one step closer to the holy grail
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the missing paste or insufficient paste be- These developments will certainly
opportunities. Contact your local sales rep fore the board moves outside of the printer, drive a marginal amount of cost out of SPI,
today.
you can correct the potential defects at the AOI and dispensing equipment, but I am
Website & email: Sandy Daneau
earliest opportunity. sure it will be more than recovered in the
Tel: +1 (603)-686-3920 There is also the added benefit of added functionality and complexity needed
sdaneau@globalsmt.net
removing an unnecessary box from the by these systems to work in increasingly
Print & video Europe—Andy Kellard
line, thereby reducing the cost and the smaller geometries at faster speeds, pro-
Tel: +44 7766 951665
footprint. Dispensers fall into a similar cessing more and more data. No, the key
akellard@globalsmt.net
category, particularly where manufacturers benefit to the manufacturer is the defect
Print & video USA—Lino D’Andreti
are dispensing a low number of glue dots detection capability and the opportunity to
Tel: +1 (603) 580-5549
onto a board. Evidence of this trend was correct these actions before the board goes
ldandreti@globalsmt.net
displayed by companies such as Ovation through the oven.
Print & video Asia/Pacific—
with their gantry-mountable Stinger dis-
Debasish Choudhury
penser and the newly upgraded Touchprint Trevor Galbraith.
Tel: +91 120 6453260 TD2929 from Milara, which includes
dchoudhury@globalsmtindia.in
AOI and dispensing working in tandem
Print & video Korea—
with the printer using their patented
Sang Hun Oh Simutech™ technology.
Tel: +82 -(0)10-6833 9597
Not to be left out, pick and place com-
sanghunoh@globalsmt.net
panies are getting in on the act too. Mirae
Print & video Asia— unveiled an ambitious new platform at
Carol Chen
SMT/PCB Korea that comprised an SPI at
tancarole@yahoo.com.tw
the front end followed by three chipshooter
units and one odd-form placement unit
and finally an AOI system on the backend.
Each of the modular units had a similar
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