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Horizon Sales Provides Mobile Stencil Cleaning
By Allyn Shunk
corporation that specializes in the sales and marketing of premier electronics assembly equipment. The company provides machin- ery and supplies to the electronics industry through partnerships with key companies. While industry technology, market per-
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formance and economies have fluctuated over the years, the company’s philosophy re- mains constant. Horizon Sales takes pride in maintaining a strong customer base as well as the stability and longevity of its core prod- uct lines. Horizon Sales constantly monitors for new and emerging technologies in equip- ment and materials in order to offer its cus- tomers the latest, most cost-effective manu- facturing solutions. This includes Horizon Sales’ Mobile Son-
ic stencil cleaning system, which provides tabletop storage for stencil cleaning supplies and a point-of-use system for fast, efficient cleaning and change out.
Stencil Cleaning The company saw a need for a low-cost
stencil cleaning solution and invented one using standard subassemblies that were cus- tom engineered and modified to suit applica- tions provided by other vendors. The cart is a custom engineered assem-
Mobile Sonic stencil cleaning system.
some other location that may be on the other side of the plant,” says David Trail, president of Horizon Sales. “There is also an expense for cleaning solvents and solutions, plus the time it takes to clean one stencil could be up-
ocated in the heart of the Midwest, Horizon Sales is a leading manufactur- ers’ representative and distribution
bly that is manufactured for Horizon Sales. “Many of our customers have high-cost, large, fully automated stencil cleaning sys- tems in their facilities, but this means mov- ing used stencils from the factory floor to
wards of 30 minutes including drying time. We felt that a portable system may be advan- tageous to those companies with one or more SMT lines.” In today’s “mobile world,” customers re-
quire a fast, low-cost, portable stencil clean- ing system. The Mobile Sonic offers a combi- nation of a powerful Gensonic ultrasonic transducer system with a custom designed and manufactured stencil cart that includes an onboard power supply system. Screen printed solder pastes tend to
compact and trap particles into aperture cor- ners and lead-free pastes that are less dense tend to demonstrate this even more. The stencil cleaner has a 40 KHz direct ultrason- ic contact transducer that applies cleaning power where it is needed to clean out solder paste from clogged and partially clogged aperture walls and openings.
Point of Use Customers can now load up the cart with
the days’ production needs of stencils and de- liver them right to the point of use and spot- lessly clean and dry used stencils. The abili- ty to change out, clean and store previously used stencils quickly and at the point of use improves stencil handling efficiency, lessens the possibility of damaging fragile stencils from excessive handling and transport, and Continued on next page
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