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www.us-tech.com August, 2018
Kurtz Ersa Expands North American Demo Center
Plymouth, WI — Kurtz Ersa has in- vested in its facility in Plymouth, Wisconsin, expanding the demo room to 3,000 ft2 (279m2). The company
needs for additional equipment, such as X-ray and the full line of Ersa equipment,” says Ernie Grice, Kurtz Ersa’s vice president of sales —
available. There are seven Ersa service
centers of this kind in total. Each of them contains the company’s com- plete soldering systems product port- folio, as well as the Ersa tools, rework and inspection business line. In all Ersa service centers, experienced ap- plication engineers are ready to demonstrate the hardware and to test it for any specific purposes. The company employs around
1,400 people worldwide, with seven production sites, and nine sub- sidiaries outside of Germany, where it has its headquarters. The company serves a diverse
Kurtz Ersa’s demo and service center in Plymouth, Wisconsin.
has also added offices and an extra training conference room. “This expansion better enables
us to react to our customers’ needs for enhanced training and process development, as well as to meet their
North America. Around the world, Ersa custo -
mers and business partners have ac- cess to spacious demonstration, appli- cation and training centers outfitted with the most up-to-date equipment
range of markets, including electron- ics, telecommunications, medical technology, energy management, au- tomotive, and packaging. Kurtz Ersa offers stencil printers, soldering ma- chines, rework machines, and inspec- tion systems, along with soldering
tools and accessories. Contact: Kurtz Ersa North
America, Inc., 1779 Pilgrim Road, Plymouth, WI 53073 % 920-893-1779 fax: 920-893-1562 E-mail:
ernie.grice@
kurtzersa.com Web:
www.ersa.com r
Nikon Metrology Delivers 1,000th X-ray Source
Brighton, MI — Since 1987, Nikon Metrology’s Tring, U.K., factory has produced 1,000 Xi 160 kV X-ray sources with an internal X-ray gener- ator for use in the company’s XT V systems, as well as the XT H X-ray and CT machines. The latest Xi source has been
incorporated into an XT V 160 elec- tronics inspection system that is sup- porting quality assurance of power semiconductor device production at IXYS UK Westcode, in Chippenham, U.K. The X-ray inspection machine is being used to check whether the re- flowed solder that attaches integrat- ed circuits to contact pads on the di- rect copper bonded substrate boards is continuous, with a controlled level of voiding. The Xi source is completely in-
tegrated into the machine, eliminat- ing the need for a traditional high- voltage cable to connect the X-ray generator to the source. This lowers maintenance costs, since these cables are prone to failure and need regular maintenance. The X-ray source has an open-tube design, which allows the electron beam-producing fila- ment to be replaced easily during the year.
A sealed tube may last for a cou-
ple of years, but can stop working without warning. The manufacturer
then has to renew the tube, which costs thousands of dollars, while the machine is down for days at a time. “What I like about the Nikon
system is the easy access to the large stage, which allows me to place sev- eral large components on it at the
ing the image on the screen is rapid.” The Xi source allows high-reso-
lution to be maintained at high pow- ers, which is necessary for IXYS to penetrate a thick layer of aluminum and evaluate solder quality. The soft- ware is designed to be user-friendly, and automatically works out the per- centage of voids in the solder, which is required to ensure that the product
meets rigorous specifications. Contact: Nikon Metrology, Inc.,
12701 Grand River Avenue, Brighton, MI 48116 % 810-220-4360 Web:
www.nikonmetrology.com r
Xi 160 kV X-ray source.
same time,” says Fiona Lambert, process engineer at IXYS UK West- code. “The machine is fast in opera- tion and the stage is easy to manipu- late in multiple axes, so tilting, rotat- ing and positioning, as well as zoom-
Haverhill, MA — Seica, Inc., recently inaugurated its new North American headquarters in the Ward Hill busi- ness park east of Haverhill, Massa- chusetts. The new offices are located in a single building, with 16,000 ft2 (1,486m2) of space on two floors. The move accommodates the company’s growth in North America and offers 2,000 ft2 (186m2) of demonstration area and a fully equipped training room.
Representing Seica’s corporate
organization were Barbara Duvall, general manager, and Antonio Grassino, president. Many local au-
KYZEN Opens Applications Lab in
Thailand Nashville, TN — KYZEN has opened a new state-of-the-art applications lab in Thailand, through its distribu- tor Astronics Technologies, Co., Ltd. The new demo lab will support KYZEN’s customers in Thailand with cleaning evaluations. After joining the KYZEN team
in October 2008, Astronics has proven to be a valuable partner in the region. The new cleaning applica- tions laboratory allows Astronics to conduct small-scale cleaning evalua- tions, as well as NVT and compatibil- ity tests in two to three days. Among other services, the lab in-
cludes a Mettler Toledo HC103 mois- ture analyzer, a tabletop Branson ul- trasonic cleaner, a Contact Angle, and an Oakton Con6 conductivity meter. “We are excited to have Astronics
on KYZEN’s team,” says Ronnie Teoh, KYZEN’s manager for Southeast Asia. “Not only do they bring deep industry experience and process knowledge, but Astronics assists in proving out process parameters and delivers world-class customer service.” Astronics was incorporated in
2007 primarily to represent foreign manufacturers looking to expand their businesses in Thailand and Vietnam. The company caters to sup- ply, delivery, installation, applica- tion, and after-sales service support to clients in the semiconductor, SMT and photovoltaics industries. The company also specializes in plasma surface modification and polymeriza- tion on plastics and other materials. KYZEN is a worldwide supplier
of precision cleaning chemistries to the electronics, metal finishing, med- ical, semiconductor, and optical in- dustries. The company uses leading science to tailor cleaning solutions to each customer’s unique manufactur-
ing process. Contact: KYZEN, 430 Harding
Industrial Drive, Nashville, TN 37211 %615-831-0888 E-mail:
tom_forsythe@kyzen.com Web:
www.kyzen.com r
Seica Grows Into New Headquarters
thorities from Haverhill were also present. William Pillsbury, the city’s economic and development director commented that the jobs Seica will be adding to the region are highly skilled, degreed jobs and sales and management positions. “It bodes well for the future that companies are finding the type of skilled labor that they need, here in the Haverhill
area,” said Pillsbury. Contact: Seica, Inc., 110 Avco
Road, Haverhill, MA 01835 % 603-890-6002-76-78 E-mail:
sigillo@seica.com Web:
www.seica-na.com r
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