Automation company will show equipment for small and medium volume manufacturers, from pick and place, through reflow and conveyoring to stencil printing and optical inspection at Nepcon.
Contax, the production automation specialist, will be exhibiting at the UK's Nepcon on May 9-11, at the NEC, Birmingham.
On its stand, number D20, Contax will be demonstrating 14 systems, six of which will be on show for the first time in the UK.
All of the equipment displayed is ideally suited to small and medium volume manufacturers, and offers excellent flexibility and price/performance.
The systems span the full range of production processes from pick and place, through reflow and conveyoring to stencil printing and optical inspection.
Whilst automation and wire preparation needs are also addressed with semi-automatic workstations and automatic wire crimping machines.
Furthermore, Contax will be announcing Q-UpNavi, new management analysis and SPC (Statistical Process Control) software from Omron, designed for use with its range of VT-RNS automatic optical inspection (AOI) systems.
Essemtec - Contax will be presenting three systems from Swiss manufacturer, Essemtec, covering pick and place, reflow and stencil printing.
These are: * Essemtec FLX2020.
On display for the first time in the UK, the FLX2020 is one in a series of FLX2000 SMT pick and place machines.
All are extremely flexible, being both modular and upgradeable, and available with a wide selection of feeders.
Other attributes include high production speeds and zero downtime during changeover.
* Essemtec RO400FC.
One of Essemtec's best selling systems, RO400FC is ideally suited to lead-free solders for small to mid-size volume productions.
It is a full convection reflow oven that heats the PCBs uniformly using vertical laminar flow convection technology, so providing efficient heat transfer with the lowest delta T values.
* Essemtec SP200 printer.
A flexible fine-pitch stencil printer with vision for automatic stencil alignment.
The SP200 is easy to program and operate, with a quick changeover and print size up to 360 x 400mm.
Omron - Omron's two AOI systems will be on Contax's stand, whilst the new Q-UpNavi software will be launched by Contax at the Show and available to view.
* Omron VT-RNS - n intelligent, high quality in-line AOI system, the VT-RNS is ideally suited for lead-free inspection.
Using its colour highlight system, LEDs emit coloured light and information is extracted through chromaticity.
This ensures that inspections are not affected by fluctuations in the brightness of the surface of the solder, as can happen with lead-free paste.
The system can be placed at varying points on the line - post-printing, post-placement and post-reflow - to prevent defects at any specific stage of production.
* Omron VT-RNS-ptH - n show for the first time, the VT-RNS-ptH is the first benchtop system available to offer true analysis rather than pattern recognition as the basis for its inspection.
A sophisticated system that uses the same analysis technology as the larger VT-RNS, but is available in a compact footprint, so making it ideally suited to a production environment where space is limited.
Other new products will include: phoenix x-ray microme x X-ray inspection system for PCB assemblies; ATF 23-33 wave soldering machine for leaded and lead-free solder; and Pillarhouse Orissa, a low cost, in-line or stand-alone system that can handle both small and large batch soldering.
The remaining systems on Contax's stand are all proven best-sellers.
These include: Speedline MPM AccuFlex stencil printer; Contact C5 pick and place; Shuttleworth conveyoring system; Sigma semi-automatic workstations and Komax Kappa range of automatic stripping machines.
"We are very happy to be exhibiting at Nepcon at its new venue in the NEC," said Mike Rapson, managing director at Contax.
"This new, larger site suits our needs very well and we are able to bring more equipment to the stand, and offer visitors even more choice.
We select only the best systems worldwide, and the equipment on our stand reflects this.
We will be showing a range of world-class products from leading suppliers such as Essemtec, Omron, phoenix x|ray and Speedline - some of these are new to the market - and others tried and tested solutions.
Small and medium sized manufacturers have very specific production needs.
They need equipment that is flexible and reliable, and offers high performance at a realistic cost.
We will be bringing a small selection of our recommended systems to Nepcon, so providing visitors with a sample of the most advanced systems available today," he said.
* About Contax - Contax is one of the UK and Ireland's most comprehensive suppliers of automation equipment.
Products range from PCB assembly, automatic optical and X-ray inspection, reflow solder, screen printing, precision liquid dispensing, cable preparation, robotic soldering and robotic assembly as well as cleaning systems.
All of this is backed up by Contax's unique support programme called 'hands-on' and an extensive second user department to fully support their installed base.
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