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From the Show: APEX Opens
April 1, 2008 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
LAS VEGAS The IPC Printed Circuits Expo/APEX/Designers Summit opens today, April 1, with new product introductions, partnership announcements, and live product demonstrations taking center stage.
Texmac and Takaya will demonstrate a flying probe system integrating GOEPEL boundary scan capability for enhanced test coverage in shorter testing times. The APT-9411, Texmac's "workhorse" prober, as Roy McKenzie, western region sales manager for Texmac, calls it, offers an open architecture, so many boundary scan software suites can be integrated with the model. "This takes it one step further," says McKenzie, "we've worked with GOEPEL to tailor our respective systems to provide the most effective test." Texmac is introducing two systems at the show: the APT-820S for partial test at higher speeds and a production-ready format; and the 9600, which is an upgrade of the 9411 that enables double-sided probing in a horizontal board format. See Texmac and Takaya at Booth 473.
KIC will highlight another partnership at the show speaking about their KIC On Board technology integration with reflow ovens. KIC brought its process optimization knowledge into Vitronic-Soltec reflow ovens, providing recipe optimization and thermal process monitoring. KIC also has an interactive booth with an on-target theme and new thermal profiling, process optimization, and process monitoring products for reflow. Visit them at Booth 1977.
Rework-and-repair and stenciling service provider, equipment manufacturer, and training company BEST will launch their EZReball product on the exhibit floor. The company makes preformed solder ball arrays in ultra-fine-pitch through average BGA size. The preformed arrays are placed upon a BGA package and reflowed, then an operator peels away the adhesive backing, leaving behind a functional BGA with a full array of uniform interconnects. Visit BEST at Booth 124 to learn about the product and see their live EZReball mascot in action. And no, that isn't an April Fool's Day joke.