N200 top-down air-operated punch separates tab routed panels one tab at a time. An upper and lower matching knife blade is used to pinch the tabs apart. Reportedly produces less stress on the PCB than a punch and die. Standard die set consists of an upper and lower knife. Tab is positioned on the lower knife by placing the routed section of the panel on a set of locating pins and holding the PCB or letting it rest on the support table. Exact cutting location can be adjusted by turning an adjustment screw, which brings locating pins to the desired place for cutting a tab at the board end of the material. Pins can be adjusted in the x and y direction to bring them close to the sides of the cutting blade, and to set up for a variety of different diameter panels. Locating pins are mounted on quick-change blocks that can be replaced for different board configurations.

FKN Systek, www.fknsystek.com

ArcShield capacitor technology features a unique, robust internal shield electrode system that suppresses arc-over while increasing available capacitance.

EMPro 2011.11 electromagnetic professional software is a 3-D modeling and simulation platform. Is integrated with Advanced Design System; is used to create 3-D models and analyze electrical performance of packages, connectors, antennas and other RF components. Includes improvements to the finite-element method simulator. Features a fast FEM iterative solver that reportedly doubles the speed of simulations that include internal ports; a user-defined passive loads capability, and a fast, 2-D port solver.

Agilent Technologies, www.agilent.com/find/eesof 

T3Ster thermal transient tester now comes with FloTherm electronics thermal simulation and analysis software.