LPKF Protomat circuit board plotters for in-house production. The prototyping equipment makes several different boards including single-layer, multilayer, power and RF.

The plotters allow fabrication to stay in-house, thus reducing time-to-market for new designs. The equipment can produce, test, improve and produce boards up to several times a day, and it satisfies numerous applications, such as digital-, high power- and RF-circuits. Options include masking, stencil printing and pick-and-place.

LPKF Laser & Electronics, www.lpkf.com

Cinch Connectors introduces an AMC compression connector for standard ATCA platform blade. The mezzanine connector meets or exceeds the newest PICMG ATCA specifications.
 
The connector has one-piece stamped contacts that allow for seamless carrier board to mezzanine card paths. The captured individual contacts give a low insertion force and provide support for wide board planarities and multiple card insertions.
 
The compressed technology allows for simplified trace routing, as well as minimizing stub-effects and reflections. The contact uses a unique plating to lessen abrasions to the mezzanine card contacts as well.
 
www.cinch.com

Matrix Metrologies, Inc. introduces the Benchtop XRF. The XRF tools offer compliance testing and monitoring for circuit board and packaging electronics, as well as plating industries. The system performs nondestructive measurements of RoHS and WEEE prohibitive metals: lead, mercury, chromium, bromine and cadmium.
 
The system can also perform lead content quantification for military and aerospace demands that require 2% to 5% minimum lead content. Tool audit and measurement integrity management is offered through certified reference standards. Standard circuit and packaging applications can be measured, including Au/Ni/Cu and gold electro less nickel stacks.
 
XRF spectrometers are capable of being configured with gas-proportional, Si-PIN or silicon-drift type detectors and primary beam filtration for quick, non-destructive RoHS lead-free verification. Lead sensitivity and measurement confidence is provided at the 1000-ppm action level.
 
www.matrixmetrologies.com

A.W.T. World Trade Inc. introduces Accu-Cure UV, curing units designed for high-speed curing of PCBs, as well as other flat and rigid panel substrates. The cooling system lowers heat transmission levels, protecting the substrate and belt.
 
Features include a repositionable curing head with a focused reflector and a gate height adjustment that can accommodate substrates of various thicknesses. Users can choose UV output from the variable position wattage selections: 100-, 200-, 300- or 400-watts per inch.
 
Light guards protect from UV and visible band light; the ozone removal system removes hot air and ozone from the work area. During rapid curing, substrates are protected and positioned by the vacuum holddown system. The unit is reported to be very quiet.
 
Curing widths are available from 12 in. to 100 in., and conveyor lengths start at 5 ft. The units can be single or double lamped and have Gallium lamp or 400W upgrades available. Quartz polished glass, a recessed parts conveyor and additional sections by the foot are offered. 
 
The unit is available in several configurations, including a vacuum holddown retro-fit package, curing head with light guard assembly and a complete UV curing system with curing head, conveyor, exhaust system and vacuum holddown.
 
www.awt-gpi.com