Printed Circuit Design & Fab Online Magazine - New Products

New Products

TechFilm LLC introduces F2591, a flame retardant adhesive film that is RoHS compliant and meets ASTM standard D3801 flammability specifications. The film provides a strong adhesion to ceramic, silicon, aluminum and copper substrates and has a typical cure schedule of 150°C for 60 minutes. It is available in a sheet or roll format of up to 18" and comes in film or perform thicknesses of 1.5mils to 7 mils.

www.techflim.com

ALL FLEX ACQUISITIONS, LLC introduces Flexible Heater Circuits capable of providing precision heat output to specific areas of equipment, electronics systems and various other applications. All Flex claims the product, comprised of flexible and lightweight polyimide material, can withstand temperatures up to 260Ëš F, resists most chemicals and can be custom built in a variety of irregular shapes, as well as conform to contours and 3-dimensional patterns.

www.allflexinc.com/DesignGuide/heater-circuit.shtml

Agilent Technologies rolls out Genesys 2008.07, which exports RF board mask and artwork files to board fabricators, rapid-prototyping machines, and CAD/CAM software for physical product design. Graphical artwork previewer and pre-production editor allow designers to inspect masks for layer alignment issues and short/open circuits and make direct real-time adjustments. In addition to direct board fabrication, artwork tools let users import drawings for electromagnetic verification using Momentum GX planar-3D EM simulator.

Supported Genesys customers can download the 2008.07 release from the Agilent Knowledge Center (www.agilent.com/find/eesof-knowledgecenter). All others may request a free software evaluation at www.agilent.com/find/eesof-genesys-evaluation-pr.

www.agilent.com

Scapa North America introduces Scapa 519, a highly conformable, heat-resistant tape designed to mask printed circuit boards during solder stripping and nickel/gold plating of finger contacts. The non-silicone tape protects large areas of PCBs from chemical fumes and splashes. Scapa 519 consists of a conformable polyester film, single coated with a rubber adhesive that removes cleanly and offers controlled adhesion. The product's high-strength backing allows for easy application and removal. This chemically-resistant tape withstands temperatures as high as 250°F.

www.scapana.com

Multiline Technology Inc., Xact pcb and Direct Logix announce the launch of an integrated registration solution MULTIWORX. MULTIWORX allows for a complete seamless integrated solution to significantly reduce registration related scrap within a PCB fabrication facility. When deployed in a total factory application, MULTIWORX transforms product, process materials and real time data into total manufacturing intelligence. Additionally, this will support PCB manufacturers goals of increased speed, control and visibility throughout the process. Incorporating MULTIWORX into production machines increases the effective use of each machine. The system accumulates data, while running production, offering manufacturers an automated solution to enable the aggregation of plant to enterprise data to enhance decision making.

www.multiline.com, www.directlogix.com, www.xactpcb.com.

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Christopher Associates introduces the KDS-101 bench-top solder dross recovery system from Koki Tec Corporation (Saitama, Japan). According to the company the KDS-101 offers a safe, simple and inexpensive method to recover purified solder from dross in all soldering operations, but especially in PCB fabrication and assembly. With RoHS requirements pressing for improved efficiencies, materials costs at historic highs and the demand by end users to reduce manufacturing costs, dross recovery helps reduce materials usage and improve the economics of the process. Recovered solder can be immediately reused and dross disposed of more efficiently.

www.christopherweb.com