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Marcel Electronics Chooses Excellon/XACT PCB System

Published: 26 March 2009
 by Staff
ORANGE, CA – Marcel Electronics Inc. (MEI) has successfully integrated Excellon Automation’s 129 Intelli-Drill with the Gemini-X Linear Plus software from XACT PCB. MEI is a manufacturer of quick-turn, advanced technology PCBs.
 
The Intelli-Drill uses a vision inspection system to examine the inner layers of PCBs, modify files and give detailed registration data. The Gemini-X analyses this data and creates a database of material reactions during specific fabrication processes.

By integrating the two, MEI is able to inspect panels immediately after lamination and identify stretch/shrink, shift and rotation for the lot, each panel or individual layers. The XACT software processes this data for use by front-end engineers to predict scale factors. According to Excellon, production yields and throughput are improved while cutting process-engineering time.
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