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The Ebso has just launched a new version of its SPA 400 selective soldering machine.  It will selectively solder individual components or connectors  on printed circuit boards of up to 400 x 400mm using a mini wave. It is available in the UK from Blundell Production Equipment.

The newly designed machine has a larger cabinet and is fully programmable to select out single soldering points or lines. Connector soldering is a very common application where the machine will drag solder a line of connector leads.

For more information please contact Paul or Neil Blundell on 02476 210270 or email sales@blundell.co.uk

Back in 2005 we installed 2 Ebso SPA 400 selective soldering machines at Ultra Electronics Manufacturing facility in Weymouth where they have been used on a wide range of contract manufactuing tasks.

When Ultra recently opened a new high technology engineering and production hub in Sawston, Cambridge, they once again specified an EBSO 400 for the new production facility there. The machine was installed in April 2010.

The Cambridge site is dedicated to high competence rapid prototype electronic assembly and the Ebso machine is very well suited to this kind of work. Providing SMT and through-hole PCB assembly as well as full system assembly, the operation at Sawston features 2 SMT lines, AOI and flying probe and functional testing capabilities.

Ebso machines are supplied and serviced in the UK exclusively by Blundell Production Equipment. For more information contact Paul Blundell on 02476 210276.

Much experience has been gained in supplying and installing selective soldering machines for the past 12 years and we at Blundell have trialled many different printed circuit board types on our demonstration machines.

Contract manufacturers need to be careful in their evaluation of a selective soldering machine. Some PCB’s are easy to selectively solder, others are not. A CEM who can expect to process many different PCB types for a variety of customers needs to allow for the most difficult PCB type when choosing a machine. They may start out thinking that a low cost machine will be suitable, only to find out later that a more sophisticated machine was needed to allow for future changes of product.

We at Blundell are able to offer a full range of selective soldering machines, from entry level to high end with moving solder pots and dual track conveyors. For a proper evaluation of your needs and expert advice contact us on 02476 210270 or email us at sales@blundell.co.uk.

A frequent criticism of selective soldering is that it is slow in comparison to wave soldering. The new Series 3 VERSAFLOW selective soldering machine from Ersa overcomes this to a great extent by having a dual track conveyor which doubles production speed.  It is an in-line machine, and 2 x electro-dynamic mini wave solder pots double the soldering speed.

It will solder 2 x PCB’s of up to 225mm wide side by side, has improved topside preheating, improved board clamping and a return conveyor system so that the process can be fully automated. A shuttle system moves the PCB sideways when it reaches the end of the conveyor and returns it to the start of the line.  It can also have up to 4 fluxing heads.

For more information please call us on 02476 210270 or email us: sales@blundell.co.uk

The new Ersa Versaflow Series 3 selective soldering machine has won the prestigous “Global Technology Award” during the SMTA Trade Fair in Orlando, Florida.

An independent technical panel voted the “Versaflow 3/45″ as the most innovative product. It is the first in-line selective soldering machine to have multiple track conveyors, allowing PCB’s to be soldered side by side, and it features the proven Ersa moving solder pot system with mini wave nozzle. It will solder two printed circuit boards side by side with dimensions of up to 508 x 204mm each. Further parellel conveyor tracks can be added if the PCB’s are smaller.

One machine can have up to four solder pots and up to 8 spray fluxer heads, so that multiple boards can be selectively soldered in line at fast speeds. Up to 22 boards can be processed through the machine simultaneously. This is a first for selective soldering which, until now has been considered to be quite a slow process.

The Versaflow 3 series is available in the UK from Blundell Production Equipment. For more information call Paul or Neil Blundell on 02476 210270.

Ebso have updated their range of selective soldering machines. Now there is a full choice of point to point soldering systems with mini wave nozzle. The entry level is the Ebso 200, then there is a 350, a 400 and the new 500 modular. Programming is very easy with the EBSO Offline Editor. Gerber import pulls in CAD co-ordinates and there is  easy “point and click” identification of the joints to be soldered, with fast drag soldering of connectors.

For more information contact Paul or Neil Blundell on 0845 872 4975.

A new low cost robotic selective soldering machine has been introduced by Ebso, and is available in the UK from Blundell Production Equipment. The Ebso SPA 200 has a small footprint - taking up less than 1 square metre of floor space, and will selectively solder individual components on printed circuit boards of up to 200 x 200mm using a mini wave. It is programmable to select out single soldering points or lines. Connector soldering is a very common application where the machine will drag solder a line of connector leads. For more information please contact Paul or Neil Blundell on 0845 872 4975 or email sales@blundell.co.uk