Archive for November, 2009

ROBOTIC SOLDERING DISPENSING & ASSEMBLY

Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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Left Mr. Paul Blundell from Blundell Production Equipment Ltd and right Mr. Fabrice Rawyler from mta automation agmta automation ag is pleased to announce the appointment of Blundell Production Equipment Ltd as the representative for micro-soldering, micro-dispensing and assembly techniques in the United Kingdom.

With immediate effect, Blundell Production Equipment Ltd will be responsible for sales of the full line of soldering, dispensing and assembly equipment.

mta automation ag has been a leading supplier for the automotive, medical, household and electronics market for over 40 years, and has gained the reputation as a reference company in Europe and in the USA. Fabrice Rawyler, Area Sales Manager, explains mta’s decision: “Blundell Production Equipment Ltd has been in business for as long as mta automation ag and has built a reputation which mirrors our own in terms of providing high quality products, equipment and customer support.

We have a strong customer base in Western Europe and were looking for a representative who could help us to reach an even wider audience by developing our sales and technical support network within the UK. We are delighted that Blundell Production Equipment Ltd joins our team to help us bringing our world class products and service to our UK customers and to disclose all advantages of the process and performance benefits mta automation ag equipment can offer.”

The latest products in mta’s portfolio are the soldering and dispensing FRC500 (Flexible Robotic Cell) for standalone and inline applications, the iron soldering head with higher power for lead free soldering, the CFD (Continuous Flow Dispenser) for dispensing material loaded with fillers and/or big volumes the dual iron soldering head and double cleaning device, along with many others.

Further products are being launched at the end of 2009. For further information on the company, please visit http://www.mta.ch. For UK enquiries call us on 02476 210270. 

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ESSEMTEC PICK AND PLACE COMPARED TO FRITSCH PA510/600

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Essemtech pick and place machines have had a fair run of popularity in the UK over the past couple of years but they now have stiff competition from Fritsch of Germany.

The Fritsch PA510 and PA600 automatic surface mount placement machines are gaining ground rapidly, and have the added advantage of a stable and long established UK distributor, Blundell Production Equipment.  

The Fritsch PA510, which is the most sought after model in the range is available with either laser or optical vision centering, intelligent feeders as standard (it will hold up to 200 different component types at one time), very easy programming via teach-in or CAD converter, automatic kitting control and flexible variant assembly. Full support and training is provided by Blundell.

Anyone considering an Essemtech system should also look closely at the Fritsch alternative. Blundell are currently offering a 2 year warranty as standard on Fritsch machines.

For more information contact Nick Clarke on 07786 150864 or our office on 02476 210270 or visit our website www.blundell.co.uk

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NEW iPULSE M6 SMT PLACEMENT MACHINE

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

The new iPulse M6 SMT mounting machine combines the speed of a chipshooter and the flexibility of a mid range precision placer.

It features 6 axis full servo, high speed vision processing, two-way on the fly scanning, has 120 feeder inputs and an intelligent feeder system and high speed vision processing from a newly developed vision processing unit.

Typical tact time for an 0603 component would be 18,600 per hour (IPC9850 standard) an SOIC16 would be 17,400 cph and for a QFP100, 5,100cph. These impressive speeds are combined with stunning accuracy due to the machine’s rigid monocoque frame and 6 axis full servo head.

For more information contact Nick Clarke on 07786 150864 or contact our office on 02476 210270.

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PRODUCTRONICA EXHIBITION, MUNICH.

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

We are off to Munich this weekend for the bi-annual beer and production equipment fest that is the undisputed biggest and best show in the world for printed circuit board assembly, soldering and inspection equipment.

As we don’t sell outside of the UK, but we buy lots of equipment in from abroad, we won’t have our own stand but our main Principals such as Ersa, Ebso, iPulse, TWS, Fritsch, PVA and Dage will all have stands there and we will be helping them out and also looking for new product opportunities.

Any UK customers who are going to Munich who would like to meet up with us are welcome to call me on 07770 603785 between Monday and Thursday of next week so that we can arrange to get together on one of our principals’ stands or in the bar if you prefer. See you in Munich.

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