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Enhanced SMT line increases throughput and capability at CIL
CIL, the Andover based electronics manufacturing and design company, has upgraded its SMT capability by installing a new Tyco MIRAE 1030 SMT placement machine. All three SMT lines at CIL now incorporate a MIRAE1030 / 1025P combination, a SPEEDPRINT SP880avi vision printer and a RoSH capable reflow oven for all PCB sizes.
They all have dual placement capability for high feeder count
assemblies and have a combined placement head capacity of 12 heads
per line. All three lines can be used with lead free/ RoSH compliant
components and they now provide total compatibility and greater
flexibility in work loading and higher throughput.
John Boston, CIL managing director, said: "We are now dealing
with far more complex assemblies than ever before as this is the
type of work that is staying in the UK rather than going off-shore.
That said we are seeing a significant return of higher volume
work coming back from offshore and this equipment set up is able
to handle both types. We are dealing with hundreds rather than
tens of components per assembly and the dual placement facility
can handle 150 different component types rather than 70 and therefore
we are not having to do multiple machine set ups as it passes
automatically through the line. The other significant benefit
is in capacity planning as all three lines are now fully compatible
and therefore products can be run on any one of three lines and
therefore we are now offering shorter lead-times" .
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