Many of the big names in today’s music rely on audio mixers and soundboards from the British company Allen & Heath. The company’s systems quality is assured by an AOI System. We bring you an application story of Goepel’s OptiCon BasicLine AOI system in Cornwall (see page 44). While today’s forced convection reflow ovens are designed to control the heating process with great stability and uniformity, two complimentary reflow parameters (cooling rate and soldering atmosphere) influence the end user’s capability for process flexibility. Dr. Denis Barbini (Vitronics Soltec) summarizes the impact of cooling rate and oxygen ppm levels exert on joint formation and quality (see page 20). In our cover story we will take a closer look at Kolb Cleaning Technology, whose clearly expressed objective is to position itself as a provider of complete solutions consisting of machinery, chemistry and process design (see page 14).
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