Thal Technologies, specialist in the development and production of LED lighting and thermal management, has purchased a new a high-speed SMT production line that can handle PCB lengths up to 1200mm.
The company says it already had 6 SMT lines capable of handling all standard and long board applications up to a length of 1500mm but had purchased this, its 7th electronics production line, in order to be able to respond even wider and faster to the needs of the market. The central machine in the new line is the Essemtec PUMA which, the company says, can process PCB lengths up to 1200mm.
In total, the company has a capacity of more than 120 million component placements per year.
Fully automatic 1200mm production
The new line consists of a loader/destacker, followed by an Autotronik AP1200 Long Board Screenprinter, the Essemtec PUMA assembly machine and the Zonda 9 zone convection reflow oven.
“We have been working with Essemtec and Smd-Tec for a very long time,” says Ronald Kunneman, managing director of Thal Technologies. “However, the Puma was a new machine for us but it convinced us with its high quality hardware construction and output. Compared to the previous generation of machines, we can see that the aspect of speed has made great progress.”
Managing Director of Smd-Tec, Tom Van Tongelen, said of the cooperation between the two companies: “It is exceptional nowadays that a marriage lasts longer than 10 years and we are grateful for the loyalty,” he says. “Thanks to the continued investment in our product portfolio and the commitment of our local Smd-Tec Service team we can ensure this long-term customer satisfaction.”
