ACE Production Technologies introduced its new Smart Conveyor that controls PCB warpage during the selective soldering process. The Conveyor was developed in response to the continuous challenges of selective soldering process development.PCB assemblies, due to size, thickness, multi-part routing and component weight tend to sag or warp. Until now, operators had to use a variety of different board holding strategies, including custom fixturing, to ensure a reliable and repeatable selective soldering process. Custom fixturing is expensive, however, and time-consuming. Now, with ACE’s newly-developed conveyor, most of these difficult set-ups can be handled easily and automatically. The conveyor automatically senses and adjusts to board size, then „crowds“ the PCB for a snug fit to ensure accurate board location.
Then, the Smart Conveyor automatically clamps the two parallel edges and re-sizes the holding area while exerting gentle pressure that eliminates any board shape issues.
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