CONTAX - MAKING AUTOMATION EASIER
PCB Assembly

Contax Ltd - UK

An example equipment for double-sided surface mount PCB assembly supplied by Contax

• Rommel conveyors: including magazine unloader; ‘flip’ station for inverting PCBs, 90 degree turntable
  
• Camalot high speed dispensers
  
• Contact Systems Pick and Place Machine with vision for accurate placement
  
• ATF lead free wave soldering
  
• Omron in-line automatic optical inspection (AOI)
  
• MPM screen printer
  
• Electrovert Reflow Oven
  
• phoenix|x-ray inspection system
  
• Pillarhouse selective solder systems

The above is just a small selection of equipment available. Lower volume production can be automated more cost-effectively by deploying Essemtec printers, placement and reflow oven, in place of the higher capacity units above.