Technical Library | 2015-08-06 19:17:53.0
Fine pitch/fine feature solder paste printing in PCB assembly has become increasingly difficult as board geometries have become ever more compact. The printing process itself, traditionally the source of 70% of all assembly defects, finds its process window narrowing. The technology of metal blade squeegees, with the aid of new materials, understanding, and settings such as blade angle, has kept pace with all but the smallest applications, e.g., 200μ - .50 AR and 150μ - .375 AR, which have been pushing blade printing technology to its limits. Enclosed media print head technology has existed, and has been under increasing development, as an alternative to metal squeegee blade printing. Until recently, the performance of enclosed print heads had been comparable to the very best metal squeegees, but advances in enclosed print media technology have now made it a superior alternative to squeegee blades in virtually all applications.
Technical Library | 2010-06-17 20:48:04.0
The solder paste deposition process is viewed by many in the industry as the leading contributor of defects in the Surface Mount Technology (SMT) assembly process. As with all manufacturing processes, solder paste printing is subject to both special and common cause variation. Just like using graduated cylinders from distinctly different manufacturing processes to measure a volume of liquid, using different blades types can contribute significant special cause variation to a process. Understanding the significant differences in print performance between blade types is an important first step to establishing a standard blade for an SMT process.
Fine Line Stencil's unique Slic Blade™ process uses electroformed nickel to form a hard, very smooth surface with extremely low surface energy (high lubricity). Solder paste readily sticks to most metal surfaces, even coated blades, due to metal's hi
New Equipment | Solder Materials
Fine Line Stencil is a technology leading manufacture, committed to delivering the highest quality laser stencils and related products in the industry. Fine Line Stencils highly-polished PrintMaster and Slic-Blade nickel squeegee blades offer impro
Achieve Original Equipment Manufacturer’s (OEM) specifications with JNJ drop in replacements for squeegee blades and holders. The JNJ, OEM squeegee blade line includes polyurethane blades, flat metal blades, adjustable angle metal blades and squeegee
The Magna-Print system consists of a patent-pending universal fit squeegee holder, infinitely adjustable paste deflectors and corresponding blades to accommodate any PCB size. The quick-change blade holder is equipped with an arrangement of magnets a
Industry News | 2008-06-11 18:26:39.0
FINE LINE STENCIL announces Slic Blade™, its newest line of squeegee blades, and a SMT VISION Award winning product.
Maximize Your Micro-Electronics Printing Results Transition's patented Universal Holder design gives you outstanding functionality, ergonomics and choices that enable you to achieve greater performance and profitability on your SMT line. Permalex E
Industry News | 2017-10-23 16:26:56.0
After making a manual solder paste print with a Permalex hand-held metal squeegee, what do you do with the squeegee? You can’t continue to hold it, and it could make a mess if you put it down on the workbench. Now, Transition Automation Inc., known globally as the innovative creator of Permalex® metal squeegee blades and PrinTEK series benchtop SMT printing machines, announces a simple, neat solution in the Permalex Hand Squeegee Holder.
Industry News | 2023-11-13 12:10:25.0
Transition Automation, Inc. will exhibit a full range of high-performance Permalex Squeegee Blades and Holder Systems in Hall A3, Stand 142 at Productronica in Munich, Germany from November 14-17. In addition to a full range of blades, holders, and paste retainer designs, Transition will display its newest product release – Squeegee-Buddy 2924-4X, the first solution for storing and cleaning squeegees in an ergonomic frame system.
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