Sep 15, 2008 
Essemtec, a leading manufacturer of surface mount technology production equipment, announces that it will debut the SP150 printer in booth 907 at the upcoming IPC Midwest exhibition & conference, scheduled to take place September 24-25, 2008 in Schaumburg, IL.
SP150 is is a manual or semiautomatic printer with metal or rubber squeegees. Featuring squeegee lengths of 130, 220, 260, 300 or 400 mm, the system has an adjustable print pressure force of 4-140 N, programmable printing speeds of 10-99 mm/sec, and adjustable separation speed from 1-5 mm/s. Additionally, it provides a print/print print modus, an unlimited number of printing programs, and a print cycle counter that records from 0-999,999.
SP150 has a manual drawer as well as manual drawer alignment, and can handle PCBs up to 410 x 400 mm, a print table of 460 x 520 mm, a maximum printing area of 390 x 360 mm, and a substrate height from 1-4 mm. Also, the printer provides manual width adjustment and numerous accessories including two support bards with lengths of 410 mm, four vacuum fixation pins, 10 support pins, two centering pins with 3 mm diameters and a Venturi type vacuum pump.
SP150 features an XY alignment range of 3 mm, theta of 2 and accuracy of 30µ. The system operates with Microsoft Windows XP and features unlimited product file storage, two CCD cameras, and German and English software language. The system's stencil frame can print a maximum frame size of 23x23".
Essemtec is a worldwide leader in the manufacturer of Surface Mount Technology (SMT) production equipment. Essemtec specializes in high mix production equipment for Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) using Surface Mount Technology.
Essemtec is the only manufacturer to cover the entire production process, from Printers and/or Dispensers, to Pick-and-Place and Soldering equipment. Therefore, customers benefit from unparallel knowledge and the ability to select, from a single source, a complete process solution to meet their requirements.
