Cables and connectors come together

Products from LEMO’s newly-acquired specialist cable manufacturer, Northwire Industries, were highlighted at Southern Manufacturing 2015. Northwire complements LEMO’s range of connectors with cables made to requirements, in small quantities and on a fast turn-round. The company offers over-moulded assemblies for medical, test and measurement, defence,

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IPC approves training for revised standards

Two leading standards for the electronics assembly industry have been revised and are both now available to revision F. IPC J-STD-001F, Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies is the standard for soldering processes and materials and IPC-A-610F, Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies, is used to

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In-line PCB inspection has nine cameras

Claimed to be the only modular AOI in the market that can be equipped with nine cameras, including an optional Z-axis moveable head to precisely position and focus for varying PCB distance and warpage, the SpectorBOX is a ‘bottom up’ 3D system from Mek (Marantz

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Epoxy adhesives can be used for LED curing

At Southern 2015, Techsil highlighted adhesive materials from Panacol  based on highly resilient epoxy resins. They can be fully cured within seconds with many of today’s UV-LED light curing systems, says the firm, which distributes the products. The new generation of LED curing technology and

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Power supply from TDK-Lambda suits deposition processes

Offered with output voltages of up to 160, 320 or 650V DC, an 800W model has been added to the Z+ series of high voltage programmable DC power supplies by TDK Lambda. It addresses the requirements for applications such as deposition processes, ROVs, ATE systems

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Harting showcase expanded range

Harting announced numerous additions and enhancements to its range  at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2015 Additions to the har-flex 1.27mm robust circuit-board connector family of straight and angled connectors are now available as PCB models (pictured). All connectors in the range are available with from

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Test equipment accompanies accessories and software

The Peak Group featured its range of automated test and measurement systems at Southern 2015, along with probes, test accessories and bespoke software development capabilities. The company supplies a range of test equipment, from simple test boxes used by subcontract manufacturers to standalone, high-specification test

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Low loss RF cable assembly joins waterproof connectors

Alongside its RF connectors, Intelliconnect (Europe) showcased an extensive low loss RF cable assembly manufacturing service for assemblies using semi-rigid, conformable, LMR and RG cables. Typical applications include security, medical, defence and aerospace, including marine IP68 waterproof, test and measurement, high power amplifiers, RF combiners

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Reduce, re-use, and recycle ticks the right boxes

At Southern 2015, Acopia showcased its robust box systems that have a nominal impact on the environment, says the company. The flat-packed boxes reduce storage requirements, yet make-up is quick, minimising the need for extra staff and avoiding bottlenecks in the despatch process. Service-exchange items

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Industrial touch panels for web applications

Phoenix Contact introduced the WP 3000 product range at Southern Manufacturing 2015, a new generation of web panels for flexible operating and monitoring solutions. The devices work with a standard browser so that all web-based visualisations which support HTML5, the current web standard, can be

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