The Astricom Advantage:

 

• Fast turnaround surface mount, conventional and mixed technology PCB assemblies.
• Expert hand soldering of PCB’s where required.
• We fully understand the importance of prototype and sample quantities.
• BGA X-Ray available.
• Vapour phase assembly available.
• Full test capabilities for many technologies.
• Experience with many industries including: military, medical, aerospace and consumer sectors.
• We are reliable, flexible, customer focussed and competitive working closely with customers.
• All products built to IPC 610 – customer specific class 1 to 3.
• Lead times from 24 hours and no quantity too small.

 

Whatever your project, your quantity, your budget and your timescale please contact us on (0)1491 680079, we will be very happy to assist and feel confident that you will choose to trust Astricom once you have spoken to our customer friendly team.

The Future

Our capabilities are adequate for the current market but in the future we would like to be able to place smaller case size components (0201) more accurately and we will invest in the machines required to take us there:

Screen Printing

We will invest in a flexible, semi-automatic, surface mount screen printer such as the DEK model 248 which can be configured to accept the DEK align4 vision system. The success of this printer has been consolidated by extensive use of castings and precision machine-tool bearings to ensure accuracy and repeatability in demanding, fine-pitch applications.

Among the 248’s innovative features are camera support arms and a single point release button, a feature which significantly reduces set-up time. For more accurate positioning, the linear bearing system ensures smooth, robust motion when aligning the cameras to the PCB or mylar. DEK align4 improves the handling of HASL boards, and is a system that can be easily extended as new vision enhancement packages are developed.

 

Inspection

We intend soon to purchase a YesTek ScanSpection, Line Scan AOI offers off-line tabletop PCB inspection with exceptional defect coverage. This table-top system inspects solder joints and verifies correct part assembly enabling users to improve quality and to increase throughput.

YesTek ScanSpection AOI uses two basic algorithm groups to inspect components and soldering. The first algorithm checks all the component related parameters at once, with these being entered to a Model training phase. The second algorithm group is for solder and lead inspection and offers the ability to use the optimum algorithm for the type of inspection to be carried out. In addition the solder inspection and lead inspection can be attached to a package type rather than component type to assist in programming.