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U.K. FAW Chooses Horizon Printer
June 8, 2007 |Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
SAN JOSE, Calif. DEK sold a Horizon 03i screen printing system to Chesterfield, U.K.-based electronics-control designer and manufacturer FAW Electronics at Nepcon NEC in Birmingham, U.K., this May. Alan Wilkinson, FAW managing director, evaluated the system at the exhibit, where FAW was comparing systems from various manufacturers.
The PCB screen printing machine demonstrated the capabilities and engineering that FAW required, said Wilkinson. It will replace the company's current equipment and complement its high-speed SMT line. The Horizon 03i platform provides mass imaging for in-line production, with faster set-up and two-minute-average changeover capabilities for prototyping and pre-production. Features include the Instinctiv user interface, a mechanically and thermally optimized printer frame, and the next-generation intelligent scalable control area network (ISCAN) that replaces a wiring loom with bus system. The printer is compatible with other DEK technologies, including HawkEye high-speed print verification.
FAW cited growing manufacturing needs for its t-mac product line as reason for investing in new capital equipment. The t-mac line comprises a warning system that automatically monitors, targets, and controls critical equipment's assets, energy, volume, temperature, gas, water, and other metrics.