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September 19, 2018 | NordsonEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Nordson DAGE and Nordson YESTECH, divisions of Nordson Corporation, will exhibit in Booth #207 at SMTA International, scheduled to take place October 16-17, 2018 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. The Nordson Test and Inspection team will showcase a suite of award-winning systems including the Quadra 7 x-ray inspection system, Nordson YESTECH FX-940 Ultra AOI and FX-940-UV AOI.
Nordson DAGE’s flagship system – the new Quadra 7 represents the cutting-edge of X-ray inspection performance. 6.7 MP ultra-high quality images are displayed at full one-to-one resolution over two 4K UHD monitors ensuring you see the clearest features today, and for all your products in the future.
Nordson YESTECH’s FX-940UV makes inspection of conformal coatings simple and convenient by automating the inspection process. The system inspects for quality and consistency of coating coverage under proprietary ultra violet lighting with the use of proprietary inspection algorithms. An optional coating thickness measurement package also is available.
The Nordson YESTECH FX-940 ULTRA 3D AOI with cutting-edge 3D technology is ideal for the inspection of solder defects, lead defects/lifted leads, component presence and co-planarity of chips, BGAs and other height sensitive devices. With its Advanced Fusion Lighting and comprehensive inspection tools including angled cameras, full-color digital image processing and both image and rule-based algorithms, the FX-940 ULTRA offers complete inspection coverage with unsurpassed 2D and 3D defect detection.
About Nordson Test and Inspection
Nordson DAGE, MATRIX, SONOSCAN and YESTECH, units of Nordson Corporation, manufacture and support a complete range of industry leading Test and Inspection products for the electronics industry. Offering an award winning portfolio of Acoustic Micro Imaging (AMI), Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), Automated X-ray Inspection (AXI), Manual X-ray Inspection (MXI), Bond Testing, Micro Materials Testing and Wafer X-ray Metrology systems, Nordson’s family of Test and Inspection products bring powerful and cost effective solutions to the Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) and Semiconductor industries.
About NORDSON
Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures and markets differentiated products and systems that dispense, apply and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, and other fluids, test and inspect for quality, and treat and cure surfaces, and are supported by application expertise and direct global sales and service. Nordson serves many consumer non-durable, durable and technology end-markets including packaging, nonwovens, electronics, medical, appliances, energy, transportation, construction, and general product assembly and finishing. Founded in 1954, headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, Nordson has operations and support offices in nearly 40 countries
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