Alpha Circuit Chooses atg Flying Probe Technology for High-speed Electrical Test and Automation

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Atg Mycronic GmbH and IEC USA confirm an order for an atg A7a, 8 head, double-sided, high speed, auto-load/unload system, for true “lights-out” operation from Alpha Circuit in Schaumburg, IL.

Alpha Circuit has been one of the leading manufacturers of printed circuit boards for the last 30+ years with the original facility in Elmhurst, IL, and their newest state-of-the-art facility in Schaumburg, Illinois. They are AS-9100D / ISO 9001:2015 Certified, ITAR registered and UL approved.

Alpha Circuit Owner Prashant Patel commented, “ Due to the very complex PCBs we are manufacturing in our Schaumburg facility, we needed a test system with high end speed and accuracy. The atg A7aPro provides this and the ability for the operators to load a job, focus on another task, while the machine does the testing and sorting. Also, the lights out testing solution allows us to load the machine, go home and return to tested and sorted parts ready to move to the next operation.”

Atg’s A7a (auto-load/unload) testers utilize 8 flying probe test heads, multiple optical recognition systems, and a wide variety of advanced, high-speed electrical test measurement techniques to electrically test all types of PCBs for continuity and isolation. Board sizes of 24” x 21’ (or larger), with small pad/fine pitch technology can be tested quickly and easily. Special options such as 4-wire Kelvin tests, Hi-pot test, Latent defect test, and others can be provided.