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News Release from: Contax | Subject: RFID tag and reader manufacturing
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 August 2007
Equiping RFID tag and reader
manufacturing
Contax is supplying equipment to RFTRAQ to make radio frequency identification tags and readers and provide the latest quality control and assurance for its technology hardware.
Contax will be supplying a equipment to RFTRAQ to equip a new production line for the manufacture of its Active RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags and readers The equipment includes the following
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Andrew Mepham, chief technical Officer of RFTRAQ said, "This equipment will augment our existing production capabilities and capacity, and will give us state-of-the-art quality control and assurance for our technology hardware".
He continued, "The rationale for in-house production of our own Active RFID tags and readers stems from the need to be in total charge of quality control and assurance.
It will give us the flexibility to respond quickly to client orders and requirements, and also to accelerate our in house R and D programme".
Mepham added: "Contax have had to endure a long and hard due diligence process as part of our equipment selection, and I am delighted by the partnership we have built with them in the process".
** About the equipment purchased.
* MPM AccuFlex stencil printer - is the only system available to offer proven automatic alignment and tooling.
The system automatically inspects the solder paste deposits, so in the event of failure the operator has the option of continuing or correcting the problem.
* Essemtec FLX2010 SMD pick and place machine - offers the most flexible placement technology for high mix production.
The system is modular and fully upgradeable, and offers 190 feeders ranging from 0201 down to 0.12in, MicroBGA and Flip Chips.
There is zero downtime during changeover, and the FLX2010 offers a placement rate of 5'000 components/h.
* Essemtec R0400FC - is a full convection reflow oven designed for high temperature soldering of sensitive electronics.
The convection technology uses vertical laminar flow, which offers efficient heat transfer and the lowest delta T values, so ensuring that the oven is ideally suited to lead free applications.
* The Omron VT-RNS-ptH - is the first benchtop system available to offer true analysis rather than pattern recognition as the basis for its inspection.
Using the same technology as the larger VT-RNS, the system is available in a compact footprint, so ensuring that it is ideally suited to a production environment with limited space.
* Solderstar's Thermal Profiling Systems - now available from Contax, these systems ensure that correct process settings are established and maintained, so ensuring optimum quality control.
** About RFTRAQ - RFTRAQ is a UK based software company specialising in delivering practical end to end solutions in industrial environments aimed at improving business KPI's, or Key Performance Indicators, to deliver very significant savings for its clients.
The Company has a wide variety of proprietary software platforms for asset, equipment and machine monitoring and management; it designs and manufacturers it own Active RFID tags and related technology hardware; it has designed a number of unique engineering products for both logistics and production applications, and has over 20 patents applied for, with four granted to date, in relation to many of its products and solutions.
With over 50 staff, RFTRAQ uniquely has a combination of proprietary engineering, software and high technology hardware products to deliver industrial tracking and other efficiency and 'green' solutions for its clients
** About Contax - Contax is one of the UK and Ireland's most comprehensive suppliers of automation equipment.
Products range from PCB assembly, automatic optical and x-ray inspection, reflow solder, screen printing, precision liquid dispensing, cable preparation, robotic soldering and robotic assembly as well as cleaning systems.
All of this is backed up by Contax's after sales operation and an extensive second user department to fully support their installed base.
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