Accelerated Assemblies Boosts Capabilities with ACE Soldering Technologies

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Accelerated Assemblies Inc. has strengthened its capabilities by investing in a KISS-102IL in-line selective soldering system from ACE Production Technologies Inc.

Accelerated Assemblies is a full service EMS provider offering prototype and medium volume printed circuit board assemblies. Its services offered include prototype assemblies, turnkey prototype assemblies, production assemblies, and full turnkey production assemblies for different markets including municipal vehicle, bio medical equipment, aerospace, data communication and industrial control.

The KISS-102IL selective soldering system has been installed at Accelerated Assemblies' facility in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, and is the first selective soldering machine Accelerated Assemblies has ordered from ACE Production Technologies.

"The KISS-102IL is a fully-configured SMEMA compatible selective soldering platform equipped with 'Super Quick' processing speeds and the unique dual solder nozzle systems enabling the use of multiple nozzle shapes within the same program," said Alan Cable President of ACE Production Technologies. "The KISS-102IL comes standard with the ACE automated fiducial location and correction system that offers seamless fiducial recognition and true automated X-Y alignment and corrects any skew of the printed circuit board."

Cable added, "Other innovative features include the new SWAK-OS machine operating software which is a revolutionary graphics-based programming and editing machine control system that features fast program loading and program recall with minimal operator intervention. A major benefit of the SWAK-OS is the integrated board scanning function that automatically captures and saves an image of a printed circuit board to the selective soldering program."

About ACE

ACE Production Technologies Inc. designs and builds simple and affordable selective soldering and lead tinning systems suitable for lead-free and tin-lead electronics assembly. ACE's complete line of rugged and reliable selective soldering systems all feature lead-free compatible solder pots and are ideal for low, medium or high volume production. ACE also provides solderability testing, lead tinning services and process development services. For more information, visit www.ace-protech.com, call 509-924-4898 or email sales@ace-protech.com.

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