EU Collaboration demonstrates powerful tool for defect detection in PCBs
A framework 6 EU collaboration between EU companies and research organisations, known as Microscan, has completed work to produce a powerful tool in the total quality control of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assemblies. The consortium has just completed a first demonstration of proof in principle at TWI Technology Centre (Port Talbot, Wales). "This is the first time that the combined benefits of the four techniques have been utilised in an in-line environment to enable a 100% defect detection coverage" said Dr Ian Nicholson, principal scientist at TWI Ltd. "Depending on any given PCB configuration that is to be inspected, the inspection modules have been designed for in-line flexibility from the outset so that they can be used independently of each other, together or interchanged to give the best results in terms of inspection coverage and inspection throughput" he added. The partners plan to exploit the knowledge they have gained through the collaboration and commercialise the prototype modules within two years. More information about the project and project partners can be found at www.microscan.eu.com
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Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, United Kingdom