Milara to Debut Next-Generation Printing Equipment at APEX 2010

Medway, MA - March 2010 - Milara Incorporated, a leader in stencil printing technological innovation, will debut its latest printing and placement equipment in booth 2219 at the upcoming IPC/APEX conference and exhibition, scheduled to take place April 6-8, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Convention Center in Las Vegas.

TD2929 is a fully automatic inline printer that offers dot dispensing capability (first introduced in 2002 as "combined system technology") for flexible solutions using cutting-edge Piezo dispensing technology and true high-speed operation at less than 5 seconds (excluding print).

Milara will introduce new SimuTech™ Technology on the TD2929. A twin track system with dual overhead gantries allows for print, 2-D inspection, bottom-side stencil cleaning and dot dispensing simultaneously on two PCBs. This revolutionary technology renders existing printer designs and triple track systems obsolete.

Additional features include a dual digital servo positioning loop for highest possible alignment accuracies, paste bead dispense while printing, linear servo motion technology and heavy-duty construction for extra stability in multifunction operation. As a key benefit to users, the system features Milara’s patented vibration printing and ultrasonic cleaning, and provides high-density bottom-side contour tooling support.

Milara will feature its TouchPrint TD2929 with dot dispensing and dual 2-D post-print inspection, as well as its TouchPrint TD2929 with the new CyberOptics’ 3-D post-print inspection head.

Also at APEX, Milara will premier the new generation P3, which combines the world’s fastest printer and pick-and-place system ? the Touch Print Digital TD2929 and the Mx400LP Pick-and-Place System with tray and max feeders. The P3’s economical compact size ensures maximum productivity per unit area. The dual-lane conveyor enables two PCBs to work simultaneously.

With the technology of MIRTEC's Mx400LP pick-and-place system, the P3 is able to reach a placement speed of 31,000 CPH. Additionally, its ultra-fast power-up and changeover time reduces production downtime to only seconds.

Milara also will highlight the H1, H3 and H4 Diamond Series atmospheric robots, which represent a significant engineering advancement in the design and reliability of wafer handling equipment. Benefiting from technologically superior components, the robots use ultra low inertia, high-response brushless servomotors coupled with zero-backlash Harmonic Drive® gears to achieve greatly enhanced dexterity and precision.

Two independent arms (R1 and R2) attached to a common royalty axis (T) allow fast swapping or simultaneous transfer of two wafers. Powerful native wafer handling and scripting languages facilitate rapid software development for embedding the robots into an OEM application environment.

Milara Inc. is a leading vendor of fully and semiautomatic stencil printers for SMT and semiconductor industries. Contact Milara at 4 Marc Rd., Medway, MA 02053; (508) 533.5322; Fax: (508) 533.8686; Web site: http://www.milarasmt.com.