Nov 25 2009
CyberOptics Corporation (Nasdaq: CYBE) today announced that its inspection system has been incorporated into DEK International’s new Sentinel technology that was introduced earlier this month at the Productronica electronics trade show in Germany.
Utilizing CyberOptics’ new common inspection sensor platform, DEK’s Sentinel screen printing solution will inspect for solder paste quality before SMT circuit boards leave the Sentinel system. Each board will receive 100% inspection at full production line speeds.
Kathleen P. Iverson, chief executive officer and chair, commented: “We are extremely pleased that DEK, the world leader in circuit board screen printing and mass imaging, chose to deploy CyberOptics’ advanced inspection technology in its new productivity-enhancing system. We have partnered with DEK over the past few years and believe the new Sentinel system has significant potential in the global electronic assembly market.”
She added: “Thanks to the inspection sensor technology developed at CyberOptics, the same sensor can be utilized across a variety of applications and in a number of new products. In fact, here at CyberOptics, we’ve found that this development can potentially drive down the cost-of-ownership for inspection applications and integrated products, resulting in improved margins, while allowing us to eventually provide a menu of tiered offerings for our automated optical and solder paste inspection systems at various price points for different market segments. Through this highly targeted approach now synonymous with CyberOptics, we are striving to expand our addressable market and achieve significant long-term returns on our R&D investments.”
Martyn Buttle, DEK’s Global Product Development & Support Director, said: “Supported by CyberOptics’ next-generation inspection technology, our new Sentinel technology is designed to improve yields and productivity by allowing solder paste screen printing and high-speed, 100% inspection to run concurrently. Sentinel, which also lowers the cost of inspection, is exceptionally easy to use, having been specifically developed for use by print platform operators, not engineers.”