Product groups

The SMTconnect trade fair provides a comprehensive overview of products relating to the technical processes and systems in the area of electronic production.

I System Development and Production Preparation

Development services

Circuit development
- ASIC design
- PCB assembly/hardware design
- Software development
- Layout designs
- Circuit optimization
- Hybrid circuit design
Functional testing
- Electrical simulation service
- Thermal simulation service
- Thermo-mechanical simulation service
Audits
- ESD auditing

Production preparation

Automated incoming goods inspection
- Light microscopes
- Magnifier lamps
Marking and labeling equipment
- Labels
- Label printer
- Label application
- Laser engraving
- Barcode solutions
- RFID solutions
Component loading
- Component preparation equipment
- Inertia-reel belts
- Heat-sealing machines
- Magazining units
- Carrier/blister tapes
Material planning

Computer aided design tools

Design
- System design tools
- Layout systems
- Placement systems
- CAD/CAM software
- CAE/CAD tools
- Components library
Simulation
- Electrical simulation tools
- Thermal simulation tools
- Thermo-mechanical simulation tools
- Logic simulators
- ASIC simulators
Programming
- Programming tools
- In-circuit programmers
Functional testing
- Test pattern generators

Trends in technologies and applications

Research
- R&D in materials for electronics
- Technology R&D
  - R&D for wafer-level packaging
  - R&D in chip interconnects
  - R&D in substrate technologies/embedding
  - R&D in 3D circuit carriers
  - R&D in optical interconnects
  - R&D in encapsulation
- R&D in reliability
- R&D in system design
- R&D in production automation
Consulting and training
Trend analysis
Publishers

II Materials and Components

Components, modules, assemblies

Logic components
Mixed-signal components
Power components
Passive components
- Capacitors
- Coils
- Resistors
- Quartz oscillators
- Fuses/fuse holders
- Resonators
Switches and relays
- Relays
- Switches
- Code switches
- Other switches
Film circuits
- Thick-film devices
- Thin-film devices
- Hybrid modules
Interconnection devices
- Plugs
- Sockets
- Connectors
- Contact elements
- Coupler
Cable
Cable assembly
- Insulation stripping tools and machines
- Crimping machines
- Cable assembly machines
- Cable harness sheathing machines
- Cable marking systems
Cable harness assembly
- Cable confection service
- Cable harness sheathing service
- Cable marking systems
- Crimp services
Line sets
LED and displays
- Display systems
- LC displays and modules
- Plasma displays
- Touchscreen systems
- Other displays
Batteries and holders
- Batteries
- Battery holders
Key boards and input devices
Dummy components
Housing
- Enclosures for electronics
- Sensor packages
- Housing for microsystems
- Thermal management packages
- Hybrid housing
- Ceramic packagings
- Metal covers
- Ball grid arrays
- PAL, PLD, FPGA
- Pin grid arrays
MID
Interposer
Smart cards

Materials and components for thermal management

Thermal interface materials
Cooler
Fan/ventilator
Other components

Circuit carriers and processing equipment

Circuit carriers and substrate materials
- Ceramic circuit carriers
  - Ceramic substrates and circuits
  - LTCC tape materials and circuits
  - Direct bonded copper substrates
- FR4 circuit carriers
  - Resins
  - Laminates
  - Single- and multilayer substrates
  - PCBs with embedded components
  - Thick copper PCB
  - Heatsink PCB
- Flexible circuit carriers
- 3D circuit carriers
  - 3D MID
- Circuit carrier for special purposes
  - High-temperature circuit boards
  - High-frequency circuit boards
  - High-current circuit boards
  - HDI circuit boards
  - Optical/electro-optical circuit boards
- Other substrates
  - Aluminum circuit carriers
  - IMS substrates
  - Copper-laminated metal substrates
  - Photo-sensitive substrates
LTCC/HTCC processing equipment
- Laser trimming
Polymer electronics
Mechanical processing of circuit carriers
- Drilling and routing
  - Drilling and routing machines
  - Drills, routers
- Depaneling machines
  - Scribing machines
  - Saws
  - Punching system and equipment
  - Plate shears, guillotine shears
  - Laser depaneling machines
- Brushing machines
- Multilayer presses
- Laminators/rolling mills
Structuring
- Coating equipment
- Plating equipment
- Exposure and plotting
  - Photo plotters
  - Circuit board plotter
  - Development equipment
  - Stripping machines
  - Laser structuring
Metallization
Molding
- Mold presses
- Molding tools
- Cutting/punching presses
- Cutting/punching tools
- Molding compounds
- Leadframes
Lasers

Material testing

Hardness measurement devices
Viscosimeter
Microscope
Humidity
Wetting
Electrical resistance

III Processes and Manufacturing

Manufacturing equipment for components and modules

Printing
- Template and screen print
  - Template and screen printers
  - Templates and screens
  - Squeegees
  - Screen and template printing consumables
  - Cleaning screens and soldering frames
  - Self-mounting systems
  - Thick-film inks
  - Soldering pastes
  - Adhesives
- Dispensing and mixing
  - Dispensing machines
  - Dispensing accessories
- Encapsulants
  - Glob top materials
  - Potting materials
  - Underfiller
- Conformal coating
  - Conformal coating systems
  - Conformal coating materials
- Jetting
  - Inkjets
  - Paste jets
  - Solder paste jets
Adhesive bonding
- Adhesives
- SMD adhesives
- Conductive adhesives
- Die attach adhesives
Placement machines/assembly stations
- Manual/semiautomatic SMT insertion machines
- Fully automatic SMT insertion machines
- 3D assembly equipment
- Positioning systems
- Special assembly stations
- Assembly tools and benches
Soldering
- Reflow soldering systems
- Vapor-phase soldering systems
- Wave soldering systems
- IR soldering systems
- Laser soldering systems
- Selective soldering systems
- Special soldering systems
  - Pulse soldering systems
  - Induction soldering systems
  - Plasma soldering systems
  - Spot soldering systems
- Soldering irons
  - Hot-bar soldering systems
  - Light-beam soldering systems
  - Nitrogen hand-soldering stations
  - Wave hand-soldering systems
  - Hot-air soldering systems
- Soldering materials
  - Solders
  - Soldering pastes
  - Solder preforms
  - Solder wires
  - Solder spheres
- Fluxes
- Soldering auxiliary equipment
  - Soldering masks
  - Soldering frames
  - Soldering aids
  - Solder tip cleaning equipment
  - Solder wire feeder
- Solder recovery
- Solder analysis
Welding
Hardening
- UV gardening
- IR gardening
- Thermal hardening
- Vacuum ovens
- Hotplates
Bonding
- Die bonders
- Wire bonders
  - Wire bonding machines
  - Wire bonding tools
  - Bond wires
  - Ultrasonic generators
  - Ultrasonic transducer systems
Press-fit insertion technology
Mechanical connection technology
- Clamping
- Plugging
- Crimping
Manual workstations
- BGA/SMT rework systems
- PCB track control and repair stations
Balling
- Manual/semiautomatic balling systems
- Fully automatic balling systems
Depaneling machines

Manufacturing supporting equipment

Automation and handling equipment
- Component loading equipment
- Handling systems for chips
- Handling and automatic-feed equipment
- Machine linking and transport
- Storage devices
- Drives
  - Direct drives
  - Linear motors
  - Linear actuators
Clean room technologies
- Clean room consumables
- Clean room accessories
- Flow boxes
Workplace furnishings
- Assembly benches
- Magnifiers
- Lamps
ESD protection
- Anti-static workstations
- ESD clothing
- ESD packaging, storage and shipping
- Other ESD products
Storage
- Dry storage systems
- Storage systems under nitrogen atmosphere
- Vacuum storage systems
- Cooling cabinets
- Heated cabinets
Magazines and containers
- Plastic magazines and containers
- Metal magazines and containers
- Vacuum boxes
Packaging
- Carrier/blister tapes
- Packaging material
- Desiccants
- Humidity indicator cards
Cleaning materials
- Cleaning materials for stencils
- PCB cleaning materials
- Plastic cleaning materials
Cleaning and recycling systems
- Plasma cleaning systems
- Dry-ice jet cleaner
- Other cleaning devices
- Wastewater recycling equipment
- Recycling equipment for precious metals
- Filtration devices
- Ionization devices
Environment and occupational safety
- Solder recycling
- Exhaust systems
- Exhaust systems for solder fumes
- Filters and filter materials
- Solder fume absorbers
- Gas purification and flux condensing units
- Fan/ventilators
Product documentation

Manufacturing services

Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS)
- Assembly
  - SMD assembly
- Surface pretreatment
- Substrate plating
PCB manufacturing
- Photoplotter service
Components provisioning
- Taping and reeling
- SMD Taping
- Cutting, bending, forming
- Sorting
Wafer-level packaging
- Wafer thinning
- Wafer-level redistribution
- Wafer bumping
- Chip size packaging (CSP)
- Semiconductor interconnections
- Semiconductor housing
Panel-level packaging
Chip-on-board assembly
- Chip-on-flex assembly
- Flip-chip assembly
- Chip-on-glass assembly
Film circuits
- Thick-film hybrids
- Thin-film circuits
Laser machining
- Laser drilling
- Laser cutting
- Laser trimming
Encapsulation
- Molding
- Potting
- Glob top
- Dam and Fill
- Hermetic packaging
Cleaning
Assembly inspection and testing
- Test houses
- AOI service
- AXI service
- Test program development
Sample and small-batch production
Quality assurance and analysis
- Release testing
- Reliability consulting
- Failure analysis
- Calibration services
Repairs

Used SMT equipment

IV Reliability and Testing

Test equipment for assemblies

Optical inspection stations
- Automatic optical inspection (AOI)
  - Solder paste AOI
  - Assembly AOI
- Manual optical inspection
  - Magnifier lamps
  - Microscopes
- PCB inspection systems
- Surface measuring system
  - Laser profilometers
  - Roughness measurement systems
  - Flatness measurement systems
- Devices for measuring film thickness
Electrical inspection
- Component testing equipment
- Probe card analyzer, probes, probe cards
- PCB testing equipment
- Assembly testing equipment
- In-circuit testing equipment and programs
- Flying probe testing equipment
- Function testing equipment
- Insulation testing equipment
- EMC testing equipment
- High-frequency measurement equipment
- Hot testing for PCB and hybrids
- Test programs
- Other test and balance systems
X-ray inspection
- Computer tomography (CT)
- Automatic X-ray inspection (AXI)
- Manual X-ray inspection (MXI)
Ultrasonic inspection
- Transducer testing systems
- Acoustic microscopes
Mechanical testing systems
- Bonding testers
- Adhesion testers
Chemical measurement systems
- Contaminometers
- Hygrometer
- Oxygen analyzers
- Other analytics/diagnostics equipment
Other inspection systems
- Electroacoustic testing systems
- Leakage testers
Burn-in systems
Cycle testing
Equipment accessories for assembly inspection
- Test pins (spring-loaded)
- Grinding machines

V Software and Production Control

Process and equipment testing

Process and equipment systems
- Optical displacement measurement systems
- Optical amplitude measurement systems for wire bonders
- Bondability tester
- Adhesion testers
- Screen-tension measurement devices
- Solderability testers
- Control systems for soldering machines
- Temperature profiler
- Training and test kits
MES system
- Production data acquisition systems
- Machine data entry systems
Process and quality data management
Traceability systems
Software
RF transponder

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