Carrie,
        My vote is also for ASC International in the benchtop arena,
have used both Cyberoptics and ASC and found ASC to be an overall better
system with greater capabilities. LaserVision Technologies
(www.lvtechnologies.com) sells used systems from both CyberOptics and
ASC if you want to save some money....

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Morse, Carrie
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 4:11 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] Paste Height Measurement Systems 2D and 3D


Well, the time has come that I may have actually convinced those who
control the budget that a NEW piece of Paste Height Inspection Equipment
may be of value.  My intention behind this prospective purchase is
Process Control, Product/Program Verification, and Process Validation
(for printing Glue and Paste with components as small as CSBGA's and
0201's and as big as DPAK's and PLCC84's)

I have experience with the Cyberoptics 2D Products (LSM and Sentry) and
I-Systems I did a quick search and found there are a couple other
manufacturers selling "Paste Inspection Systems". These include:
Panasonic, GSI Lumonics, Omron, Agilent, and Orbotech.

My questions are as follows (keep in mind we are a high mix low volume
shop): 1.  Are there any other manufacturers out there that I missed and
should research? 2.  Any Pro's/Con's about the equipment out there? 3.
2D vs. 3D -- Any strong opinions? 4.  Accuracy and Repeatability -- Any
idea who's is the best (in real life -- not just on paper?) 5.  Any
recommendations if I had to buy one today?

-Carrie

---------------------------------------------------
Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To
unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in
the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or
(re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET
Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the
posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the
archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please
visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for
additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or
847-509-9700 ext.5315
-----------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------
Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e
To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in
the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet
To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL)
To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest
Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives
Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315
-----------------------------------------------------