I agree. Some of the equipment made me wish I had PB (printed board) and PBA (printed board assembly) manufacturing in-house, again. It did reinforce that the requirements I am defining are achievable. Many of us were attending Committee meetings all week and could only catch the show in between, but felt the attendance was as expected and overall a good first time effort by the IPC Staff. I was surprised that Phil was not blown away by APEX, since he seemed impressed by an Iowan, a transplanted Minnesotan and a Canadian (just kidding guys). Dewey -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Buetow Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:33 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] APEX At the risk of disagreeing with my good friend Phil, I can't remember a show where more new machines were introduced. Yes, many were based on previous platforms, and yes, Cogiscan's RFID feeder was highly interesting, but there were some other breakthroughs, too. One was Viscom's combination AOI/AXI. Vitronics added a software program to its 6745 selective machine that is superb both in design and use. I also saw a couple of really slick dispensers. The problem is, some of the existing machines are already so good we do get a bit jaded and forget how impressive the engineering really is. Mike Mike Buetow Editor in Chief Circuits Assembly 30 Glenburnie Road Boston, MA 02131 USA W/mobile: 617-327-4702 Watch our latest on-demand video Webinar! www.pcbshows.com/webinars/ondemand/siemens RoHS in China Webinar: Thursday, Jan. 18, 2 pm EST Register at www.pcbshows.com/webinars --------------------------------------------------- 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------