Brian There're numbers of Vision Inspection system available in the market depending on your needs. Some vision check for solderbility at the FOL and some even can detect the marking on the surface of the IC package which meaning to say that to detect for wrong IC use. We are currently using a vision inspection system that can detect orientation, missing / extra component and etc. If you are intrested you can always look for below brand of vision machine available in the market. 1.) Hewlette Packard - 3D Xray Vision Inspection - Check for BGA solderbility and the rest of the component 2.) Omron - 2D solderbility vision inspection machine 3.) ATS - Vision to check for missing / extra comp. etc 4.) Marantz - Vision to check for Missing / Extra comp, wrong component etc. Thanks and Rgds HF Lai Unico Technology Bhd mailto:[log in to unmask] Webpage: (http://www.unicotech.com) > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Ottosen [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 12:59 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Vision Inspection? > > > > I would like to know who all is using vision inspection. Is it > worth it > and has anybody heard of Theta vision systems. > Brian Ottosen > SMT Process Tech. > Phone (509) 891-3773 E-Mail [log in to unmask] > Fax. (509) 891-3379 > > ################################################################ > TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > ################################################################ > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with > following text in the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet > ################################################################ > Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" > section for additional information. > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.312 > ################################################################