Newsletter 04/2011 - Kirsten Soldering AG

Our distributor: LifeProject
“LifeProject is our distribution partner
in Italy - and we are proud of
this successful partnership”, says
Pius Eberhard, CEO of Kirsten
Soldering AG.
LifeProject was formed in April 2010
following the splitting of Selettra
Management. The company exclusively
supplies Italy with a full range
of SMT assembly products, soldering
machines, handling automation
systems, AOI inspection
solutions and cleaners. In addition
to these products LifeProject has a
database of more than 2000
customer contacts in Italy- thus
providing a wide range of opportunities
for suppliers.
LifeProject currently has 4 technicians,
2 of whom have extensive
experience in the soldering sector.
“In Kirsten’s soldering machine the
modula wave®, we have a reliable
and simple system to present to our
customers. Its modular concept
allows us to provide our customers
with a perfect solution which meets
their present needs”, says Massimo
Sant’ Angelo, General Manager at
LifeProject.
SMT Nuremberg - 3rd-5th of May 2011
Visit us at the stand hosted by our German distributor - SmartTec
(Stand no. 7-219)
The SMT conference and exhibition
in Nuremberg is Europe's largest
event on systems integration and
microelectronics. Kirsten Soldering
AG intends to use this opportunity
to present the modula wave® soldering
system and to meet and
Archive image, SMT 2010
talk with all interested parties - be
they customers, distributors or
other visitors.
We look forward to meeting everyone
at the show - and if you require
tickets, please do not hesitate to
contact Kirsten Soldering AG.
Massimo Sant’ Angelo
General Manager at LifeProject
Exhibition / Event
SMT/HYBRID/PACKAGING
3rd – 5th of May 2011
Nuremberg, Germany
Joint stand with SmartTec
Hall 7-219
SIEL 2011
17th – 20th of May 2011
Tunis, Tunesia
Take a look at our current
homepage!
Kirsten Soldering AG
Hinterbergstrasse 32
6330 Cham, Switzerland
Tel +41 (0) 41 747 04 80
Fax +41 (0) 41 747 04 81
www.kirsten-soldering.ch
info@kirsten-soldering.ch
Newsletter 04/2011
We have moved
Due to the development of the market and the expansion of our business, we have had to move our
offices to a new address. We were lucky enough to find new premises in the same street, at
Hinterbergstrasse 32 (instead of No. 28).
Our new business premises- and
conference rooms provide a really
lovely light-flooded atmosphere with
plenty of room for communication,
creativity and competence. They
also provide an improved environment
with possibilities for productpresentations,
customer care, and
the development and implementation
of new ideas.
A newly set up laboratory provides
us with the opportunity to present
various machine types to our
customers and to carry out soldering
tests.
We are really looking forward to
welcoming you to our new home.
New faces at Kirsten’s Cham location
Michael Schürmann
Service Engineer
We are extremely proud that
Michael Schürmann joined our
team. He completed his
apprenticeship In summer 2010,
gaining the award for the best
automation engineer in the Canton
of Lucerne. Following this milestone,
he conducted challenging
automation projects for his apprenticeship
enterprise. In his function
as a service engineer, he will be
providing you with support relating
to all technical aspects of your Kirsten
wave soldering machine.
Simona Sterchi
Marketing & Sales Support
Simona Sterchi is certainly worthy
of attention. After being educated in
Marketing & Sales she initially
worked in in-house sales and order
processing but has now joined the
Marketing & Sales Support team in
order to awaken your interest in the
possibilities arising from the use of
a Kirsten wave soldering system.
To do this she uses tools such as
fairs and exhibitions, the website,
news-letters, brochures – and, of
course, her charming smile!
Jürgen Seibert
Test- & Product Manager
Jürgen Seibert has definitely earned
the right to be called a senior electronics
specialist: in his exciting 23
years of experience in this field, he
has conducted machine projects for
electronics production manufacturer
and now - at Kirsten Soldering AG -
Jürgen Seibert will use his
extensive knowledge and broad
experience to liaise between
R&D/Service and our customers.
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New faces at the Asia Centre of Excellence
Chuah Yaw Sing
Electrophysics Engineer
Chuah Yaw Sing graduated from
Malaysia Sabah University in Physics
with Electronics. His experience
includes working as a process
engineer at TIM Electronics
and at Genetec Technology, where
he was responsible for machine
assembly and computer-teaching.
Lim Tang Seng
Electrical Engineer
Lim Tang Seng has a BSc (Hons) in
Electronic & Electrical Engineering.
He has many years of experience of
working with PCB assemblies in the
telecommunications and computing
industries. He is a strong advocate
of standards such as IPC.
Seminar in St. Petersburg, Russia - 23rd-24th of March 2011
The 6th seminar on „Advanced Technologies, Equipment and Materials in Electronics Production (PCB,
SMT, microE)“ took place near St. Petersburg in March.
Bruno Ghidotti and Vinzenz Bissig
were invited as guest speakers by
AbsolutElectronics.
The rapt audience consisted of designers,
manufacturers of electronics,
and AbsolutElectronics custo-
mers from Russia and the former
Soviet states.
The speeches concentrated on the
basic physics of wave soldering and
the Kirsten the modula wave® sol-
Vinzenz Bissig during his speech
The Asia Centre of Excellence
Penang, Malaysia
dering system: how wave soldering
systems can be used for selectivesoldering.
„We are pleased, that we were
invited to actively participate in this
event and hope that we met the high
expectations and requirements“, reports
Vinzenz Bissig, Head of the
Application Laboratory.
„The AbsolutElectronics sales and
marketing team really gave us a
pleasant stay.”
The seminar participants
Top heat – an additional heat supply in the preheating module
Large and massive PCB’s often
need more heat on the surface than
you can provide from beneath. This
results in barrel fill problems. Such
problems can be solved trough a
long holding time in the hot air
stream during preheating, or by the
new and much more efficient
heating process for PCB’s using
quartz beamers from above.
Selective soldering with masks
further complicates matter, since
the heat input through the PCB is
worse. Often, the application of top
heat is the only and efficient way to
bring heat into the PCB.
With the high hollow wave, which is
generated in accordance with the
electromagnetic principal of the
Kirsten jet wave ( the heart of the
Program mask on visko Interface
The program setup is as simple as
with bottom heat: the infrared beam
output can be varied from 0-100%.
As well as allowing the switching
point to be programmed, and /or de-
modula wave®), Kirsten soldering
machines are able to solder easily
and productively when complicated
and difficult wave soldering problems
are encountered.
“We are now able to apply heat from
the top with the modula wave® and
top heat option“, says Thomas Frey,
Head of R&D. He adds: ”As well as
improving the barrel fill with massive
products, this also increases the
machine output.”
Another big advantage for our
customers is the integrated modularity
of the modula wave® concept.
An existing the modula wave® production
line can be easily upgraded
with this option with only marginal in-
layed, this process also enables the
gentle start-up of quartz tubes using
an adjustable ramp. This means
that you can make sure that the
temperature-sensitive components
vestment costs.
The top heat option is available for
ordering right now.
are not exposed to abrupt heating.
The administrator can also freely
limit the output in the configuration
file. Despite all their advantages,
these thermal impacts are not
suitable for all components and
should be carefully dosed.
THP_1 → Top Heat Power 1
THRamp → Ramp
THP_2 → Top Heat Power 2
With the appropriate setting, the
infrared output is increased from
10% to 20% within 7 seconds.
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