Atlas Si SET2DIL insertion loss test system now supports Bidirectional SET2DIL. Improves repeatability of microstrip and stripline trace testing.

CR-8000 2013 includes upgrades to System Planner and Design Gateway.

GSR1290 standalone router can handle panels up to 910 x 610mm. Depanels tabbed or scored assemblies by manually interchanging the Z-axis cutting assembly; cutting mechanism can be changed from spindle to a saw. Includes three rigid, compact linear axis' driven by AC servo motors. Pre-loaded linear guides reportedly have a mechanical repeatability of ± 0.01mm. Has cut speeds up to 100mm and second and positional speeds up to 1000mm.

Getech Automation Pte Ltd., www.getecha.com 

Silver/carbon hybrid conductive ink and ink-curing unit use microwave-heat printing technology to form traces on flexible printed circuits. Uses selective microwave heating and novel Photonic Curing process for printing on low-heat-resistant plastic films and roll-to-roll continuous printing. Controls spark discharge by separating microwave’s magnetic field and electric field and applying the fields separately in heating. Uses novel silver/carbon hybrid conductive ink, in which carbon particles (which do not develop a phase change during heating) have been added to silver particles to ensure uniform curing of ink under microwave heating, preventing a nonuniform distribution of conductivity.

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK), www.sdk.co.jp