AsteelFlash Experiences the ViTrox Advantage with AXI Purchase

John Burke, Director of Engineering at AsteelFlash, said, “Considering that ViTrox is a healthy financial yet vision-focused organization, ViTrox V810 was singled out for its higher throughput, better focus repeatability, better image quality and system mobility.”

Headquartered in Penang, Malaysia, and with offices in Asia and the Unites States, ViTrox Technologies is a total solutions provider of innovative, advanced and cost-effective automated vision inspection systems and equipment for the semiconductor and electronics packaging industries. In June 2011, the company sold its first V810 Automated X-ray Inspection (AXI) system in the United States. The sale was made to AsteelFlash, a top electronics manufacturing services (EMS) customer in Fremont, CA with AsteelFlash’s Director of Engineering John Burke facilitating the sale.

AsteelFlash is a full-service, end-to-end EMS provider specializing in product design, engineering and manufacturing services, including mechanical design, printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), sheet metal and plastic enclosure fabrication, final assembly, and logistics support. The company services customers in the communications, networking, computing and storage, industrial, consumer products, automotive, medical, and lighting markets. Headquartered in Paris, France, AsteelFlash has 16 production sites on four continents (Europe, Africa, North America and Asia), more than 1.25 M sq ft of manufacturing space and employs over 4700 associates worldwide. The AsteelFlash Group was formed in February 2008 as a result of the merger of ASTEEL (established in 1999) and Flash Electronics (established in 1994), and is in the top 15 of the top 50 EMS companies worldwide.

AsteelFlash’s electronic plants are equipped with the latest PCBA equipment that ensures that its customers’ manufactured boards are of the highest quality. This is accomplished by using full inspection and testing on assemblies that require automatic visual inspection, in-circuit testing and functional testing.

In designing manufacturing processes, AsteelFlash is aware of the limitations of electrical test. Electrical test does not cover the solder quality of the components; therefore, added automated visual inspection is a necessity in the PCBA line. To have a complete solution of automated visual inspection, AsteelFlash conducted evaluations on several market-leading AXI systems based on its stringent requirements. After meticulous examination and careful verification of both the system capabilities and cost of ownership, ViTrox V810 was selected as the company’s qualified supplier for AXI systems.

John Burke, Director of Engineering at AsteelFlash, said, “Considering that ViTrox is a healthy financial yet vision-focused organization, ViTrox V810 was singled out for its higher throughput, better focus repeatability, better image quality and system mobility.”

One of the main reasons that the ViTrox V810 was chosen by AsteelFlash to be applied in the manufacturing line is because of its high test coverage for structural defects occurring at the solder John Burke, Director of Engineering at AsteelFlash, said, “Considering that ViTrox is a healthy financial yet vision-focused organization, ViTrox V810 was singled out for its higher throughput, better focus repeatability, better image quality and system mobility.” joints. Test coverage for structural defects of 3-D automated X-ray inspection is more than 90 percent, giving manufacturers the upper hand in detecting failure up front ― before the structural failure occurs at the end user’s facility. This minimizes parts return and warranty cost, which significantly increases the return on investment to the manufacturer.

As a top EMS company, AsteelFlash believes the ViTrox V810 delivers the quality it needs. This level of performance provides direct benefits to the overall business model of the company and its customers, as well as helps AsteelFlash continue to successfully partner with its customers and suppliers while manufacturing superior quality integrated electronics systems and solutions. As an additional benefit, the system is cost-effective, innovative and will help AsteelFlash provide customer satisfaction through its flexibility and high-quality performance.

Today, ViTrox is an award-winning publically listed company and worldwide leader of high-speed machine vision inspection systems with an extensive customer base throughout Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, India, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and the United States. For more information about the company as well as the V810 AXI system.