Peters receives new coating machine for PCB coating

The Swedish company Axxon Mycronic delivered the machine, which weighs just under a ton, from the Stockholm region by sea via the port of Hamburg to Peters' headquarters in Kempen on the Lower Rhine. At the PCIF, the MYC50 attracted the attention of the Peters in-house exhibition users during the practical demonstrations in the protective coating technical center. "The trade visitors were able to see the benefits of the machine in the customer - manufacturer - Peters triangle," explains Project Manager Hartmut Giesen. "We can use the high-tech system to demonstrate to customers how the coating process works in their production," says Giesen. "The advantage of using the MYC50 is that components can be selectively coated in a single casting," reports Arjen Koppens, Director of Sales at Axxon Mycronic. "Selective" means that the protective coating is not applied to the entire surface of assembled PCBs, but only where it is actually needed - in a single process. This saves resources and time, is environmentally friendly and less energy-intensive than the usual coating processes in industrial plants. "Customers can clearly see the added value they are buying for their company when they use the MYC50," says Detlef Paschke, Head of Technical Service at Peters Research.

The user uses a software-supported coating program to control how and where the protective coating is applied. The process is also monitored digitally, so that the machine operator has the greatest possible flexibility and can initiate the desired production processes individually and automatically. The programs for the final coating process can also be written offline and uploaded to the computer on the coating system in the second step. The prototype of the MYC50 was developed five years ago by Axxon Mycronic, reports Arjen Koppens. The Scandinavian manufacturer then continuously developed the system, which measures 120 cm wide, 165 cm high and 150 cm deep, and adapted it to the needs of the European and US markets. According to the Director of Sales, the production machine is interesting for sectors such as automotive, medical and aerospace, but also for other industrial sectors. The Dutchman, who is based at Axxon Mycronic's EU painting center in Eindhoven, also points to the aspect of sustainability: "Maintenance is extremely low-threshold, there are virtually no chemicals involved in the cleaning process and the energy consumption of electricity and compressed air is kept as low as possible."