Newbury Electronics invests £1.5m in equipment

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Newbury Electronics, specialists in the design and manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCBs), has purchased a laser drilling and milling machine, a selective soldering machine and its 10th surface mounted device (SMD) pick and place machine.

Commenting on the company’s investment in the machines, which have already been installed, Philip King, managing director of Newbury Electronics, said: “Electronics and electrical engineering is becoming increasingly complex and the continual development of smart, mobile technology is requiring ever smaller boards. The investment we have made in this new equipment means that we are not just in line with our customers but, in many instances, ahead of them in terms of what they may be requiring in the next few years.”

He added: “We are particularly excited about the laser drilling machine, the first of its type to be installed in the UK. It will ensure shorter lead times for customers but still at a very realistic and reasonable cost.”

The LPKF 5120 laser drilling and milling machine is used in the manufacture of next generation PCBs with much smaller holes (60 microns typical rather than existing 300 microns, which is typically the smallest hole that can be drilled mechanically).

The Ecoselect 1 selective soldering machine is designed to robotically solder advanced PCBs at four times the speed of a skilled human technician. Newbury Electronics believe this delivers a significantly better and consistent quality of product, allowing for improved reliability of the finished product. The machine is the second of its type to be installed at Newbury Electronics.

Also adding to the company’s capacity to process many different PCB assembly orders at the same time with on-time deliveries in short lead-times is the Newbury Yamaha I-Pulse M20 SMD pick & place machine. This is the eighth of this model installed at Newbury

In addition to the new equipment, since January 2017, the company has appointed eleven additional staff who will receive training across the entire PCB manufacturing process.
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