Through Hole Technology Applications We offer: PC board evaluation Throughput Analysis Machine Demonstrations Machine Financial Justifications Assistance in Technical Presentations On Site Evaluations and Technical Support

1. www.smthelp.com
•Benefits of consulting IM Applications:
• We help your customer justify machine purchases
• Fast accurate response to customer inquiries
• We help sell automation from a process as well as
financial standpoint
Through Hole Technology
Applications
•We offer:
PC board evaluation
Throughput Analysis
Machine Demonstrations
Machine Financial Justifications
Assistance in Technical Presentations
On Site Evaluations and Technical Support

2. www.smthelp.com
– Customer is able to draw on our PC board
assembly experience
– Often an opinion from outside the customer’s
own design group is necessary to initiate design
changes that lead to automation
Benefits
PC Board Evaluation
– We provide:
• Written report about customer’s product, listing
which components may be automatically inserted
• Suggestions for design changes to improve ability of
board to be manufactured
– We need:
• Sample bare and fully assembled boards
• Board layout drawings
• Sample components

3. www.smthelp.com
– Justify new machine or replacement of existing machine
based on verifiable data
– Provide realistic expectations of machine throughput,
reduce chance of “surprises”
Benefits
Throughput Analysis
– Estimated throughput based on previous experience with similar product
types
– Actual throughput using customer supplied programs from existing Demo
machines
– Projected throughput over time

4. www.smthelp.com
Add new angle to customer’s thought process
Machine Demonstrations
– Use customer PCB boards
– Run customer product (with advance notice)
– Potential customers will be impressed when they see their product
run on a machine
Benefit
Benefit
Machine Financial Justifications
– Provide analysis of production requirements and overhead cost
data

5. www.smthelp.com
– Assist customer with process improvement
– Build long term partnership
– Enhanced credibility, more complete analysis of requirements
before sale
Benefits
On Site Evaluations and Technical Support
– We can travel to your customer’s site to evaluate their current
process

6. www.smthelp.com
We can also help with pre-sale questions about:
• Compatibility between old and new
machines
• Competitor pattern conversion to new
format
• Help customer use Through hole Design
Guidelines to create or improve PCB design
• Evaluate Process Change Feasibility and
Alternatives
• Evaluate the Feasibility Adapting IM
Equipment to Customer Environment

7. www.smthelp.com
Custom Design
Custom mother/daughter design
Adjustable
Types of WBH’s include:
Work Board Holders (WBH)
Required to locate PC boards on machines
NOT equipped with automatic board handling
(BHS).
– offers no charge design assistance to help
customers select proper WBH type and design
– Fast delivery of adjustable OR custom designs

8. www.smthelp.com
– Fast and repeatable job changeover for
maximum machine throughput
– Recommended for high volume, frequent
product changeover applications
Benefit
Work Board Holders (WBH)
Custom Design
– Designed Specifically for each board type or board family
– Dedicated WBH required for each board type or board
family
– Single Window to Twelve Window design
• Pricing by Number of Windows

9. www.smthelp.com
– Approximately 25% cost
advantage over standard
custom designed fixture
Benefit
Work Board Holders (WBH)
Custom Design “Mother/Daughter” System
– Common adapter accepts smaller lighter workboard holder
“Daughterboard”
– Same advantages as Custom Design WBH
– Possible PC board size limitations compared to standard
Custom Design WBH

10. www.smthelp.com
– May be reconfigured again and again
– May be set up to run product in just a
few minutes
Benefit
Work Board Holders (WBH)
Adjustable workboard holders
– Can handle virtually any size board(s)
– More flexible than custom designed WBH
– Require more time to set up each time job
is changed

11. www.smthelp.com
Deluxe Adjustable
– Locator Positions from All 4 Sides
– Can Be Configured for Up to 4 Windows
with included hardware
– Can be configured for more than 4
windows using optional hardware
Work Board Holders (WBH)
Basic Adjustable
– Front and Rear Locator Positions
– Usually for 1 or 2 Window Configurations