IPC APEX 2013: San Diego - Thanks for stopping by!

Thank you to all of our customers, and all of the new faces, who stopped by our booth during the IPC APEX show in San Diego this year.

Precision Placement Machines, Inc.

PPM is a worldwide leader in the buying, selling, and remanufacturing of new & used circuit board assembly equipment - surface mount equipment. We specialize in Quad SMT equipment as well as MPM screen printers, Heller Reflow Ovens, Universal Thru-hole and Camalot dispensers. PPM provides quality refurbished equipment, new and used spare parts, backed by knowledgeable technical support to ensure that all products become a profitable investment. We are determined to build on the many years devoted to the Quad / Tyco product line by reinvesting in our people and products.

Watch a brief video about PPM.

PPM's new Cut Tape Feeder

PPM has released a new "Cut TapeFeeder" for working with less than a reel of components. Manufactures are now able to pick from short sections of taped components.

The feeder is leader less, manually indexed, latches into the feeders bases of the Quad Q Series machines & C Series machines. The cut tape feeders are available in 8mm paper, 8mm plastic, 12mm, & 16mm.

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PPM's New 8x2mm 0201 Feeder

The standard 8mm fat feeder, by itself, cannot index a 2mm pitch on smaller components. PPM offers a new 8mm feeder with 2mm indexing and improved indexing and repeatability that reduces or eliminates mispicks. The feeder is interchangeable with all Quad model pick & place machines. The feeder will no longer index two components
at a time.

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• more info

APEX 2012: PPM's Tom Nisbet interview with GlobalSMT

Click to watch the video interview.