Cambridge, UK – Datapaq presents temperature measurement systems for the electronics industry at the SMT Hybrid Packaging 2013 exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany, in Hall 7, at Stand 513. Reflow Tracker systems are used in reflow soldering processes as well as in wave, vapor phase, and selective soldering, and at rework stations. They help reduce reject rates and increase yield. Melting the solder with optimal energy consumption but without damaging the electrical components requires precise temperature control. The systems pass through SMT processes along with the printed circuit boards, providing data for real-time monitoring via radio, if required. Temperature profiles from up to twelve thermocouples per data logger can be displayed and analyzed with the accompanying software. User-friendly tools support analysis, oven setup, and the determination of the optimal oven recipe for simple as well as complex components.

Cambridge, UK – DATAPAQ, a leading provider of temperature measurement and analysis systems for all types of industrial heating processes, introduces the 7.20 version of its Insight software. Responding to customer feedback, the new release adds many features and enhancements that make the profiling of thermal processes easier and more efficient. These include a larger palette of colors for probes and the graph background and a color selection feature that enables users to better distinguish overlay probes on the graph. Moreover, the graph options in all full Insight software versions now allow the numeric zone set temperature values to be displayed on the graph. Further changes include, amongst others, a Contour Plot function for the Insight Solar and Insight Reflow versions, a new virtual probe to show the difference between the hottest and the coolest thermocouple, and product manuals that are now included as PDFs on the Insight DVD.

Cambridge, UK – At the European Coatings Show 2013 in Nuremberg, Germany (Hall 5, Stand 127), Datapaq presents temperature monitoring solutions for industrial coating processes. Specially tailored to paint drying and curing in the automotive industry, the Oven Tracker XL2 system is one of the prime exhibits. The heavy-duty system also caters to high-temperature coating applications up to more than 300 °C, oven manufacturers, and other sectors. Directly upon leaving the oven, green and red LEDs signal whether preprogrammed process criteria have been met. Thereby, any problem can be identified early on. The data logger does not have to be connected to a computer for data readout after every profiling run but performs up to ten consecutive runs.

Thermal barriers for sustained high-temperature operation