January 2012

Manncorp Direct Product: HRFT-301U Hand-Crank Axial Lead Former for Taped Parts

Posted by Penny tang, Manncorp

Manncorp Direct Product: HRFT-301U Hand-Crank Axial Lead Former for Taped Parts, in stock, $649.00.


For more information, please visit the website: Manncorp Direct

Comments by User on a Pick And Place Machine Sale We Didn’t Get:

“Just wanted to let you know our experience with your competitor’s machine: Main issue is software – it is very unstable, configuring it is a pain in the neck and the import tools are not reliable. There’s no library of common components, so we end up making our own. The ghetto feeders are reliable enough and haven’t caused any grief. Using a needle to pull the tape (vs. pneumatic actuator for real feeders) isn’t a problem.”

-- Excerpt of a recent e-mail received from an obviously unsatisfied user of a competitor’s machine.

Manncorp Compact 28.400 Wave Solder Machine Customers Reviews

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Manncorp Dual-Wave 28.400 Soldering System Medium to High-Volume Production

  • Just 9-ft. long (280 cm)
  • Titanium finger conveyor with motorized width adjust to 15.75"(400 mm)
  • Includes finger cleaner, auto spray fluxer and 4.5ft.(135cm) preheater with 3 independently controlled heat zones $32,995


28.400 WAVE SOLDER MACHINE USERS INCLUDE

AA Technology, Ronkonkoma, NY -- Joseph Ragone
Just wanted to give you a heads-up on our new 28,400 wave solder machine. It is functioning flawlessly. My compliments.

Medallion Instrumentation Systems, Spring Lake, MI – Mikael Olsson
Working with Manncorp has been very positive from the information on their website, to sales, customer service, technical support and most importantly the equipment. Our last purchase, a 28.400 wave machine, was very cost competitive, had many pleasantly designed features and proved its capability from day one by successfully soldering a very challenging mixed technology assembly.

For more Manncorp Wave Solder Machines information, please visit our website.

Manncorp Best Seller Tin-Lead (Pb) No Clean SMT Solder Paste

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Tin-Lead (Pb) No Clean SMT Solder Paste 500g/jar, Sn63/Pb37 (Sn63), Type 3


For more information, please visit the website: Manncorp SMT Solder Paste

Manncorp Planning To Exhibit Its Best Sellers at APEX

Posted by Mike Schwartz, Marketing Director of Manncorp

Apex visitors may get to see three products that helped drive Manncorp to record sales in 2011. They are the 5,000 cph MC-385 pick and place machine, the BR750 split-vision BGA rework system and the BT300CP lead-free batch reflow oven.

Manncorp MC-385 Pick and Place Machine

With a placement accuracy of 30 µm, 3 sigma and a price of under $50,000, the MC-385 pick and place machine has become a value and performance benchmark for mid-volume PCB assembly. The BR750 BGA rework system automatically removes and replaces BGAs, QFPs and other fine-pitch devices. It is priced at $19,995. The BT300CP computer-controlled bench-top reflow oven, at $3,995, features thermocouple-aided profiling, with forced hot air convection. Manncorp will be exhibiting in Booth #2907 at Apex 2012, San Diego, CA.

Manncorp CEO forecasts continued expansion of product lines and overseas markets in 2012

Posted by Henry Mann, CEO of Manncorp Inc

Viewpoint 2012

Henry Mann, CEO, Manncorp Inc.
2011 was a great year for Manncorp -- but not because we tightened our belts. Instead, we tightened our product lines and customer relations -- by focusing on core products and upgrading with improved mechanics and vision, plus more intuitive software. What also helped was more favorable pricing, expanded advertising and marketing, as well as improved service and support.

We welcome the fact that many of our customers are new entrepreneurs and are more focused in getting their products to market faster by avoiding the delay of micromanaging the equipment purchase. Our single-sourced SMT turnkey assembly packages accomplish this. We’re also seeing engineering institutes and universities enter the market for our high tech low-volume equipment.

Our major goal for 2012 and beyond is to expand globally. This is already occurring in Mexico, Brazil, the Pacific Rim and Eastern Europe with those customers served by our offices in San Diego, China and Mexico. Expansion plans call for a new warehouse-showroom and office complex replacing our Willow Grove, PA headquarters, along with key personnel additions to our sales, service and marketing staffs.

Henry Mann, CEO
Manncorp Inc.

Manncorp Customer Receives Industry Accolades For Advanced Capabilities of Vending Machines

Posted by Mike Schwartz, Marketing Director of Manncorp

Mark Miller is CEO of Multi-max LLC, a San Diego manufacturer of smart vending machines used in offices and factories throughout the world. The company was recently praised for its innovative approaches to vending machine design in the November/December 2011 issue of Automatic Merchandiser, the leading trade journal of the industry. Miller attributed his company’s success to its ability to build “the brains” of his machines – the printed circuit boards -- in-house using Manncorp assembly equipment. “Our turnkey line consisting of an automatic SMT stencil printer, pick and place machine, reflow oven and wave solder machine – all came in for much less than what other guys were asking for their pick-and-place machines alone,” he relates in the article.

Vending operator/manufacturer thinks outside the box
From Automatic Merchandiser Magazine, November/December 2011 Issue



Multi-max of San Diego, Calif. manufactures smart vending machines used in mid-sized offices and factories throughout the Western Hemisphere, the Pacific Rim, Asia and the U.K. These software-driven units forecast inventories and track the buying habits of individual employees using their company-issued debit cards. Founded in 1995, Multi-max sells its machines to vending operators. It also owns and operates Corporate Refreshments Services, a refreshment services operator serving over a thousand machines.

The sophisticated software in Multi-max equipment also protects the machines against product or cash theft, giving the company a competitive edge in Mexico, Central and South America where vending machine break-in is commonplace among low-income workers. That’s why Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Mexico and other large south-of-the-border firms installed thousands of Multi-max machines.

In his initial 28-year career as a software developer, Mark Miller, president and CEO, had virtually no contact with or direct knowledge of the vending machine industry. That ended in 2002, when he was hired as an outside contractor to write software for a new generation of machines.

“Being an industry outsider gave me a distinct advantage,” Miller said, “I was able to think outside the box because I wasn’t married to existing vending machine technology.” Two years later he did join the industry by becoming an operator and by 2008 owned 400 machines. Today, his personal holdings now number 750 machines. It was obvious that the CEO thought enough of the company to become a stockholder as well, and now holds a sizeable stake of company equity - though not majority ownership. Miller does retain controlling interest of its Corporate Refreshments Services subsidiary.

However, even with the introduction of Miller’s new software, it wasn’t clear sailing. “When we got to the manufacturing stage of our new machines, our assembly costs were indeed lower and performance was greatly improved, but delivery problems persisted,” he said. “This was due to our limited leverage with our circuit board assembly contractor who understandably put larger-volume customers at the head of the line. The only way this issue could have been avoided was to tie-up $200,000 of working capital to retain a year’s worth of assembled board inventory. For that kind of money, we thought we could buy the equipment to assemble boards in-house. And that’s exactly what we did.”

Manncorp equipment was selected, “because that company, based in suburban Philadelphia, Pa., and San Diego, came in with a turnkey line consisting of an automatic stencil printer, a pick-and-place, reflow oven and wave solder machine – all for much less than what other guys were asking for their pick-and-place machines alone.”

“The benefits of our move to in-house automated surface mount printed circuit board assembly were dramatic and proved Manncorp’s contention that any OEM can and should do it because the savings are just too great to ignore,” Miller said. “Not only did we reduce our final board costs by 75 percent, we speeded our manufacturing cycle from six months down to just three or four weeks. Our added labor consists of just one new employee. With our latest-generation products, below-market costs and as-promised deliveries, we soon became a major source for vending machines – especially in Mexico, which until 2008 accounted for almost 80 percent of our sales.

The recent recession took an enormous toll on vending machine sales and the products they dispense. At the peak of the downturn, Multi-max endured heavy losses, especially in Mexico which was hard hit by business closings -- not only due to the economy, but to a major swine flu epidemic and devaluation of the peso. Was it time to throw in the towel? “No way!” was Miller’s response. What justified his optimism are significant upticks within the past two years from growing U.S. sales and exports to The U.K., Japan. Canada, South Africa and smaller countries like Guatemala and Columbia. Yes, even Mexico is coming back strong.

Miller attributed Multi-max’s success its specialization in the 20- to 100-person office route, which he sees as an underserved market – too small for the giants and too big for the mom-and-pop operators. Today, there are over 5,000 Multi-max units in the U.S. and an almost equal number outside of this country. Fewer than 200 companies own these machines. This relatively small group of entrepreneurs share and communicate their common interests and experiences.

Miller recently ansered a series of questions to provide a closer look at the reasons behind his company’s resilience and growth.

Q: Why did you build your own machines rather than buy existing equipment?

A: Multi-max is focused on the mid-size office vending market for snacks and beverages. We built our own equipment because there was and still is no profitable way to service this market due to the lack of sophisticated controls in yesterday’s and today’s vending machines. DEX was a step in the right direction, but does not go far enough to meet what we perceive to be the needs of this market. Multi-max uses a cassette load design that dramatically increases service efficiency, lowers stale loss, and allows merchandising the machine in response to market demand. None of these features were available in previous generations of vending equipment and still aren’t. Yet the cost factor between traditional machines and ours is almost nil. In addition, Multi-max recognized the need to stretch beyond just snacks and soda vending to items like single cup coffee. Today, we have the only working solution for vending Keurig K-Cups using our VM816. This machine has been tested and approved by Keurig. In addition to our existing pod vendor there are solutions for Flavia by Mars, and Tassimo by Kraft coming soon.

Q: The improvements you made to your equipment, (i.e. card reading, inventory control, etc.): weren’t these features available in existing machines?


A: The improvements we made to Multi-max machines were not and still are not available in any vending machines since many of our improvements are patented.

Q: Do Multi-Max Machines have DEX (supply chain and inventory management software) and MDB (file format) and remote machine management?


A: Yes, Multi-max machine have all of these features. In addition to DEX, we include transaction-level data recording allowing for things like time-of-day pricing which DEX cannot handle. Our VM813 control station uses MDB as well as being the only unit that features a full-size changer and still fits on a counter and under cabinets (typically 18 inches) in a kitchen setup. Our Multi-max Pro software is a huge part of the overall system and interacts with all routing, inventory management, machine management and data management needs.

Q: Are there other selling points of Multi-Max Machines?

A: They make money for operators in locations no other machines can. Isn't that the only selling point worth discussing? The vending business is getting more competitive. The costs of everything from corn to gasoline and labor are rising. At the same time there is a trend towards companies having many small offices as opposed to fewer large ones. Multi-max machines are uniquely positioned to take advantage of all these factors.

Q: What role did printed circuit board (PCB) design play in these improvements?

A: We had to design and build our own PCB because we believe the future of vending is the same as it is for all electronics: it must be compatible with your PC. These days people expect that everything they buy can be plugged in, synced, downloaded, upgraded, and or controlled by their PC. Why should our vending machines be any different? Our custom circuit boards include USB for communication as well as data storage, more flexibility with upgrades and the horsepower to do more than just run the vending units.

Q: Would it be possible to retrofit these assets into existing machines – by replacing circuitry or other minor modifications? Or does it require a whole new redesign?

A: Multi-max has recently started looking at ways to retrofit our technology to legacy machines. While this is not one of our main areas of business right now, as we grow, it will be getting more and more attention.

Q: Could you provide chronological details of Multi-max logistics?

A: All new locations receive debit cards preloaded with our welcoming gift of $1 per employee. This promotion typically delivers about an 80 percent cost-recovery rate. Multi-max machines are serviced every eight days on average. A paper order is provided for each location, enabling a warehouse cassette packer to know which machine gets which products merely by matching their bar codes. All our locations have two to four machines and our drivers make 20 to 30 stops per day. On average, each account requires six minutes of packing at the warehouse and 10 minutes for in-the-field service, excluding travel time.

Manncorp BR620 Hot Air Rework Station

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Manncorp BR620 Hot Air Rework Station
Manual Hot Air Rework Station Designed for Repair of X-Box 360 and Other Video Games.


You can view Manncorp BR620 Hot Air Rework Station video here:

You may also be interested in Manncorp BR720 BGA Rework Station

Congratulation to KIC for being named Environmentally Friendly Product by 2011 Global Technology Awards

Posted by Manncorp

Congratulation to KIC for being named Environmentally Friendly Product by 2011 Global Technology Awards. (KIC' Auto Focus Power' Profiling Software is Included in most Manncorp Lead-Free Mid to High Volume Production Reflow Ovens).

Manncorp Hot Air BGA Rework Station

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Manncorp Offer BGA Rework Station for Every Application& Budget from $3,995. You can also view our BGA Rework Station video on Manncorp website.

Manncorp BR610 BGA Rework Station:Manual Hot Air Rework Station Solders/Desolders Full Range of Devices, Including BGAs.

Manncorp BR620 BGA Rework Station:Manual Hot Air Rework Station Designed for Repair of X-Box 360 and Other Video Games.

Manncorp BR710 BGA Rework Station:Split-Vision Optics, Swing-Away Head, Full-Function BGA Rework Station/Hot Air Rework Station at Value Price.

Manncorp BR720 BGA Rework Station:SMT Rework Station with Split-Vision Alignment and Automatic Placement for BGAs, QFPs and Other SMDs

Manncorp BR810 BGA Rework Station:SMT Rework Station with Split-Vision Alignment and Automatic Placement for BGAs, QFPs and Other SMDs

For more BGA Rework Station information, please visit our website.

Watch Manncorp BGA Rework Station Videos on Youtube Channel

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Manncorp BR720 BGA Rework Station with Split-Vision Alignment and Automatic Placement for BGAs, QFPs, & Other SMDs
Watch Manncorp BR720 BGA Rework Station/Hot Air Rework Station video here:



Manncorp BR810 Hot Air Rework Station with Split-Vision Alignment and Automatic Placement for BGAs, QFPs, & Other SMDs

Watch Manncorp BR810 BGA Rework Station/Hot Air Rework Station video here:

Manncorp Rework Station for Every Application

Posted by Manncorp

Manncorp BR720 BGA Rework Station/Hot Air Rework Station
SMT Rework Station with Split-Vision Alignment and Automatic Placement for BGAs, QFPs, & Other SMDs


Manncorp BR810 BGA Rework Station/Hot Air Rework Station
SMT Rework Station with Split-Vision Alignment and Automatic Placement for BGAs, QFPs, & Other SMDs


For more information, please visit the website: Manncorp BGA Rework Station

Manncorp Rework Station for Every Application

Posted By Penny Tang, Manncorp

Manncorp BR610 BGA Rework Station
Manual Hot Air Rework Station Solders/Desolders Full Range of Devices, Including BGAs.


Manncorp BR620 BGA Rework Station
Manual BGA Rework Station/Hot Air Rework Station Designed for Repair of X-Box 360 and Other Video Games.


Manncorp BR710 BGA Rework Station
Split-Vision Optics, Swing-Away Head, Full-Function BGA Rework Station/Hot Air Rework Station at Value Price.


For more information, please visit the website: Manncorp BGA Rework Station

Read What Manncorp CEO Henry Mann Says about His New, Battery-Powered Chevy Volt

Posted by Henry Mann, Manncorp CEO

“Aside from family and friends, the three subjects that interest me most are:

1. Cars (I collect them)
2. Technology (My company makes high tech electronic production equipment)
3. Marketing (Our success is built on solid marketing concepts)”

“I think GM has done a great job on #1 & #2 – but could have a long way to go on #3.”

“From a technology standpoint, the most awesome cars I’ve ever owned are the GTR and ZR1. They are about to be joined by my battery-powered Volt that automatically switches to gas-on-the-go when the battery needs recharging. I see this car as the ideal business vehicle to reach smaller metropolitan destinations that are 400 to 800 miles away. With flying such a hassle, I’d sooner trust the Volt to me get there in good time and at considerably less cost. Another incentive is the generous federal and state tax deductions that make the purchase affordable. Of course, the Volt merited consideration not only for what it could do on the road, but what it could do for the environment. And that’s probably one of its most important assets.”




“But there’s much more to like. The silence of the ride is a rush! The only things you hear are the wind and a faint muffle from the climate-control blower. Another turn-on is the acceleration. It feels like no time to get from zero to sixty. That’s because there’s no sound of an engine – just that silky smooth silence. The Volt’s 100% touch-screen controls and unique dashboard displays are a marvel as well. They make every option intuitive and at your fingertips.”

“Where The General* has gone wrong, in my opinion, is its obvious failure to educate at the point-of-sale level. Although I made initial contact with five dealerships, there wasn’t one that had the foresight to send me a brochure (though I finally did get one from a sealed carton at the one showroom I visited). However, no one on the floor could discuss the car intelligently -- nor offer more than a shoulder shrug in response to questions about mileage and horsepower. Since the Volt is gearless, I would think performance in snow would be excellent. But again, the facts I needed were not in the brochure -- nor in the salesperson’s head. Although the tax deductions generated from a Volt purchase are substantial, no one could give me the details. Instead I was meekly advised to “ask my tax advisor for that information.” Because long-term reliability could be an issue with any new tech product, I requested info on GM’s extended warranty – but had to wait a half hour to get it. I’ve only touched on a few of many frustrations I had during the negotiating stage of the purchase. But it did prove that those who could least afford to be ill-informed about the Volt are the ones that are. GM, if my experience was typical, you’ve got a whole lot of sales training to do!”

*General Motors

MANNCORP CR SERIES REFLECT TREND TO SMALLER & GREENER REFLOW OVENS

Posted by Mike Schwartz, Marketing Director of Manncorp

Recognizing the growing demand for smaller-footprint lead-free reflow ovens that are also more energy efficient, Manncorp has broadened its famous CR series with three compact, mid-range models that require less power to operate.

Included is the CR4000C reflow oven with an overall length of 79” (200cm), 4 upper and 2 lower independently controlled heating zones and a 16” (400mmm) pin conveyor over a 20” (500mm) wide mesh belt. It sells for just $22,995.


The CR5000F reflow oven, just 120” long (304cm), has independently controlled 5 upper and 5 lower heating zones and an 18” pin conveyor over a 22.5” (570mm) wide mesh belt. It is priced at $32,990.

For assemblers opting for a larger, higher throughput oven with more heating zones, there is the CR6000 reflow oven with 6 upper and 6 lower independently controlled heating zones and an 18” (450mm) pin conveyor over a 22.5” (570mm) wide mesh belt. Its compact overall length is 164” (415cm), with the price $35,990.

All ovens include forced hot air convection, onboard profiling and KIC “Auto Focus Power” process optimization software. Manncorp CEO Henry Mann pointed out that each of the ovens can be modified to meet special applications for high thermal requirements, taller components, ultra-fine mesh belts for miniature parts, or slowing belt speed for curing. He also indicated that accelerated delivery is available on all models. For details, access MANNCORP-CR-REFLOW

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