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28.400 Wave Soldering Machine Pictures

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Well-Organized, Compact Design Still Allows Easy Access for Cleaning and Maintenance At just over 9 feet (2800 mm) in length, the Manncorp 28.400 is an excellent choice for assemblers with throughput requirements that exceed their budgets and available floorspace. Despite its condensed architecture, the 28.400 is designed for easy cleaning and maintenance as all system components are easy to get to through a series of easily removable access panels. One of our best sellers, the 28.400 delivers quality and performance that are unrivaled by other systems of comparable size and price.	Easily Adjustable Titanium Finger Conveyor The Compact 28.400 conveyor comes standard with motorized width adjustment for PCBs from 50 - 400 mm (2" - 15.75") in width, reducing setup time and eliminating operator inconsistency. An adjustable, chain-driven, guide mechanism at input makes for easy loading and integration with other conveyorized equipment. All systems include an automatic, recirculating cleaning system for continuous maintenance of the conveyor's corrosion-resistant titanium fingers.
Heavy Duty, High-Temperature Pumps and Motors Dual, high-performance, high-temperature motors pump the molten solder through a titanium-alloy recirculating system and wave nozzles that are specially designed to minimize solder oxidation. Both motors include transducer-controlled flow adjustment to ensure precise wave height and uniformity.	Heavy Duty Solder Pot Positioning System The entire solder pot, pump and motor assembly can be raised and lowered, or rolled out from the conveyor for easy access during loading and maintenance. An optional automatic pot positioning system allows motorized Z-axis height adjustment and Y-axis pot retraction/insertion.
Titanium-Alloy Wave Nozzle and Components All critical components of the wave nozzle are constructed of titanium-alloy to resist high temperature corrosivity of lead-free solders. Nozzle components feature the latest design for prevention of solder oxidation, are fully adjustable, and are easily removable during maintenance. This photo also provides a clear view of the optional adjustable PCB support which helps to maintain the planarity of large, heavy PCBs as they pass through the wave.	Choice of Either Standard Infrared or Optional Forced Hot Air Convection Preheaters This photo shows the 28.400 model in the standard configuration with three independently controlled banks of high power, high stability, sheath-type IR pre-heaters. The multi-zone preheat area has hinged stainless steel covers that help maintain preheat zone temperature stability before the circuit boards enter the solder wave. Forced hot air convection preheating is also available as an option.
Built-In Flux Fume Exhaust Hood and Filter Flux vapors are extracted through a built-in fume hood and filter, and out of the system through an exhaust flange on the top of the unit. The filter is easily removable for cleaning.	Cooling Zone Provides Rapid Cooling A built-in cooling zone at the conveyor outlet provides rapid cooling immediately after reflow by directing cool air to both sides of the PCB assembly.
Easy-To-Use Color LCD Touch-Screen Interface The menu-driven color LCD touch-screen interface is operator-intuitive for operation and control of fluxing, preheating, and soldering functions, with high-capacity process parameter storage and a 7-day timer for automatic startup and shutdown.	Stepper-Controlled Automatic Spray Fluxer The 28.400 system includes a high-precision automatic spray fluxing system as standard. Low pressure compressed air and flow controls provide consistent and uniform application of flux to manufacturers recommendations.
Adjustable Offload Conveyor Designed Specifically for Wave Soldering Systems The HCST-400 Offload Conveyor is available with either a 400 mm wide stainless steel mesh conveyor or PVC belt and features an adjustable upper platform that allows its height and angle to be set to match the wave soldering system conveyor. The speed of the conveyor is also adjustable from 0.5-2.5 m/min so that PCBs are transferred smoothly and safely from the wave soldering system to operators or other handling equipment of the user's choice. An optional cooling fan further ensures that PCB temperature is reduced to safe handling temperatures.

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Manncorp MT-300 Wave Soldering Machine

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Manncorp MT-300 Wave Soldering Machine: Economically-Priced, Dual-Wave, Lead-Free Wave Soldering System.

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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.

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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.

Innovative Marketing of Manufacturing Equipment

From U.S. Tech Magazine January 2012

Inline wave soldering system. In the 1960s when transistors began to replace cumbersome vacuum tubes, a new industrial revolution was born. Soon, a young entrepreneur seized an opportunity. From his station wagon, Henry Mann began selling specially designed tools used to insert through-hole components in their holes in circuit boards. Back then, this was all done by hand — but this was soon to change. As the electronics industry advanced, and automated component placement machines appeared, Manncorp moved to the forefront, and today continues to offer state-of-the-art machines that cover the entire surface mount production process, from prototyping to mid-volume assembly. The end products produced by today's electronics industry are not only exceptional in themselves; they are also marketed with great skill. Just consider the savvy and successful techniques of Apple, IBM, HP, Intel and numerous others through the years. There's another level of sales involved here — the machines that build these products — and that's where there's a big lapse in marketing strategy. Manncorp stands out as a major exception; as a surface mount manufacturing equipment source, it is likely to be acknowledged even by its fiercest competitors to be well ahead of the pack when it comes to marketing. CEO Henry Mann's formidable list of electronics marketing firsts started in the late 60s with the publication of an equipment catalog containing detailed product descriptions and prices. In the boom era of the 80s and 90s, it was 400 pages thick and mailed to nearly 60,000 engineers. Other firsts included a fleet of 12 roving "Mann Vans" which demonstrated assembly equipment right at the customers' facilities. Marketing Firsts   Not only did the company excel in marketing firsts, it achieved numerous design and manufacturing breakthroughs of specialized hardware, such as surface mount die sets used in the first LCD watches by Optel and Timex. Manncorp also produced the milspec component-forming tooling and machines for the circuit boards that Hughes Aircraft assembled for early NASA satellites. These were major achievements for a high tech company whose leader had no engineering or manufacturing background. But those voids were overshadowed by Mann's innate ability to recognize and develop products that fill a need coupled with an intuitive grasp as to how they should be marketed. When the Web was in its infancy, Mann was among the first in this industry to seize its potential as a marketing medium, erecting a website that was more than just a product showcase — it produced sales by generating instant quotations online, direct-to-user without the aid of a salesperson. Early on, the company also began using e-mail to inform customers and prospects of new products — and still does so on a regular basis. High-speed pick-and-place assembly system. Today, on-line shopping carts are filled by OEMs and contract assemblers from all over the world — from $10 parts to $500,000 equipment lines. As a result, the company has been able to spin off two other websites. One is www.smtsolderpaste.com, which is an online source for solder paste sold and shipped direct to end users. In less than two years, the site has reportedly generated significant market share by offering quality pastes a lower cost. And a recent launch, www.manncorpdirect.com, is poised to become a new shopping experience for users of surface mount assembly equipment for low-to-mid-volume benchtop categories . According to the company, the new site will be making a major assault on the unbranded machines that wind up on our shores. U.S. purchasers of unbranded equipment — initially lured by low price — unfortunately find that they have no recourse to deal with machine failures because of a lack of service and replacement parts. They are also frustrated by worthless user manuals written in gibberish — often very poor computer translations into English that's not English. Broad Range of Equipment   Manncorp service, support and warranties will also apply to purchases made at www.manncorpdirect.com along with "pricing that rivals that of unknown and unsupported brands." Equipment categories include component counters, dry boxes, conveyors, depanelers, lead formers, reflow ovens, wave solder machines, stencil printers, rework equipment and benchtop pick-and-place systems — all available for fast delivery. Rework station provides both top and bottom hot air heating. Consumer products win sales based on their inherent glamour and status-generating appeals, along with the ability to improve the user's life while saving time. Most of those benefits don't apply to screen printers, pick-and-place machines, reflow ovens, and other production machines. Successful marketing requires facts, not emotional appeals. Henry Mann does it by simplifying the benchmarking process, allowing web visitors to easily evaluate machines against the competition. Looking ahead to 2012, plans call for numerous new products as well as upgrades to existing equipment lines. In addition, by late summer of 2012, the company expects to be in its newly constructed 20,000-ft.2 headquarters located less than a mile from its present suburban Philadelphia location. The company is now taking orders for early 2012 delivery of the new HS series of faster and higher throughput 6 and 8-head pick-and-place models, with placement speeds of 18,000 to 25,000 cph. Starting prices are low, making these machines the company's long-anticipated step-up to high-speed ultra-flexible systems at considerable savings. LED equipment lines will also be expanded to accommodate the growing demand for high-speed (25,000 cph) placement systems with expanded board lengths and larger feeder capacities that allow the machines to also perform as high-throughput SMT pick-and-place systems. Through-hole LED insertion systems and odd parts placement capability will also be available next year, along with a new fully automatic inline vision printer designed for large LED boards. Pick-and-Place Systems   Benchtop pick-and-place systems, favored by high-tech sector start-ups and university engineering departments, will also undergo have serious upgrades for ultra-reliable placement of today's parts ranging from 0201s through large QFPs and BGAs. A new low-cost large-board manual stencil printer for large panels or LEDs with camera for through-stencil viewing will be added. A fully automatic version with fiducial recognition will follow. In the rework department, a new high-precision model is being introduced that will process ultra-fine chips down to 01005. Mann anticipates that it will be half the price of systems presently available with similar features. Other post-assembly products include a new low-cost AOI system as well as an automatic solder paste inspection station. The company's successful affiliation with KIC — which began this year — will be scaled upward with inclusion of KIC's Auto Focus Power as a value-added feature for most of the company's CR Series Reflow Ovens. This process-optimizing software greatly simplifies start-up profiling. Manncorp also plans to introduce a standalone selective soldering system that combines fluxing and automated point-to-point soldering. Growing Offshore Markets   When asked if there were any unmet marketing challenges, the CEO admitted that his company has been engaged in a work-in-progress effort of understanding and addressing the PCB assembly requirements of growing offshore markets. "Right now, over 30 percent of our sales are outside the U.S. and Canada. But we still need to improve by making our website easier to understand and by giving ultra-high priorities to installation and after-the-sale service," he said. Manncorp has sales and demo facilities in Willow Grove, PA and San Diego, CA, with other offices in Guadalajara, Mexico and Shenzhen, China. The company also maintains a major presence at American Competitive Institute (ACI), an equipment training and demonstration facility sponsored by the U.S. Navy, where Manncorp machines are available for hands-on demo. ACI is near Philadelphia's International Airport. Sales engineers on both the East and West Coast are reachable by phone, e-mail or text to discuss applications and to answer questions. There are also four full-time techs who install, train and service Manncorp equipment. The marketing staff includes a director who also oversees public relations and branding, a graphic designer, tech writer, IT technician, a social media and web analytics supervisor and an administrative assistant. They support the rest of the Manncorp team that includes service personnel, sales engineers — plus QA and logistics personnel based in the U.S. and overseas, who all work in close support with the numerous factories that produce Manncorp equipment.

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Manncorp Lead-Free Wave Solder Machines for Every Application

Introducing The Ultra-Compact 16.350 Wave Solder Machine by Manncorp

Our Best-Selling Dual-Wave Lead-Free Soldering System Is Now Available in a Smaller, More Economical Model!

Manncorp Compact 28.400 Wave Solder Machine

Our Most Affordably Priced, Lead-Free, Dual-Wave Soldering System for Medium- to High-Volume Production...Only 9 Feet Long!

Manncorp Compact 32.400 Wave Solder Machine

Just Over 10 Ft. In Length... No Other Lead-Free, Dual-Wave Soldering System Provides So Much Performance for So Little!

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Manncorp 16.350 does this – with the added advantage of smaller solder pots that require a reduced front-end investment in costly solder.

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Today I want to introduce a new wave solder machine - Manncorp 16.350.

Manncorp’s two-pot 16.350 wave solder machine is designed for assemblers who require both a lead-free and tin/lead capability. The compact machine is less than 5½ ft. long and offers the added advantage of low-capacity solder pots which reportedly substantially reduces the costly front-end solder investment.

Also we are having SPECIAL! $2000 Off On Second Solder Pot until 12/31/2011. To get more information about this wonderful machine and prices, please check our website: 16.350 Dual-Wave Soldering Machine