San Diego — KIC, the leader of thermal process development and control products, and winner of multiple industry awards, announces that it will highlight the Auto-Focus Power option for reflow ovens and wave solder machines in booth 1977 at the upcoming APEX exhibition and conference, scheduled to take place April 1-3, 2008, in Las Vegas.

This next-generation thermal process optimization system “googles” available oven recipes and automatically selects the most optimum process for individual applications. The standard Auto-Focus automatically selects the recipe that positions the process in the center of the process window, or alternatively the fastest throughput. The new, advanced Auto-Focus Power software product adds a third optimization criterion, namely by selecting the recipe that yields lower energy consumption.

Third-party research has verified the ability of the Auto-Focus Power option to reduce energy consumption. This key feature results in significant cost savings in today’s environment of increasing energy prices.