South Plainfield, NJ–Cookson Electronics Engineered Products, of ALPHA, Cookson announced today that it is launching the ALPHA® BLADE line of high performance stainless steel squeegee blades.

“We are pleased to offer the ALPHA® BLADE line, and we look forward to working with our customers to maximize the value of the consistent performance these new ALPHA squeegee blades will deliver to their printing processes. ALPHA BLADE products and our responsive service reflect our deep knowledge and experience in the ‘Science of Printing”, said Ravi Bhatkal, Vice President and General Manager, Engineered Products.

ALPHA^® BLADE High Performance Stencil Squeegee Blades are designed and manufactured to provide the ultimate stencil printing performance for most surface mount requirements, particularly when used in conjunction with ALPHA^® Solder Pastes and/or ALPHA^® Stencils.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

• High Repeatability: ALPHA^® BLADE Squeegee’s are manufactured to deliver consistent performance by eliminating design and manufacturing inconsistencies.
• Ultimate Availability: Our global manufacturing network provides fast-turnaround lead times when and where required. We can prepare Custom Flat Squeegee designs regardless of customer location.
• One-Stop-Shop: Working with Cookson Electronics, also gives you access to the internal synergy that exists between in-house manufactured advanced ALPHA^® Stencils (Electroform Nickel, Laser Cut Stainless Steel or Laser Cut Nickel) and ALPHA^® Assembly Materials Group (Stencils, Solder Pastes and Preforms etc.) without having multiple suppliers for your process.
• Availability: ALPHA® BLADE products are available in flat form in standard 6 inch to 22 inch lengths and thicknesses from 4 – 15 mils.

With over 800 man years of combined experience in the stencils business, Cookson Electronics’ Engineered Products Group helps the electronics manufacturing community by:

• Engaging with the customer early in the design process, to understand customer requirements.
• Supporting the design effort by providing Cookson’s design recommendations, that are based on Cookson’s deep knowledge of the printing process, that enables the right paste volume to be deposited in the right place, consistently.
• Providing Cookson’s PCB Scaling Service that can optimize the stencil to better correct for board stretch. Scaling of the stencil design to the corresponding PCB, thus reducing defects and rework, and improving first pass yield in the NPI process.
• Regular monitoring and control of the positional accuracy of Cookson’s lasers, to provide accurate and consistent stencil quality.
• Providing stepped stencils and unique aperture designs developed by Cookson to allow single stencils designed for broad range of deposit volumes to provide the right paste volume where needed.
• Providing fast turnaround of the stencils from one of our strategic locations.
• Providing ALPHA® Global Technical Service and Support, and Cookson’s deep technical knowledge of the printing process, to help implement our stencils in the field and troubleshoot if necessary, enabling the customer achieve higher first pass yields and faster implementation.

* Not all services are available yet in each global market.