Clear acrylic visual placement inspection boards enable alignment checks of surface mount components such as BGAs, micro BGAs, CSPs and flip chips to be made without X-ray or camera systems.

The TopLine clear acrylic visual placement inspection boards from Kaisertech enable alignment checks of surface mount components such as BGAs, micro BGAs, CSPs and flip chips to be made without X-ray or placement camera systems. The 100 x 140mm boards are 1.6mm thick and have a sticky surface, with peel-off protective cover, so that components can be temporarily placed without soldering. Turning the board over shows the accuracy of the component placement and if all the solder balls are aligned on the pads.

The components can then be removed for re-use and any adjustments required can be made to the placer and the process repeated if necessary.

These new test boards are part of the TopLine range that includes over 1000 different dummy components that can be used in set-up and prototyping to save the cost of costly real components.

There are also 75 types of practice kits to enable manufacturers to optimise SMD assembly processes.

Typical applications include machine evaluation, acceptance testing, solder training, temperature profiling, re-certification, prototype designs and demonstrations.