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This month issue
An Independent Journal Dedicated to the Advancement of Chip - Scale Electronics
September - October 2000

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Singulation Trends: Automation and Integration Are the Order of the Day

Manufacturers and Suppliers of Singulation Equipment
Company
Model
Introduced
Largest Substrate
Method,
Cutting Blade Size
and Types
Substrate Types
(Applications)
Contact Information
E-mail, Web Site
U.S. Price
Avalon Technology(1);
Subsidiary of Advanced
Systems Automation Ltd.
54 Serangoon North Avenue 4
Singapore 555854

Phone: +65.482.5885

Founded: 1978

SSS V2
Singulation and
Sorting System
70 mm x 250 mm
(Option: 310 mm x
85 mm)
Sawing
Array BGA, Upgradeable
to BCC, QFN
Robin Seah, Corporate
Marketing Executive

[robin@asa.com.sg]
[asa.com.sg]

Disco Corporation(2); Japan
U.S. Sales: Disco Hi-Tec America Inc.,
3270 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara,
CA 95054

Founded: 1937

DAD/EAD641, DAD/EAD681,
DAD/EAD691, DAD381
These systems are based on
wafer-dicing saws and have
been modified to handle
both OEM/end user
requirements
.
Model 61/224 mm
681/691 250 mm
381/300 mm
641/381: Single spindle
up to 50 mm blade OD.
681/691: Dual spindle, .
75 mm blade OC.
641, 681, 691 and 381
Various BGA/CSP
substrates, including
QFN/MLP products
Chris Winkler, Dicing
Products Group Leader

[chris_w@discousa.com]
[disco.co.jp]

Han-Mi Company Ltd.(1)
533-3 Kajwa-Dong, Seo-Ku
Inchon, 404-250 Korea

Phone: +82.32.580.1650
Fax: +82.32.580.9753

Founded: 1980

Sawing and Placement 2000

April 1998

70 mm x 225 mm Sawing/50 mm blade,
hub/hubless
CA-BGA, F-BGA,
TA-BGA, Flex-BGA
Mike M.H. Kim,
General Manager

[mike@hanmico.com]
[hanmico.com]

$380,000 handler only

Industrial Tools Inc.(1)
1111 S. Rose Ave.
Oxnard, CA 93033

Phone: 805.483.1111
Fax: 805.483.6302

Founded: 1961

ITI-2000 Fully Automatic
Singulating Saw System

March 2000

100 mm x 300 mm Sawing with diamond blade
or carbide saw 56 mm-76 mm
diamond blade or carbide
saw, resin bond, metal
bond (sintered) or plated.
BGA, CSP, chip carriers Robert M. Landry,
Vice President of
Sales & Mktg.

[bobl@indtools.com]
[indtools.com]

< $200,000

Kulicke & Soffa Dicing Systems
P.O. Box 875, Haifa, Israel 31008

Phone: +972.4.854.5222
Fax: 972.4.855.0001

7100ad
7100hm
N/A Single spindle
7100ad: 50-75 mm
7100hm: 100-125 mm
7100ad: Wafer and
thin substrate dicing
7100hm: hard and
thick materials
Tommy Weiss

[tweiss@kns.dicesys.com]
[kns.com]

Manufacturing Technology Inc.(1,2)
2226 Goodyear Ave.
Ventura, CA 93003

Phone: 805.644.9681
Fax: 805.644.3541

Founded: 1979

NSX-180
NSX-250 dual spindle

August 1999

305 mm x 375 mm Slicing/dicing with
diamond blades
Glass dicing, CSPs,
optical waferscale,
fiber optics, thin film,
ceramic capacitors
Bill Abeyta

[babeyta@mtionline.com]
[mtionline.com]

$100,000-$500,000

MCT Smart Solutions(1,2)
Micro Component Technology Inc.
2340 West Cty. Rd. C,
St. Paul, MN 55113

Phone: 651.697.4075
Fax: 651.697.4112

Founded: 1972

MCT SmartSort

May 2000

125 mm x 300 mm Gang saw, dual spindles,
diamond or solid carbide
blades, many sizes/
configurations
Micro-metal
leadframe, FR-4
or BT laminate
or polymide
Brad Reynolds,
Director of Product Sales

[brad.reynolds@mct.com]
[mct.com]

$350,000-$400,000
singulation module
$300,000-$400,000
SmartSort

Meco Equipment(1)
Engineers B.V., Marconilaan 2,
Drunen, The Netherlands

Phone: +31.416.384.384

Founded: 1979

Meco Interposer
Singulation System

July 1999

70 mm x 250 mm Single spindle,
single blade
All types, rigid,
semi-rigid and flex
R.J. Foppen,
Director of Sales &
Marketing

[sales@meco.nl]
[meco.nl]

$450,000

Motorola Manufacturing Systems
Division of Motorola Inc.
1303 Algonquin Road
Schaumburg, IL 60196

Founded: 1989

Information not supplied        
Towa (Kyoto, Japan)
U.S. Sales: Towa America Inc./
Intercon Technology Inc.
280 Cochrane Circle
Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Phone: 408.778.5992

Founded: 1979

Information not supplied       [intercontools.net]
1: These manufacturers have indicated that the listing system(s) are automatic and that pattern recognition vision systems are either standard or available on the unit. All information given was supplied by the manufacturer. 2: See their ad in this issue.
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