Idem Safety Invests in turnkey Line

During 2021 we were extremely pleased to receive an order for a full Turnkey Line Solution from Wigan based Idem Safety Switches Ltd. Despite the difficult conditions logistically, the full line installation was completed at the end of the year. Idem Safety’s Production Director Neal Armstrong explained his reason for choosing Blundell as their preferred partner for this investment – “Prior to installation of the new line and with the support of Blundell Production Equipment, Idem had set up a smaller line a few years earlier. Over that period the support from Blundell Engineers and their relationship with the OEM for each item of equipment had proven indispensable to maintain the high quality, volume throughput and higher complexity of our electronic products.” The Turnkey Line supplied comprises of the Yamaha i-Pulse S20 12-head placement system, HIT520LV Stencil Printer and the Kurtz Ersa Hotflow 314e Reflow Oven. All board handling was provided by our preferred supplier Nutek, who are also known for quality, reliability, and aftersales support based in the UK. The Yamaha i-Pulse S20 12 placement system was specified with changeable feeder banks to provide flexibility and rapid job changeover, thus increasing line utilisation. The IP-ProT offline software with the Common Set-up Optimisation feature allows Idem to manage the high number of common usage parts and provide fast set-up changes with minimal feeder exchanges on the front of the machine. The 12-Head system has an IPC test rating of 32,000 Cph with a very wide component handling range from 01005 chip parts up to 120 mm x 90 mm parts with a max component height of 30 mm. The HIT520LV Stencil Printer with standard features such as 2D SPI and Understencil cleaning with the optional automatic solder paste replenishment function provides reliable and stable printing results with minimal operator input once the process is running. The market leading Kurtz Ersa 314e Reflow oven is a well proven system known for its process stability and reliability. Ersa reflow systems are extremely power efficient and provides genuine energy cost savings due to thermal efficiency and power saving start-up function. Neal explained further his decision to choose Blundell to be the supplier - “With the installation of the new line our target was to still provide ourselves with the continued flexibility and highest quality products while greatly increasing our volume. Blundell Production Equipment assisted us from concept, equipment choice and installation by having the foresight to understand our requirements and what was needed moving forwards. Although other equipment suppliers and distributers were spoken too, one of the underlying concerns was always the after sales support that would be required to maintain and accommodate product production and NPI. With this in mind, our partner of choice had to be Blundell.” IDEM Safety Switches Ltd designs and manufactures a vast range of machine safety products that save lives and improve productivity. Each product has been engineered with the customer in mind, ensuring long term reliability, even in the harshest of environments. If you would like to know more about Idem Safety Products Ltd please visit https://idemsafety.com/