Count On Tools, Inc. (COT), a leading provider of precision components and SMT spare parts, announces that it was awarded a 2019 Mexico Technology Award in the category of Assembly Tools for its ezLOAD PCB Support System. The award was presented to the company during a Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 ceremony that took place during the SMTA Guadalajara Expo & Tech Forum. 

Curt Couch, Vice President of COT, commented about the award: “The COT team is extremely grateful and honored to be considered and chosen for this award. This product truly does represent the approach of ‘keeping it simple’ while maintaining quality, efficiency and sustainability within many PCB assembly and inspection processes. Thanks again to the Mexico Technology Awards and the customers that support COT.”

Count On Tools, Inc. (COT), a leading provider of precision components and SMT spare parts, will exhibit at the SMTA Guadalajara Expo & Tech Forum, scheduled to take place Oct. 23-24, 2019 at the Expo Guadalajara. The company will exhibit with its representative SW Systems Technology and will continue its focus on its core product lines at the show: 

• Standard Nozzles: COT’s catalog of products includes standard nozzles and tooling replacement parts for the top OEMs, including ASM, Fuji, Panasonic, Mycronic, Yamaha, Hanwha/Samsung, Juki, Quad and more. The team at COT understands that customers often have more than just one OEM’s range of machines. Therefore, the company tries to offer as wide a range of SMT nozzles and consumables as possible so that you can keep your suppliers to a minimum. Recent price restructuring also means more cost savings for customers. 
  
• Custom Nozzles & Tooling: COT has the experience and manufacturing flexibility to develop custom engineered solutions to satisfy your individual process requirements. With more than 25 years of experience on multiple machine platforms, COT’s team has the professional expertise to solve your pick-and-place issues! This would include special nozzles for LEDs, connectors, switches, push buttons, pins, clips, heavy, over-sized, and more. There is no limit to COT’s capabilities when it comes to automating your custom component processes. Thanks to our continued expansion projects, COT has increased its manufacturing capabilities in the custom nozzle division to increase throughput and reduce cost for customers.

• Component Handling Products: COT offers several styles of component handling trays based on industry proven specifications and the unique requirements of each product. These include the award winning Stripfeeder Platform and the QWIKTRAY custom matrix tray systems. Application requirements such as temperature and chemical exposure, manufacturing processes, mechanical and electrical constraints are factors that are combined with operation considerations including production volumes, build costs, total estimated usage and process control. From off the shelf kits to custom built tray products, rest assured that COT has the right fit for your next job.

• Automation Tooling Products: As a design and manufacturing company, COT specializes in developing solutions. The focus of the company’s development projects has been on improving the methods of assembly of printed circuit boards. Every aspect of this process can benefit from automation tooling. Customers come to COT with problems that they experience, such as having to hand place odd-form components, repairing worn/damaged feeders, or developing universal board supports, like the ezLOAD series. COT’s team sees every opportunity as a challenge to prove that they are capable of producing solutions at every level of the SMT assembly process, especially nozzles and tooling. The technology that COT has developed over the years has allowed the company to design and manufacture custom engineered tooling for any process in the SMT industry.

PCBASupplies distributes Count On Tools’ products throughout North America and Mexico. For more information about Count On Tools’ products and services, or to place an order, visit www.PCBASupplies.com. 

Count On Tools, Inc. (COT), a leading provider of precision components and SMT spare parts, will exhibit in Booth #1613 at the 2018 IPC APEX EXPO, scheduled to take place Feb. 27 through March 1, 2018 at the San Diego Convention Center in Calif. The COT team will focus on its core product lines at the show:

• Standard Nozzles: COT’s catalog of products includes standard nozzle and tooling replacement parts for the top OEM’s, including Fuji, Panasonic, Mycronic, Yamaha, Hanwha/Samsung, Juki, Hitachi, and more. The team at COT understands that customers often have more than just one OEM’s range of machines. Therefore, the company tries to offer as wide a range of SMT nozzles and consumables as possible so that you can keep your supplier bases to a minimum. Recent price restructuring also means more cost savings for customers. COT’s has planned to showcase new SMT nozzle lines for the Fuji NXT machines with the H04S, H08M, & H24 heads as well as nozzles for Hanwha/Samsung Excen machines.
  
  
• Custom Nozzles: COT has the experience and manufacturing flexibility to develop custom engineered solutions to satisfy your individual process requirements. With more than 25 years of experience on multiple machine platforms, COT’s team has the professional expertise to solve your pick-and-place issues! This would include special nozzles for LEDs, connectors, switches, push buttons, pins, clips, heavy, over-sized, and more. There is no limit to COT’s capabilities when it comes to automating your custom component processes. Thanks to our recent $2Million expansion project, COT has increased its manufacturing capabilities across all divisions of the company.
  
  
• Component Handling Products: COT offers several styles of component handling trays based on industry proven specifications and the unique requirements of each product. These include the Stripfeeder Platform and the QWIKTRAY systems. Application requirements such as temperature and chemical exposure, manufacturing processes, mechanical and electrical constraints are factors that are combined with operation considerations including production volumes, build costs, total estimated usage and process control. From off the shelf kits to custom built tray products, rest assured that COT has the right fit for your next job.
  
  
• Automation Tooling Products: As a design and manufacturing company, COT specializes in developing solutions. The focus of the company’s development projects has been on improving the methods of assembly of printed circuit boards. Every aspect of this process can benefit from automation tooling. Customers come to COT with problems that they experience, such as having to hand place odd-form components, repairing worn/damaged feeders, or developing universal board supports, like the ezLOAD series. COT’s team sees every opportunity as a challenge to prove that they are capable of producing solutions at every level of the SMT assembly process, especially nozzles and tooling. The technology that COT has developed over the years has allowed the company to design and manufacture custom engineered tooling for any process in the SMT industry.

Count On Tools Inc. (COT), a leading provider of precision components and SMT spare parts, today announced plans to expand its repair program for Mycronic Agilis Feeders by offering Feeder Repair Kits for the Agilis FLEX feeders. Each Mycronic Feeder Repair Kit will include: a precision machined aluminum side cover plate and matching barcode.

This is the only repair option for these feeders on the market and provides significant cost savings in comparison to purchasing replacement feeders. With each broken feeder, customers are throwing away money. Thanks to the introduction of the new Feeder Repair Kits, customers can expect much higher durability combined with significant cost savings and reduced waste.

The new Mycronic Feeder Repair Kits can be installed by the customer, eliminating the need for worn / damaged feeders to be sent in to Count On Tools for repair. This new system also allows users to repair feeders with broken finger tabs. The robust all aluminum construction of the new feeder side cover plate means greater strength and more durability. All components are precision machined replacements for the original parts using high quality materials and industry leading coatings. Count On Tools guarantees the functionality of the parts included in the repair kits in the equipment and the ability to extend the life cycle of worn or damaged feeders.

The MYDATA Feeder Repair Kits also are available for the 3.7, 4.0, 4.7, and 5.4 size Agilis 8 feeders. To take advantage of this service, customers will need to supply Count On Tools with Feeder ID codes. Count On Tools will then label each feeder with a matching barcode sticker to ensure full functionality with the MYDATA software and equipment.

Count On Tools Inc. (COT), a leading provider of precision components and SMT spare parts, is pleased to announce that it now offers a complete line of nozzles for the Panasonic AM100 machines. These nozzle designs enable highly accurate, repeatable, optimized chip placement. The AM Series equipment maintains the high standards for capability, flexibility and reliability that customers expect in a cost-effective, incrementally scalable, high-mix SMT solution.

The expanded series of Panasonic replacement nozzles for the AM100’s placement heads offers a high productivity, low-cost alternative to OEM nozzles. Most standard nozzles are available in a variety of materials, such as durable ceramics. All AM100 nozzles also feature laser marked factory barcodes.

All Panasonic AM100 nozzles from Count On Tools utilize the same style reflectors as the OEM with a special hard coating to provide waterproofing, prevent scratches, and increase tool life and overall durability.

Count On Tools also provides custom engineered nozzle designs from the OEM as well as special nozzle designs for odd-form components (LEDs, connectors, pins, clips, grippers, etc.) based on customer and application specific requirements. There is no limit to our capabilities when it comes to automating your custom component processes; we make the nozzle to fit your application.

All of Count On Tools’ SMT nozzles and consumables are guaranteed to function properly with the original equipment. Every product manufactured by Count On Tools comes standard with a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. If any customer is not completely satisfied with the performance or quality of a product, Count On Tools will replace it or offer a full refund.

Count On Tools Inc. (COT), a leading provider of precision components and SMT spare parts, is pleased to announce that it now offers a complete line of nozzles for the Samsung – Hanwha Techwin EXCEN chip mounters. These nozzle designs enable highly accurate, repeatable, optimized chip placement. The expanded series of Samsung – Hanwha replacement nozzles for the EXCEN HS high-speed placement heads offers a high productivity, low-cost alternative to OEM nozzles. Most standard nozzles are available in a variety of materials, such as durable ceramics.

Count On Tools also provides custom engineered nozzle designs from the OEM as well as special nozzle designs for odd-form components (LEDs, connectors, pins, clips, grippers, etc.) based on customer and application specific requirements. There is no limit to our capabilities when it comes to automating your custom component processes; we make the nozzle to fit your application.

All of Count On Tools’ SMT nozzles and consumables are guaranteed to function properly with the original equipment. Every product manufactured by Count On Tools comes standard with a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. If any customer is not completely satisfied with the performance or quality of a product, Count On Tools will replace it or offer a full refund.