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“ The new line is up to 200 percent faster than our old equipment and is capable of placing up to 21,000 components per hour,” she adds.“ With a full stock management system and numerous automated testing and inspection stages, the system can accurately place and inspect extremely small components, allowing us to support designs using the latest innovations. We’ ve seen a huge increase in productivity and flexibility since the installation, and it gives us the potential to expand our capabilities with new contracts beyond low-to-medium volume manufacturing.”
However, the investments don’ t stop there, as the business also invested £ 300,000 in a selective solder machine.“ Selective soldering is a process used to solder specific areas of a PCB while avoiding others,” Mariam explains.“ Unlike traditional wave soldering, which involves dipping the entire PCB into a molten solder
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e: sales @ rdmoore. com t: 01530 510224 bath, selective soldering is a more targeted approach that allows for greater precision and control. This is a huge improvement to the current‘ hand soldering’ at Datalink, as the machine is capable of soldering highly complex assemblies while ensuring consistently increased precision and efficiency.”
With its new owner, Mariam, at the helm, it’ s clear that Datalink is entering a new era characterized by strategic expansion and investment, as well as a recent rebranding.“ Our refreshed brand identity marks a significant milestone in the company’ s evolution, reflecting our commitment to innovation and excellence,” Mariam elaborates.“ Our traditional identity with a blue color palette and classic typeface has been synonymous with our reliability and has seen us through several milestones, including our expansion into medical devices and electronics for explosive environments.
“ As we step into this new chapter, our refreshed brand features the introduction of grey and orange to our colour scheme,
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