Spotlight on IBL

IBL was founded in 1987 and specialise in vapour phase reflow technology. In their thirtieth year, we took a close look at their range of reflow ovens including batch vapour phase, inline oven as well as ovens utilising vacuum technology. We also caught up with Olaf Cieply at SMT Connect and asked him to provide a quick overview on IBL and their excellent ovens.

With more than fifty patents, it is no surprise that IBL’s vapour phase product range is of such good quality. Everything has been designed to maximise cycle time and quality of the boards.

Olaf talks about some of the technology in the video and shares some of the most notable advances in their products.

Below is a range of IBL’s vapour phase solutions, designed for every need including batch, inline and vacuum machines.

Minilab for Batch Soldering

The Minilab is a batch machine and therefore the assemblies are loaded and unloaded by hand. However, the solder cycle is done fully automatically by the machine itself.

• Table top unit, ideal for development and prototyping
• Board sizes up to 300 x 275 x 80 mm
• Low energy and fluid consumption with integrated heat exchanger

BLC 420 Series

The BLC 420 can be utilised as a batch or as an inline solution. It consists of two chambers so it provides more capability that a desktop system while still benefitting from a small footprint.

• Big Touch Screen with comfortable operation
• Cost-saving due to the 2-chamber design and medium recovery
• Wide variety of adjustable solder profiles
• Integrated cooling fan
• Comfortable temperature measuring and profiling with 4 internal channels

BLC Inline Vapour Phase

IThe BLC inline Vapour Phase is a powerful system for more demanding processing. It includes an easy one step profile set-up with an Intelligent profiling system (IPS), as well as benefitting from patented Soft Vapor Temperature Control (SVTC).

• Different machine types with carrier sizes from 450 x 540 x 80 mm up to 850 x 540 x 80 mm
• Low energy and fluid consumption with 2-chamber design and integrated heat exchanger
• Lead-free and leaded soldering on one machine with one fluid
• Live temperature monitoring with IBL Software (VP-Control) without profiler
• Traceability and documentation with IBL Software (VP-Control) optionally with barcode function

CX600/CX800 Inline Vapour Phase

This fully automated solution from IBL provides high quality and precision with every board processed.

• Vapor Phase Inline System for high volume throughput
• A cycle time of under 20 sec. per board is possible
• Carrier sizes from 680 x 650 x 80 mm up to 825 x 650 x 80 mm
• Fully automatic inline operation

CCS100 Inline Vapour Phase Reflow

The CCS100 is a compact high-performance inline system which was designed for the 24/7-operation. The line capable system convinces by its high process flexibilty, extraordinary high productivity and solder quality.

• Multiple-carrier system with variable lane configuration of the work piece carriers
• Modular design, multi-zone construction with upstream buffer and downstream cooling zone
• Efficient Maintenance System with Galden levelling and filtering system
• Automatic loading and unloading of the boards
• Comfortable operation through 21,5″ HMI touchscreen display

VAC745/765 Integrated Vacuum

The VAC745/765 provides maximum solder quality and is quoted as ‘void-free soldering’. This is ideal for critical applications that require zero voiding such as medical devices or boards used in space and defence.

• Void-free solder joints with highest quality
• Inert atmosphere during the whole reflow and vacuum process
• Temperature recording and profiling with 4 integrated channels
• Automatic monitoring of vacuum process
• Maintenance-free transport system (patented)