Mass Design, Inc. Selects Schmoll PCB Drilling System From Burkle North America Alliance Partner

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. and NASHUA, N.H., June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Burkle North America's FabFour Group, today announced that Mass Design, Inc. of Nashua, New Hampshire has placed an order for an advanced high-speed drilling system from Schmoll Maschinen to fabricate increasingly intricate and miniaturized printed circuit boards (PCBs). Schmoll Maschinen is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. The Schmoll machine (image at http://yousend.it/Mass_Design) is scheduled for installation in June 2011.

In making the announcement, Dave Howard, Vice President and Business Unit Manager for Burkle North America (www.burkleusa.com) said, "The model MX-1 DH CCD is a single-station drilling and routing system equipped with high-speed linear motors in the X, Y and Z axis.  In addition, this particular unit is configured with dual heads; one used for drilling and one for routing as well as a CCD camera for both surface and inner-layer registration work."  Burkle is a leading supplier of technology, equipment and manufacturing solutions to the PCB industry in North America.

Noted Bill Gately, Sales Manager at Mass Design (www.massdesign.com), "The addition of a Schmoll drilling and router system is significant when it comes to delivering PCBs that are increasingly complex and miniaturized for our medical technology, defense, aerospace and other customers who require high-reliability rigid, flex and rigid-flex PCBs."

Neil Chulada, Operations Manager added, "During the past two years Mass Design has been investing heavily in advanced manufacturing technology and machinery. With a tool like the Schmoll MX-1, we can improve both speed and accuracy and, as a result, become even more competitive in the market sector we serve."

The company offers design through prototype, testing, fabrication and assembly at its 75,000 square-foot technology and manufacturing center just north of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Mass Design customers include Siemens, GE Healthcare, Nova Biomedical, Baxter, Fresenius, Tyco, Boeing, Raytheon and Bose.

Schmoll, located near Frankfurt, Germany is part of Burkle's FabFour Machinery Alliance consisting of Burkle Lamination and Coating Systems, Bacher Registration and Exposure Systems and LHMT Scoring and Beveling equipment.

For more information, contact Dave Howard at [email protected] or 714-379-5090, or visit Burkle North America's Web Site at www.burkleusa.com.

For information about Mass Design, contact Bill Gately at [email protected] or 781-681-6650 or visit (www.massdesign.com).

SOURCE Mass Design, Inc.