Blog: Inspection Matters

Kicking off 2023 with Southern Electronics & Manufacturing

January 16, 2023
Kicking off 2023 with Southern Electronics & Manufacturing

The New Year is now well under way and we’ll be kicking off the 2023 European events calendar in a couple of weeks with Southern Manufacturing & Electronics. We’ll be bringing our AOI solutions to the upcoming Southern show, to be held on 7-9th February 2023 at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre. This event is the most comprehensive annual industrial exhibition in the UK and a major pan-European showcase for new technology in machinery, production equipment,…
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Mek at IPC Apex 2023

January 3, 2023
Mek at IPC Apex 2023

  Mek will be part of North America’s largest gathering of electronics manufacturing professionals later this month – the IPC APEX EXPO 2023, at San Diego Convention Center on January 24th – 26th, 2023.  This annual event is a great opportunity for us to showcase our latest AOI technology and meet colleagues old and new and we invite you to visit us on booth #1539 to witness the latest innovations in automated optical inspection. Mek…
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Happy Christmas and best wishes for a successful 2023!

December 19, 2022
Happy Christmas and best wishes for a successful 2023!

All of us at Mek would like to say a huge thank you for the incredible support we have received from our customers this year. 2022 has been a challenging one for the electronics manufacturing market, with unprecedented changes in global trade and supply chain disruptions and human resource shortages like we’ve never experienced before. Despite the unprecedented challenges Mek is pleased to report a busy and successful year, and we have been able to finish it with improved processes and successful…
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Mek Annual Global Technical Meeting in Japan

December 7, 2022
Mek Annual Global Technical Meeting in Japan

The Mek Annual Global Technical Meeting took place last month, live in Japan. As the Covid pandemic releases its’ grip and life, including business travel, is getting back to normal, it was a great opportunity for the Mek teams from around the globe to assemble to discuss product and development roadmaps for the forthcoming year. The attendees included the personnel of the Marantz Japan Headquarters along with the CEO’s, hardware/software managers, & sales managers of…
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Mek at the MATELEC Trade Fair

November 15, 2022
Mek at the MATELEC Trade Fair

This week you’ll be able to find us at MATELEC 2022 in Madrid.  Matelec is one of the largest events for the electronic, electrical and telecommunications industry in southern Europe, and brings together over 1,600 companies from almost 100 countries. We are here together with one of our Sales Channel Partners, AB Electronics – located in Hall 5, Booth #5C01. Matelec is a four-day event, finishing on Friday 18th of November 2022. Our experts at the…
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Successful SMTA Shows In Florida

October 20, 2022
Successful SMTA Shows In Florida

A couple of weeks we exhibited at both the SMTA Tampa show and the SMTA Space Coast Expo & Tech Forum in Melbourne, Florida. where we showed our PowerSpector desktop AOI plus a specially modified version of our VeriSpector THT manual assembly station AOI. We’re happy to say we had a good show in both locations. Finally out of the Coronavirus shadow, the events were a big improvement on last year and well attended by…
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The Mek Fall season of trade shows gets underway

September 21, 2022
The Mek Fall season of trade shows gets underway

Our Americas Fall shows are now just around the corner. We will exhibit at the SMTA Tampa Expo & Tech Forum, taking place Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at the St. Petersburg Marriott Clearwater in Florida. As members of the SMTA Tampa chapter this is our home show, just across the bay from our US office.  Our knowledgeable experts will be there to demonstrate our AOI solutions & help to solve your manufacturing and process issues. …
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Experience E22 with Mek and Eltraco

August 26, 2022
Experience E22 with Mek and Eltraco

Denmark’s biggest electronics fair, E22, is back in 2022 – and we’ll be there! We’ll be exhibiting at the show at the Odense Congress Center with our distributor for Denmark, Eltraco, from August 30 – September 1. On display will be the VeriSpector Assembly Station AOI for use on manual and semi-automated SMD and THT assembly stations. With extremely short inspection times ( < 5 sec ) the VeriSpector AOI system allows manufacturers to perform…
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Automated Inspection of Through Hole Assemblies : Top 8 THT Defects

August 16, 2022
Automated Inspection of Through Hole Assemblies : Top 8 THT Defects

In the past, it has often been considered difficult to automate the inspection of defects of through hole components due to height restrictions, long programming times and high false call rates. Mek high-performing SpectorBOX AOI systems have the capability to carry out inspection of both the topside of through hole components and bottom up solder inspection, virtually eliminating all placement related defects in through hole manufacturing. Bottom Up: The AOI is optimized for the inspection…
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Mek crowns Gen 3 Partner of the Year 2021

August 10, 2022
Mek crowns Gen 3 Partner of the Year 2021

2021 was a remarkably challenging time, with widespread changes affecting the entire world, like never seen before. Despite the difficult business landscape, 2021 was another great year for Mek UK sales and our UK partner, Gen 3. To celebrate the accomplishments of our best performing supply chain partner we have awarded them our ‘Partner of the Year’ award. The recipient of the Partner of the Year award is determined by industry performance in multiple capacities,…
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