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Carlton Industries Continues to Exceed Customer Expectations with MIRTEC’s State-ofthe-Art 3D Inspection Technology

Carlton Industries Corporation (CIC) is the single source for manufacturing circuit boards, electronic assemblies, and cables to meet the critical requirements for fast turnaround, high-reliability and exceptional quality. The company excels at satisfying customers in challenging markets like industrial, commercial, aerospace, medical, and defense. “Our customers don’t compromise on the level of electronics manufacturing services they expect,” said Ken Maduri, VP Sales & Marketing.

Since 1994, CIC has offered complete electronics manufacturing services backed by cutting-edge equipment and a team of professionals unmatched in skill, experience and dedication to the customer. CIC’s workmanship follows IPC A-610 guidelines and customer requirements to meet all expectations. CIC is an expert at tailoring manufacturing services to create an end-to-end process that correctly fits each customer’s unique functional, performance, cost, and time-to-market requirements. From documented best practices to state-of-the-art optical inspection, to complete electrical, mechanical, functional test and failure analysis, CIC places quality first. This is why it continually invests in the most up-to-date equipment, conducts ongoing training and continually outperforms in critical markets like industrial, medical and defense. The company is certified to the latest revision standards of both ISO 13485 and ISO 9001. It also is RoHS and REACH compliant. CIC offers a high-quality product at a competitive price, exceptional customer service and manufacturing support through responsiveness and flexibility to satisfy customers’ needs.

In order to continue to meet these expectations, CIC provides only the most up to date, innovative equipment from companies whose quality standards are on par with CIC’s. MIRTEC is one such partner.

According to Maduri, CIC has worked with MIRTEC for nearly two decades. The company first purchased

one of MIRTEC’s MV-2HTL Desktop AOI Systems in 2005 adding a total of three machines in the years to follow.

“To stay competitive, CIC continually invests in state-of-the-art equipment and training. Earlier this year, the decision was made to upgrade our current three MIRTEC automated optical inspection (AOI) machines to the latest MV-3 OMNI Desktop 3D AOI Machines,” Maduri added. “Our employees find the system easy to program and operate. By adding this

to our already updated surface mount line, we have higher quality and can take on more capacity for our existing and future customers. Not only can we run faster with even better quality, but we also can keep cost to our customers in check during these trying times.”

MIRTEC’s Award-Winning MV-3 OMNI Desktop 3D AOI machines feature the company’s exclusive OMNI-VISION® 3D Inspection Technology which combines a 15 Megapixel CoaXPress Camera with MIRTEC’s patented 12 Projection Digital Blue DLP Technology in a cost-effective Desktop platform.

MIRTEC’s 15 Megapixel CoaXPress vision system is a proprietary camera system designed and manufactured for use with its complete product range of 3D inspection systems. MIRTEC’s 12 projection Blue DLP Moiré Technology provides true 3D inspection to yield precise height measurement data used to detect lifted component and lifted lead defects as well as solder volume post reflow. Fully configured, the MIRTEC MV-3 OMNI machines feature four 10 Megapixel sideview cameras in addition to the 15 Megapixel top-down camera as well as multifunction AOI/SPI inspection capability. “Without question, the MV-3 OMNI is the most Technologically Advanced Desktop 3D AOI Machine on the market,” stated Brian D’Amico, President of MIRTEC’s North American Sales and Service Division. “We are proud to have worked with CIC for many years and are pleased to provide them with an upgrade path to MIRTEC’s State-of-the Art 3D Inspection Technology allowing CIC to continue to offer their customers the advanced solutions they have come to rely upon.”

CIC provides a range of services including automated optical inspection (AOI), printed circuit board assemblies, consignment assembly services, plated through-hole assembly, robotic conformal coating, supply chain management, SMT, box build, cable assembly, testing and programming. These services are provided to a diverse set of markets with a common set of needs when it comes to selecting

the right manufacturing partner for their circuit boards, electronic assemblies and cable assemblies. Its customers typically are manufacturers of higher-end products that contain significant electronics content. Markets served include aerospace, communications, emerging technologies, healthcare/medical, industrial controls, military/defense, scientific instruments, and security.

Companies in these markets succeed by providing clear performance advantages to sophisticated buyers who leverage rapidly advancing technology to serve critical needs. They require fast turnaround, best industry manufacturing practices, and the ability to work collaboratively with designers to turn innovative ideas into manufacturable prototypes that ultimately can be produced in higher yields at competitive costs. CIC prides itself on meeting – and exceeding – these expectations daily with the help of its dedicated team of employees.

CIC is comprised of 50 employees with an average longevity within the company of more than 13 years. They excel at satisfying customers in challenging market segments including aerospace, military and defense, medical, robotic, industrial, and instrumentation.

CIC’s long-standing reputation is proven through its customer longevity, which averages more than 12 years. The company believes in having a long-term partnership with all of its customers, much like MIRTEC, and being the essential part in reaching customers’ specific business goals.

Maduri added that MIRTEC has been an ideal partner for the past 17 years and that CIC appreciates the outstanding service and responsive technical support. “MIRTEC’s AOI equipment is always at the cutting-edge of technology,” he concluded. “With the way MIRTEC is keeping up with state-of-theart technology, CIC expects to keep our long-term partnership going. MIRTEC is considered a valuable partner and an extension of our company.”

For more information about Carlton Industries Corporation, contact the company at 33 Rossotto Dr., Hamden, CT 06514; 203-288-5605; E-mail: kmaduri@cicems.com; Web site: www.cicems.com. To find out more about MIRTEC’s Award-Winning 3D Inspection Technology, visit www.mirtecusa.com.