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70 PCB007 MAGAZINE I FEBRUARY 2022 Matties: What sort of amperage circuit would they need on this? Lazaro: In the range of 50 amps, compared to a 150-amp circuit in the conventional process. Matties: Right. So, it draws considerably less. Now in terms of product quality, what's the performance expectation? Are they going to get a higher quality product out of this press? Lazaro: Yes. Every- thing rests on the fact that we are not heating up the platen that then needs to transfer the energy from top and bottom to this press stack that is in the middle of the two platens. Here in this system, every single separa- tor plate on the press stack heats up indi- vidually at the same time. Now we don't have a thermal lack or temperature delays. What you expect from this technology is a very similar thermal pro- file on every single panel along the height of the press stack, so that gives you far more quality and repeatability. Matties: How many installations do you cur- rently have in the circuit board industry? Lazaro: We introduced this technology first in 2019, and since then we have placed 14 machines. Matties: What is a buyer's primary concern with this system? Lazaro: It's just the novelty, number one, because the benefits are so nice that it creates some skepticism at the beginning. But once the customer sees the potential and we show them the facts by maybe testing, like a recent customer in California, where we ran a face- to-face comparison, they prove it to them- selves. ey ran 20 traditional panels on their press, and then they came to another company on the East Coast to run the same panel, same construc- tion. ey made a face- to-face comparison, apples to apples, and came back with their report. We did noth- ing other than run the test, and the results are fantastic. Matties: Victor, thank you so much, and thanks for bringing this technology into our industry. It's not new technology in terms of the induction side of it, it's just the application and you've brought it to our indus- try specifically. Lazaro: Correct. e princi- ple, the physics of the system, is probably 300 years old, since electricity was discovered, basically, but it's just the applica- tion, which is not trivial as it looks like. Matties: Great. ank you very much. Lazaro: You're very welcome. PCB007