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30 PCB007 MAGAZINE I AUGUST 2023 e basket counter keeps track of how much product and square footage goes through the line. ere's a robot system to move the work into, through it, and then out of the line. To start, it puts the serial-numbered boards in the basket to load the program. As that bas- ket goes through the process, we fully record everything that each basket encounters. IPS worked with SEL to design a system to trans- fer that data. When you look at controlling odor and fumes in this kind of environment, with SEL's open floor plan, the line benefits from a full enclosure system. It has an inner environment that's under negative pressure, so you don't have odor on the other side of the building. And it's a lot cheaper to design and add the enclosure than it is to build an isolated room around it. Hendrickson: To maintain air quality in the shop, we have a main duct that's five feet in diameter that goes into our fume scrubber; it's a big work- horse pulling exhaust off all our wet lines. Our HVAC is replenishing that air. Also, for all of the chemical management, almost everything is dosed from day tanks across the factory. It certainly smells fresh and clean in here. Now, what about expansion? Hendrickson: We reserved space for a second plating line in the future. Plating is usually your limiting factor and as our product complex- ity continues to increase, we will get less out- put because we will have to slow down the line to make sure we get good copper thickness in high-density areas. Maybe with the technology Internal view of IPS automated ENIG line. IPS ENIG line process control and data capture panel.