PCB-production

Almost EUR 8 million invested in ILFA’s PCB production

Over the past four years, we have invested almost EUR 8 million in our PCB production at our Hanover Anderten site. There have been innovations in almost every department, e.g. new machines and systems, clean room areas and new lighting, air conditioning and automation concepts. Our shutdown a few weeks ago marked an important milestone, as our new LAUFFER pressing centre was installed, which again involved extensive conversion work. This work has now also been completed and our production facility is modern, bright and ergonomic for employees and visitors alike.

By f.schwarz, ago

ILFA at the training fair of IGS Bothfeld

The integrated comprehensive school (IGS) Bothfeld organised an internal training fair for the second time on 12.10.2023, which was aimed at grades 9 to 13. In addition to ILFA, around 40 regional companies presented themselves, offering a wide range of opportunities for training or studying after leaving school. With our training officers Peter Schittek and Ismail Uckun, we also showed the range of our entry opportunities at ILFA and presented, among other things, the professions of machine and plant operator, industrial clerk or electronics technician for industrial engineering.

By f.schwarz, ago

New addition to the machine park: ILFA invests in Schmoll drilling and milling machine A-RMXY2-60S-CCD

Our latest addition to our machinery and equipment is used in our department for drilling and milling technology (BFT): The A-RMXY2-60S-CCD from Schmoll Maschinen GmbH. With its performance and equipment, the drilling and milling machine is also a real high-end solution in other respects. We are only the second PCB manufacturer in Europe to use this machine with numerous additional applications in production.

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For highest precision in multilayer technology: ILFA invests in DIS bonding system

And once again we have received new machinery for our production in Hanover. In the area of multilayer technology, we are now supported by an FLX bonding system from DIS. It enables pinless alignment of multilayers, rigid and rigid-flex PCBs. Two different processes take place in one unit: Layer-to-layer alignment and bonding of layers. This process eliminates the additional tolerances associated with pin lamination and thus helps us achieve more precision, especially for high layer multilayers.

By f.schwarz, ago

New addition to ILFA’s machine park: UCE DES line

The latest addition to our machine park required a total of three overseas containers, which were delivered and unloaded within one day. You could already guess that the new wet machine would be big, and that’s how it turned out: The DES line from the Asian manufacturer UCE has a total length of 23 meters. We had previously carried out some conversion work in the area so that the line could be optimally integrated into our production.

By f.schwarz, ago

Higher level of automation Pt. 2: LHMT delivers four more ROBI-FLEX 2×1 to ILFA

In mid-July, we had already received six ROBI-FLEX 2×1 loaders and unloaders from LHMT and integrated them into our production. Now, in September, the next delivery took place and another four of the handling devices were installed in our OFT (surface technology). This has further increased our degree of automation, because now loading and unloading is also fully automatic on our deburring machine and on the palladium line for direct metallisation.

By f.schwarz, ago

On the way to more automation: LHMT delivers six pieces of ROBI-FLEX 2×1

With the flexible automation concept ROBI-FLEX from LHMT, we get a bit more automation for our PCB production at ILFA. LHMT, a member of the Schmoll Maschinengruppe, has supplied and installed the first six loaders and unloaders for our production lines. Within just a few days, LHMT’s competent service technicians equipped us with the ROBI-FLEX handling devices for our tin and resist stripper as well as the acid etch, among other things.

By f.schwarz, ago

People at ILFA: Sven Schwerdtfeger

There are straight career paths, there are colorful employment biographies, and there are people who have already done various jobs and nevertheless, or perhaps precisely because of this, know exactly where they actually want to go. Sven also belongs to the later category. For us, Sven is something like the famous Swiss Army Knife: versatile and always there when you need him. In the ILFA operations team, he looks after our machines, the buildings and the entire technical infrastructure.

By f.schwarz, ago