KIC Press Release January 6, 2003 - KIC Auto-Focus -- The Intelligent Oven Set up Software!

(San Diego, CA -- January 6, 2003) : KIC, the world‘s leader of thermal process management software and winner of three SMT Vision awards, introduces new software in conjunction with their SlimKIC 2000, the KIC Auto-Focus software. This revolutionary product develops reflow recipes for new products without running a profile by evaluating a database of previously setup products and extrapolating a new oven recipe based on product and oven characteristics. Instead of relying on a technician‘s guess, KIC Auto-Focus automatically calculates the proper oven recipe. The user only needs to enter the product‘s length, width and weight. After 10 products that cover the required range have been set up properly, the accuracy and quality of the oven recipes developed is so high that most users will no longer find it necessary to run a verification profile.

The KIC Auto-Focus is extremely valuable to high-mix facilities, high-value assemblers and facilities without the engineering resources to efficiently develop quality reflow recipes. This product improves productivity by reducing downtime for oven setup and improves quality by allowing users to instantly develop the appropriate oven recipe for every product.

About KIC
Based in San Diego, KIC is the industry leader in automated thermal management tools and systems for reflow, wave, cure and semiconductor thermal processes. The company pioneered the development of oven profilers and process development tools. KIC remains on the leading edge of the thermal industry with innovative tools for process development, optimization and real-time management.