August 10, 2005 – Feinfocus, a Comet business unit and manufacturer of x-ray inspection systems, has entered into a technology alliance with Innov-X Systems, a Woburn, MA manufacturer of high-performance, portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers. The two companies are cooperating to introduce electronics assembly and semiconductor packaging products to the global market.
At SEMICON West, Comet exhibited Innov-X’s Hawk-i solder paste analyzer, which uses an air-cooled microfocus x-ray tube with a spot size of 0.2-6mm for precise analysis. Jon Dupree, Feinfocus business unit manager for Comet North America, said that the joint venture would allow Feinfocus to offer its customers advanced technology for solder composition analysis.