What is Productronica?

Productronica is the World's leading trade fair for electronics development and production. This year Productronica had a total of 894 exhibitors from 36 countries and approximately 20,000 visitors from almost 70 countries attended. Productronica is always an excellent opportunity to see the new innovative products which are coming to the market. In this guide, we share some of the new products that caught our eye. 

JBC

JBC continues to be at the forefront of soldering innovation and announced a number of new soldering tools and stations. We will briefly touch on the key announcements: 

B-Iron Freedom Under Control

The JBC B-Iron is the next generation of rechargeable Bluetooth soldering irons. It benefits from JBC exclusive heating system, real-time improvement to soldering quality through you device, and it is lightweight and ergonmic.

See it action here:  

The JBC B-Iron range: 

• B-Iron 210 - Precision Station
• B-Iron 115 - Nano Station
• B-Iron 115T - Nano Station

The B-Iron is still under devepment and are expected to be released early next year. However, we do have a couple of units so if you do want to see a demo please feel free to contact us. 

JBC CDE - The first Soldering-Assitant Station

See it action here:  

Why Soldering Assistant?

The JBC CDE range: 

• CDEB - Premium Soldering Station
• CDES - Precision Soldering Station

We have the Soldering Assistant in stock so feel free order the first soldering assistant!

Other JBC Announcements:

The new JBC Auto-Feed Soldering Station

The JBC It is the ideal solution for soldering processes requiring a free hand. It works with the comfortable ALE250 Auto-Feed Iron and C250 Cartridge Range.

JBC Desktop Robot

The JBC Desktop Robot is a complete system and it has everything necessary for an optimal and quality solderingfor automated processes that require an increase in production. Easy-to-use, thanks to the touch screen and the intuitive software provided by JBC technology, It allows anyone to operate it without prior training. In addition, it includes a hand-held motion detector sensor for added security.

JBC's Newly Upgraded Stands 

JBC's newly upgraded stands includes the Tip Cleaner with brass wool to prevent oxidation between cleaning and rewetting and antisplash membrane to keep the work area clean.

Vision Engineering

Makrolite 4K Ultra HD for inspection

The Makrolite 4K digital microscope simplifies your optical inspection, image capture and measurement tasks with the exceptional quality of Ultra High Definition image resolution. 

Qualities and Charateristics

• 3x - 330x Magnification
• Ultra HD - Exceptional Resolution
• Wide Dynamic Range - Improved Contrast

VE Cam

Compact full HD digital microscope system for quick and accurate inspection right where you need it. High quality custom-made optics and digital features combine for superior performance. Ideal for visual inspection or manufacturing quality control.

Qualities and Charateristics

• Wi-Fi - Screen Sharing
• Wide Field of view 
• Touch screen compatible

• VE Cam 50 - Field of View 50mm
• VE Cam 80 - Field of View 80mm

Panasonic SMT

It was great to see V Tech SMT as a sales partner for the UK on one Panasonics's booths. Please check out the Panasonic page if you are interested in any products. 

ITW

It was great to see the ITW booth, who we have a great relationship and are pleased to distribute their products. ITW own brands such as Chemtronics and Techpsray. 

• Chemtronics - is the industry leader in solutions for the electronics, telecommunications, and critical environments market
• Techspray - is a leading manufacturer of soldering tools, cleaning and chemical products for the electronic, plant and equipment maintenance industry.

Ideal Tek 

It was great seeing the Ideal Tek booth, and their new products. Ideal Tek is a Swiss manufacturer and supplier of precision tools since 1964. V Tech SMT are pleased to distrubte Ideal Tek products. 

Wrap Up

Overall Productronica 2021 was a great opportunity to see some of the new products coming to the electronics market. It was also a great opportunity to catch up with some of the brands we distribute. Keep checking out the website on new and exciting products which will be added to the online catalogue after the new year!