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Customers
Since 1990, thousands of customers in 50+ countries have utilized ScanCAD’s powerful family of low-cost, flat-bed scanner-based tools. ScanCAD’s advanced scanning and software technologies have been used for process management, inspection and data creation in the electronics, photo chemical machining, semiconductor, aerospace, medical, energy, aluminum extrusion, automotive, construction, industrial, photovoltaic solar, fuel cell, electrical machinery, textile and military industries. ScanCAD International improves the quality of life for customers, employees and the world by providing high-quality, innovative solutions that simplify complex technology in a positive, environmentally-conscious manner while having fun along the way!
Products
PCB Reverse Engineering
The only system in the world that can take a physical PCB and fully reverse engineer it back to complete mfg CAD data & schematic. Includes the ability to capture precise form, fit and function for all layers of the PCB, including all inner layers with blind & buried vias. Both destructive and non-destructive solutions are offered.
Automated Inspection & Measurement
General purpose, low cost, high resolution, color or B&W optical inspection and measurement system designed to support applications in electronics, medical, solar, automotive, research, etc. Inspects 1000s of features in seconds. Provides detailed reporting and SPC data. Inspects features as small as 10 um or 0.5 mil on products up to A2 size or larger.
Stencil/Screen Inspection
World’s leading solder paste stencil & emulsion screen inspection system. Used by both stencil/screen fabricators and users to detect errors BEFORE production, eliminating costly rework, scrap and delays. Supports E-form, laser cut, chem etch, hybrid, & mesh processes, materials and frames.
Process Control
Dramatically reduce solder paste defects, increase process visibility, and perform 100% inspection of inbound stencils and PCB’s, all with the same system. This multi-purpose solution is designed to meet the demands of the modern high-mix contract manufacturing and PCB assembly environment.
Services
Reverse Engineering
Instead of enduring a lengthy and expensive redesign process to maintain legacy electronics, allow ScanCAD to produce the necessary data for you to replace aging components with identical circuit assemblies. We provide a wide variety of formats to support everything from remanufacture of a bare board, to a complete technical data package including support for native industry standard schematic packages such as OrCAD, Altium and more.
Quality Analysis
Send your prototype boards, flex circuits, stencils, phototools, tooling, pallets, gaskets, leadframes, emulsion screens or other flat parts to ScanCAD for independent verification of features, apertures and surface quality! We use our high-power, NIST-Traceable Calibrated optical imaging system to capture every square millimeter of the part in question and compare it back to the original design data. We can even inspect for foreign or counterfeit elements.
PCB Failure Analysis
Do you have a project board that just keeps burning up? Are there high drain components on your PCB that are just too powerful for the circuit, but don’t know which of your 14 circuit layers is failing? Allow ScanCAD to investigate and precisely locate the point of failure on your complex multilayer PCBs using our proprietary milling and imaging techniques. In many cases, this can be combined with reverse engineering to re-design and strengthen a weak link in a circuit’s design.
Process Improvement
Every process is only as good as the data that was used to set it up. Today, most processes related to PCB Assembly as well as other “recipe”-based, multi-step manufacturing processes use CAD data to program automated equipment. The common assumption is that all of the parts coming together in these processes exactly match the CAD data. This assumption can be costly, given the fact that every part coming together for a process has additive tolerances and other issues that can dramatically impact throughput and finished piece quality.
IP Defense
If you have a patent design but are concerned that someone may have stolen certain aspects of it, we can partner with you to investigate and support your IP defense. Drawing on 30 years of reverse engineering and data extraction experience, ScanCAD can evaluate a suspect PCB for similarities to your original design, down to the last node and inner layer segment.
Obsolescence Management
As technology matures and ages, so do the individual components utilizing that technology. Over time, it becomes more expensive, difficult or even impossible to source the same components that were readily available when the design was implemented. ScanCAD can partner with you to locate sources for hard-to-find parts, or identify functional alternatives. In the worst cases, ScanCAD can help guide the redesign process to ensure continued life for your assemblies.
Inspection and Measurement
Using our high resolution imaging platform, ScanCAD can inspect and measure everything from Aluminum extrusions to wafer bump stencils with millions of apertures measuring just 15um. We can perform 100% inspection of 2D parts for apertures, absence/presence, size, shape, pin holes, mouse bites, short/opens or alternatively measure a handful of critical measurements. We can support you whether you need to inspect or measure stencils, screens, films, phototools, optical encoders or any other flat parts.
Firmware Extraction
Whether you are looking to replicate the exact form, fit, and function to create a replacement circuit board, or you are looking for comprehensive documentation for a given artifact — capturing the firmware from programmable devices is an important aspect of the process. Fortunately, ScanCAD has services specifically designed to support this effort.
News
Microboard Case Study
Microboard Case Study: Streamlining Circuit Card Assembly Pre-Production with ScanCAD “We wouldn’t be able to run with the top two complexity customers we have today without ScanCAD,” stated the...
Charity: Water
Charity: Water Our team enjoys having the opportunity to give back to a handful of organizations that are mission-driven and making a difference in the lives of others. We are proud to support...
Special Operations Warrior Foundation
Special Operations Warrior Foundation Giving Back and positively contributing to our world in a lasting and meaningful way is central to our work. Because of this, we support many amazing...
ScanCAD Software Version 8.87 is ready!
ScanCAD Software Version 8.87 is ready! We have just put the final touches on our new software release and we are very excited to share it with you all! Software version 8.87 has over 60 software...
Meet the SCI Team: Sharon
Meet the ScanCAD team in this series of blog posts. Get to know Sharon! Sharon, ScanCAD's Office Manager, started working at ScanCAD in 2016 after retiring from accounting in 2015. When asked what...
Neural Networks: Analog is back!
Let's face it, AI is the future of the electronics industry. The value of this tool is that it will allow for the automation of automation, giving mankind a new tool in our ever-growing toolbox. AI...
Trade shows
ScanCAD participates in many trade shows during the year, whether in ScanCAD's booth or by way of our distributor/OEM.
IPC APEX 2025
March 18-20, 2025
Anaheim, CA USA
ScanCAD Booth 1700
News
Microboard Case Study
Microboard Case Study: Streamlining Circuit Card Assembly Pre-Production with ScanCAD “We wouldn’t be able to run with the top two complexity customers we have today without ScanCAD,” stated the...
Charity: Water
Charity: Water Our team enjoys having the opportunity to give back to a handful of organizations that are mission-driven and making a difference in the lives of others. We are proud to support...
Special Operations Warrior Foundation
Special Operations Warrior Foundation Giving Back and positively contributing to our world in a lasting and meaningful way is central to our work. Because of this, we support many amazing...
ScanCAD Software Version 8.87 is ready!
ScanCAD Software Version 8.87 is ready! We have just put the final touches on our new software release and we are very excited to share it with you all! Software version 8.87 has over 60 software...
Meet the SCI Team: Sharon
Meet the ScanCAD team in this series of blog posts. Get to know Sharon! Sharon, ScanCAD's Office Manager, started working at ScanCAD in 2016 after retiring from accounting in 2015. When asked what...
Neural Networks: Analog is back!
Let's face it, AI is the future of the electronics industry. The value of this tool is that it will allow for the automation of automation, giving mankind a new tool in our ever-growing toolbox. AI...
Trade shows
ScanCAD participates in many trade shows during the year, whether in ScanCAD's own booth or by way of our distributor/OEM.
Guadalajara Expo and Tech Forum
October 25 and 26, 2023
Chihuahua City, Mexico
EXPO GUADALAJARA
USM Reps Booth
TPCA Show
October 25-27, 2023
Taipei , Taiwan
Microsys Booth
PRODUCTRONICA 2023
November 14-17, 2023
Munich, Germany
GS Electronic Booth
DMC 2023
December 11-14, 2023
Music City Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Booth 314
APEX 2024
April 9-11, 2024
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, California
Booth 3206
ScanCAD Gives Back
Giving back is an important part of our company vision. As a global company, bettering the lives of others is central to what makes us most excited. Because of this, ScanCAD gives a percentage of revenue to charities and mission-driven nonprofit organizations that employees are most passionate about supporting.
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