Plastronics Introduces ES Socket Solution

IRVING, TX – October 22, 2009 - Plastronics Socket Company is pleased to announce the introduction of a reusable, reconfigurable, and repairable socket solution designed to reduce the cost of ownership and lower the cost of burn-in.

This socket system, called ES, is a new approach to burn-in socket design which looks beyond the typical areas of functionality to find commonality and independent functionality of components and component groups.   

The ES system is a fully integrated and universal burn-in solution allowing its users to rethink the definition of a burn-in socket.  For the first time customers will have the opportunity to repair sockets on-site, reuse older sockets or reconfigure sockets for new uses.  The customer controls how flexible they want the ES system to be.

Citing the benefits of this new system, Plastronics President David Pfaff comments, "Our customers demand solutions to their challenging burn-in problems at the lowest cost possible.  Our new ES socket series allows customers to reuse, reconfigure, or refurbish their sockets saving both time and money.  By utilizing our patented H-Pin technology in the ES sockets, the major headaches of burn-in revolving around inductance, frequency, power, or temperature are alleviated as well.”

For the full ES Socket Solution Press Release, click here.

Click here to see the latest paper presented by Plastronics at the 2008 BiTs Workshop title, "Contact Pin Design Complexities: Are Cost and Capability Mutually Exclusive?"

Plastronics was invited by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) to present and exhibit the H-Pin^® at the 2008 Semicon Japan Exhibition in Chiba, Japan in December. To see a copy of this presentation, click here

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