Electronic Test Fixtures
Midwest handles both In-Circuit and Functional Test Fixtures. In Circuit Fixtures are used with platform specific test equipment such as Agilent (HP), Gen-Rad or Teradyne. The In Circuit Fixture allows the test equipment to access specific nodes of the printed circuit board assembly to determine if there are any missing, misplaced or defective components and or if there are any soldering defects at the component level. It directs the electronic technician to the specific fault on the board without them having to trouble shoot the entire assembly.
Functional Test Fixtures on the other hand test the overall operation of the assembly. Midwest builds and distributes hard to find HP (Agilent) In-Circuit Test fixture product such as the 3070 Cassette Fixture designed for use on the HP 3070 Autohandler. Kits can be purchased with or without the top cassette assembly. Repair parts are available for refurbishing latch rail assemblies. Probe plates are available separately for use in reclaiming obsolete fixtures. All parts are manufactured to HP specs and are fully interchangeable with existing legacy fixtures.
Through our affiliation with Schein Research we off the SR-3070 Fixture Press. The SR-3070 is designed to accept the Autohandler Cassette Fixtures in an offline mode. Other that the addition of a stripper plate there are no other modifications needed to existing fixtures. Fixture changeover time is less than one minute