PACE XR 3700 Real-Time  X-Ray Inspection System - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Hydrawerk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 26, 2023, 09:59:50 pm
content: Anyone familiar with the XR 3700 Real-Time X-Ray Inspection System?https://www.tequipment.net/Pace/XR-3700-8007-0542/https://paceworldwide.com/sites/default/files/2019-07/XR-3500_XR-3700_Manual.pdfWhy was it discontinued by manufacturer?Why is there no alternative product by PACE? Was it a bad / unsuccessful product?Is there a similar product made by another company?

author: Hydrawerk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 26, 2023, 10:01:20 pm
content: https://www.elmatik.ee/img/toode_866_XR3700.jpg

author: Hydrawerk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2023, 01:37:07 pm
content: Nobody? So was the PACE XR 3700 so rare that nobody here has seen it?

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 01:20:36 pm
content: It's a $40k tool and quite specialized (but handy), I doubt people have them just laying around the house. Who knows, perhaps low demand or certain parts are hard to keep sourcing.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 09:55:42 pm
content: Wonder how well some cheap dental xray compares to a machine like thathttps://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805196268689.htmlThey don't mention the adjustability of it.

author: daisizhou
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2023, 12:39:54 am
content: In my opinion, this device has no practical use.It is only used to check whether the BGA welding quality is complete.If you have personally welded BGA chips, you can accumulate experience and completely avoid using this machine for testing, except for those who wish to obtain certification

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2023, 09:31:39 am
content: They are super useful in a production environment and can be used at every step for quality control.

author: daisizhou
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2023, 10:30:11 am
content: I understand that it is used for quality control.For electronics enthusiasts, its cost-effectiveness is very low

author: MathWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2023, 07:57:37 pm
content: Like 100yrs ago or so, they used to have X-ray machines in shoe stores, so people could get a nice fit. But they ended up giving people cancer.I guess it was basically just an X-ray photo machine, but still, at least it must have been fairly cheap.

author: BarnowlsNest
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 23, 2023, 07:20:45 pm
content: I created an account just to reply to this. I used to operate one of these during my time as a lab tech at Purdue University. I think they still have one there.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2023, 10:59:17 pm
content: Quote from: BarnowlsNest on May 23, 2023, 07:20:45 pmChecking boards that students had built or?

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 24, 2023, 03:53:58 am
content: Quote from: MathWizard on April 07, 2023, 07:57:37 pmNot at all! The shoe store fluoroscope was rather high power and operated continuously, as opposed to a brief moment in a conventional x-ray camera. That was how it made the bony image appear visible on the scintillation screen. If the x-ray tube was turned off, the image would vanish within milliseconds.

author: BarnowlsNest
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 26, 2023, 08:45:59 pm
content: Quote from: thm_w on May 23, 2023, 10:59:17 pmYeah. We had a PACE IR 3000 BGA soldering machine. We used the X-Ray to verify they were soldered correctly. I would also use it on QFN packages.I should mention that the XR 3700 runs as a standalone machine as well. It does not have to be connected to an IR 3000 or anything else. It has a BNC video output on the back. We used a BNC to composite video cable to run the video to an old monitor. The main reason to connect it to an IR 3000 was that you could generate "reports" which were really just PDFs of pictures taken from the XR 3700. Since we didn't use the reports, it was more convenient to place the XR 3700 in a different spot in the same room.

author: RetroDan™
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2025, 09:47:09 pm
content: Quote from: BarnowlsNest on May 26, 2023, 08:45:59 pmI actually just acquired a used PACE IR3000 machine, complete with computer and all the accessories. Thing has been an absolute game changer for me (prism alignment is a godsend), but I've been trying to find an XR-3500 or -3700 to match with it, sadly without success. The engineers at PACE told me that part of the reason for discontinuing them was the difficulty in getting the X-ray tubes, and it was low-volume anyway. So I've had to cast my nets further afield and explore other solutions. Even used bench X-ray systems in the 90kV-130kV range start around the $16k-$22k range, and new systems start around $34k, from what I've been quoted, with the cheapest I've found for my desired featureset being about $44k. Not cheap.