Interview with Dr. Subodh Kulkarni, CyberOptics’ President and CEO
Oct 23, 2014
Founded in 1984, CyberOptics Corporation is a leading provider of sensors and inspection systems that provide process yield and throughput improvement solutions for the global electronics assembly and semiconductor capital equipment markets. The company’s products are deployed on production lines that manufacture surface mount technology circuit boards and semiconductor process equipment. Through internal development and
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JAVAD EMS Continues Best Performance Strategy with Nordson YESTECH
Oct 16, 2014
JAVAD Electronic Manufacturing Services (JEMS) was founded to focus on low- to medium-volume, high-mix applications for customers that need prototype through volume production and want to get it from one source. Today, the company is a thriving, full-service contract electronics manufacturer that provides leading-edge, high-quality products for its customers. To continue ensuring the best quality,
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Conformal Coatings: Protecting electronics from corrosive operating environments to increase end-product lifetime and reliability – Article by Phil Kinner, Global Business / Technical Director for Electrolube’s Conformal Coatings Division
Oct 9, 2014
Conformal coatings are thin polymeric films, which cover and protect solder joints, the leads of electronic components, exposed traces and other metallized areas on PCBs, from corrosion in their end operating environments. Humidity, condensation, salt-spray, corrosive gases or a combination of all of these elements, activate the start of the corrosion process, which can be
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EPA Compliance: Understanding Management of Solder Waste By Peter C. Ruth II, North American Business Manager, Conecsus LLC and Nelson Mossholder, Ph. D., Vice President, Conecsus LLC
Oct 1, 2014
Abstract Managing solder wastes and byproducts properly has never been more important due to the increasing scope and complexity of The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), enacted in 1976 and amended many times since then. The regulation covering the transportation, storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes are contained in Subtitle C of RCRA.
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Interview with Bjorn Dahle, President of KIC
Sep 25, 2014
Based in San Diego, KIC is an industry leader in automated thermal process tools and systems for reflow, wave, cure and semiconductor processes. The company pioneered the development of process optimization and automatic profiling, and then worked to create the next generation of systems to help manufacturers lower their cost and improve their quality and
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ASM Assembly Systems pushes process integration in electronics production
Sep 18, 2014
As the Printing Solutions Division and Placement Solutions Division, DEK and SIPLACE will form the SMT Solutions segment. By pooling its SMT know-how, ASM Assembly Systems plans to accelerate the development of innovative hardware and software solutions for electronics manufacturing applications. At the press conference on its successful acquisition of DEK, the company outlined its
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Nortech Systems Counts on the ezLOAD Board Support System to Reduce Changeover and Increase Revenues
Sep 9, 2014
Based in Wayzata, MN, Nortech Systems Inc. is a full-service electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider of wire and cable assemblies, printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA) and higher-level complete box build assemblies for a wide range of industries. Markets served include industrial equipment, aerospace/defense and medical. The company’s expertise includes medical device, industrial equipment, military/aerospace, machine
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Growth in America: US Companies Partner for Success
Sep 4, 2014
Headquartered in Bend, OR, SisTech Manufacturing is a woman-owned, minority-owned business that provides contract electronic manufacturing and mechanical assembly services to high-technology companies. SisTech has more than 30 years’ combined experience in high-tech assembly, design review, purchasing, project management and order fulfilment for some of the largest companies as well as at rapidly growing startups.
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Solder Wetting Basics By Ray Cirimele, Master Instructor, STI Electronics, Inc.
Aug 28, 2014
BACKGROUND: Many of us have heard the statement “the most important characteristic of a reliable solder connection is good wetting.” IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 include criteria for the degree of wetting or the percentage of area wetted. IPC J-STD-001 even includes one clause (4.18) that explains what constitutes acceptable wetting; however, it never explains what
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Günter Lauber defines the goals for ASMPT’s new SMT Solutions segment: “Optimized and more heavily integrated processes offer the greatest potential for electronics manufacturing”
Aug 21, 2014
After the successful completion of DEK’s acquisition by ASM Pacific Technology (ASMPT), the Placement Solutions Division (SIPLACE) and the Printing Solutions Division (DEK) now form ASMPT’s new SMT Solutions segment. At the press conference for the DEK acquisition, SMT Solutions CEO Günter Lauber provided a first glimpse at the new corporate structure and laid out
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