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Plasma Treatment: Dropping the Failure Rate

Publication Date: 9/27/2010

By Peter Langhof, Plasmatreat GmbH, Steinhagen, Germany
Whether in daily manufacturing or the development of new processes and products: surfaces and their properties play an increasingly important role in nearly all industrial areas. The surface of materials often have to be pretreated to prepare them for processes that will follow.

Selective Soldering: Pushing the Envelope

Publication Date: 9/27/2010

By Adrian De'Ath, Vice President, Pillarhouse USA Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL
The entire concept of selective soldering is being squeezed as the demands for high quality soldering increase while board space continues to shrink. Today's challenge is to reduce the nozzle sizes available.

Why IPA-Water Extraction Fails!

Publication Date: 9/27/2010

By Harald Wack, Ph.D., Syed Ahmad, Ms.Chem., and Joachim Becht, Ph.D., Zestron, Manassas, VA
The performance requirements for mission critical electronic assemblies are constantly increasing as component failures, particularly in the aerospace, automotive, medical and military industries, are simply not an option. Since failures are often due to insufficient cleanliness, cleaning ...

Advances in Fluid Dispensing Save Time, Production Costs

Publication Date: 9/27/2010

By Vicki Worth, Nordson ASYMTEK, Product Marketing Specialist
Automated fluid dispensing has been an integral part of the electronics assembly line for high-volume manufacturing for many years. Even jetting, which was introduced by Nordson ASYMTEK in 1994, is now an established technology. As electronic components become smaller and more complex, ...

Vapor Phase Making Strong Comeback

Publication Date: 9/27/2010

By Reyna Mora, IBL Technologies, LLC, El Paso, TX
Vapor phase, also known as condensation soldering achieves a very gentle, reliable, and repeatable process. Vapor phase reflow was used back in the 80s — during the early days of surface mount technology — due to its excellent heat transfer capability. Heat transfer in vapor phase ...

Inline Wire & Cable ID

Publication Date: 9/27/2010

By Pete Doyon, VP Product Management, Schleuniger, Inc., Manchester, NH
Many OEMs require that individual wires and cables used in their products be clearly identified with a mark or label. For some, such as in the military and aerospace markets, wire and cable identification (or "wire ID") is mandatory and the process is governed by stringent specifications ...

X-Ray Imaging: Some need-to-Know Basics

Publication Date: 10/8/2009

By Glen Thomas, X-Ray Product Manager, Scienscope International, Chino, CA
Electronic technology has given a great boost to real-time x-ray imaging. A tube was developed that could intensify the light from the intensifying screen. Called an "image intensifier," it is a vacuum tube with an input phosphor. Photons are converted to light and the light is converted ...

Thick Film Heaters Go Anywhere

Publication Date: 10/8/2009

By B.K. Sharma, Res-Net Microwave, Inc., Clearwater, FL
It's a well known fact that passing current through a thick film resistor can transform it into a heating element. Such a phenomenon is a nuisance in thick film hybrid circuits where resistors need to operate at low temperature without long-term degradation to their electrical properties ...

Detecting & Avoiding Counterfeits

Publication Date: 10/8/2009

By Rob Surber, President, Concord Components, Inc., Wayne, NE
While the majority of counterfeit cases reported are associated with independent distributors, it's important to not label them as the cause, but rather to look to them for solutions. Understanding their processes and the measures...

A Universal Vision Solution for Robotics

Publication Date: 10/8/2009

By Gray & Rice Public Relations
A major Italian integrator of vision guided robotic solutions, Evolut, has already asserted itself as the specialist company in its field. The company has installed over 1100 robotic systems, including 850 with Cognex vision systems, which enable the robots to automatically recognize and ...

Ultra-Flat Membrane Potentiometers Enable Smart Engineering

Publication Date: 10/8/2009

By Guido Woska, President/CEO, Hoffmann + Krippner, Inc., Peachtree City, GA
Membrane potentiometers have changed the way engineers think about sensing. With some only 0.5mm thick, ultra-flat membrane potentiometers have product characteristics...

	Sunstone and National Instrument Collaborate; Simplify PCB Prototyping
	Publication Date: 4/27/2009
	Mulino, OR — Sunstone Circuits^® has joined forces with National Instruments (NI) to offer an integrated PC board prototype and quick-turn design environment, enabling NI Multisim and NI Ultiboard customers to easily order prototype PC boards via the Sunstone ECOsystem^sm Design Environment. ...