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█ Electronics Manufacturing Technical Articles

Product Design and Early Manufacturing Involvement

It happens much too often; manufacturing engineers are brought into a NEW product design phase at the very end of a design and are asked to provide input that should have been provided much earlier. One needs to understand how the circuit board design and quality of the manufacturing process not only effects assembly yield and product reliability, but how it could also affect the results of any testing that is done to circuit packs during prototyping. It is important that any circuit pack (including prototypes) that will be used in reliability, performance and functional testing be designed with the proper features and assembled with a manufacturing process that has been developed to produce a high-quality assembly. If not, the results of any testing might not represent the actual characteristics of the design and provide miss-guidance to future changes.

Credit: ACI Technologies, Inc.

Performance of Kapton Stencils vs Stainless Steel Stencils for Prototype Printing Volumes Processes

It has been demonstrated in numerous pieces of work that stencil printing, one of the most complex PCB assembly processes, is one of the largest contributors to defects (Revelino et el). This complexity extends to prototype builds where a small number of boards need to be assembled quickly and reliably. Stencil printing is becoming increasingly challenging as packages shrink in size, increase in lead count and require closer lead spacing (finer pitch). Prototype SMT assembly can be further divided between industrial and commercial work and the DIYer, hobbyist or researcher groups. This second group is highly price sensitive when it comes to the materials used for the board assembly as their funds are sourced from personal or research monies as opposed to company funds. This has led to development of a lower cost SMT printing stencil made from plastic film as opposed to the more traditional stainless steel stencil used by industrial and commercial users.This study compares the performance of these two traditional materials and their respective impact on solder paste printing including efficiency and print quality.

Credit: BEST Inc.

Testing Prototype Assembled PCBs - Who Should Do It?

What's the most cost-effective method for testing prototype PCBs? Should the assembler do it, or the client's in-house engineers? This article explains all.

Credit: Power Design Services

A Guide to Successful Printed Circuit Board Documentation

The process of taking a design from schematic to actual working prototype is a complex one, however, and proper documentation is the best way to simplify it.

Credit: Power Design Services

Bringing Rapid Prototyping In-House - A White Paper for RF/Microwave Executives

Productivity. Innovation. Time to market. Day to day, year over year, businesses are forced to make critical R.O.I.-related decisions that impact the future and the bottom line-some of them reactionary, some forecasted. For a growing number of electronics manufacturers, many of those decisions revolve around whether a function should be performed by an outside contractor or kept in-house. But for many companies in the RF/microwave industry, this decision is often concerned with continuing to employ an outside PCB fabricator for prototype PCBs, or to make a $10,000 to $100,000 investment in an inhouse, rapid PCB prototyping machine that may represent a key competitive advantage.

Credit: LPKF Laser & Electronics

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█ Printed Circuit Board Assembly & PCB Design Forum

JUKI SFN3 stick feeder specs -- Hi There, Does anyone out there have the specifications for the old stick feeders from JUKI? I'm interested in sizes for SO8 chips. I bought two SFN3 feeders but they seem the wrong size for so8 Thanks in advance - Aurash

IPS Viewer -- Good Mornning my freinds. Lately, we installation new ligne with NXT machine . the old nxt machine with fuji flexa and fuji accessory software , but the new machine have a Nexim software and IPS viewer. I don't have any idea for IPS viewer. Thank you for all.

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█ SMT, PCB Electronics Assembly Manufacturing News

Count On Tools Offers 30% Discount on Glue Dispense Nozzles for Speedline Technologies/Camalot Nozzles

Count On Tools, Inc. (COT) is pleased to offer a 30 percent discount on in stock Glue Dispense Nozzles for Speedline Technologies - Camalot equipment....

Count On Tools, Inc.

Count On Tools Discounts Glue Dispense Nozzles

Nordson Electronics Solutions announces distributor SmartTec Nordic A/S to support ASYMTEK Products in Denmark and Norway

Conformal coating and fluid dispensing customers to benefit from SmartTec Nordic's years of experience in the region's electronics manufacturing industry...

ASYMTEK Products | Nordson Electronics Solutions

Nordson Electronics Solutions announces SmartTec Nordic A/S as distributor

SMTA Attends Summit in Support of Industry Workforce Development

SMTA members and staff were among the 50 carefully-selected invitees who participated in the Future Electronics Workforce (F.E.W.) Summit held at Michigan Technological University (MTU) on August 17, 2022. Co-sponsored by Calumet Electronics and Michigan Technological University, and supported by the US Department of Defense (DoD) Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program, the summit had the goal of generating and implementing specific actions for each of the major stakeholder groups present that could ease the potentially crippling shortage of replacement technical staff in defense-critical electronics manufacturing....

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█ SMT / PCB Products & Services

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Cleaning Agents

pH Neutral & Alkaline Cleaning Agents

Cleaning Agents

ZESTRON Americas

Selective Soldering

Pillarhouse Jade Handex

Selective Soldering

Pillarhouse USA

PCB INSPECTION

MV 7 OMNI 2D/3D In-Line AOI System

Inspection

Mirtec

PCB SOFTWARE

ProntoGERBER CONNECTION

Software

Unisoft

PCB REFLOW OVEN

Flux-Free Formic Acid Reflow Oven

Reflow

Heller

PCB COATING

SimpleCoat Selective Conformal Coating

Coating Equipment

GPD Global

Cleaning Equipment

PCBA Cleaning Machine ETA-5600

Cleaning Equipment

I.C.T.

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█ SMT / PCB Assembly Equipment Auctions

AUCTION | SMT Equipment Auction

AUCTIONEER | Baja Bid

TYPE | Online Auction

FEATURING | Items Including: 2010 Mydata MY100DX-14 SMT Pick & Place, Assembleon AX-201 SMT Pick & Place - qty 3, Universal 5374i Shuttle Gate Conveyor, 2013 Speedprint SP700 AVI Printer, 2012 Koh Young Aspire 2 SPI, 2014 Glenbrook RTX-113 X-ray, Juki KE2060L SMT Pick & Place, 2020 Anver VT140-2.5-A-B Vacuum Lift & more ...

SCHEDULE | Mon, Sep 5 - Wed, Sep 7, 2022

Preview, August 29, 2022

Auction Opening, September 5 8:00 am EST

Auction Closes, September 7 1:00 pm EST

Checkout, September 12 to 23, 2022, excluding National Holidays

Note, All equipment must be removed before the deadline.

Location, USA

AUCTION | Spartronics: Late-Model Surplus SMT and Process Equipment Featuring: Universal, DEK, Juki, MVP, Rehm and Vitronics, 200+ Universal Gold DL60 8mm to 88mm Feeders

AUCTIONEER | The Branford Group

TYPE | Online Auction

FEATURING | Spartronics -Late-Model Surplus SMT and Process Equipment Featuring: Universal, DEK, Juki, MVP, Rehm and Vitronics 200+ Universal Gold DL60 8mm to 88mm Feeders

Featured Items Watertown, South Dakota: 2011 DEK Europa Vi Screen Printer 2011 Universal GC-30S Series III Placement System Universal GSM Genesis Placement System 2011 Rehm VXS 732 Reflow Oven, 10-Zone 2012 MVP AutoInspector Spectra AOI Universal Feeders: 8mm to 88mm - 200+ Hoover-Davis Offline Feeder Stations - qty 3 Universal Radial-8 Inserters PVA UV2000-20-1 Oven GPD CF-10 Radial Lead Former FKN Systek N2000 FKN Systek K2000 Board Cutter Logan, Utah: 2008 Juki FX-3 Placement System 2007 Vitronics XMP2 Reflow Oven Asymtek Fluidmove Dispensing System USI Prism Ultra-Coat 450 Conformal Coater PVA 1000 Conformal Coater Fanuc M-20iA Robot Assorted Conveyors Tecate, Mexico: 2010 Universal Genesis 4990E Placement System 2008 Vitronics XPM3 Reflow Oven Mirtec 4983A AOI System 2005 Heller 1809EXL Reflow Oven Assorted Conveyors, Loaders and Unloaders

SCHEDULE | Tue, Sep 13 - Tue, Sep 20, 2022

Auction Opens: Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 at 8:00 AM EDT

First Lot Begins to Close: Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 at 1:00 PM EDT

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█ Electronic Equipment Mart

MART - Used Electronic Assembly Machines For Sale

P&P / Feeders

Assembleon AX201

Pick and Place/Feeders

KD Electronics

SELECTIVE SOLDERING

Ersa Versaflow 3/45

Baja Bid - Ersa Versaflow 3/45

Selective Solder Equipment

Baja Bid

PCB INSPECTION

Viscom S3088 Ultra Chrome 3D AOI

Lewis & Clark Viscom S3088 AOI

AOI / Automated Optical Inspection

Lewis & Clark

P&P / Feeders

Assembleon /Yamaha Opal-X II Pi

World Equipment Source - Assembleon /Yamaha Opal P&P

Pick and Place Equipment/Feeders

World Equipment Source, LLC

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P&P / FEEDERS

Panasonic NPM-W P&P

AllSurplus Panasonic NPM-W P&P

Pick and Place/Feeders

AllSurplus

P&P / FEEDERS

Panasonic NPM-W2

SMTUnion - Panasonic NPM-W2 Chipshooter

Pick and Place Equipment/Feeders

SMTUnion

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MART - Used PCB Assembly Equipment Wanted To Buy

P&P /FEEDERS

Mydata SMT P&P

Baja Bid - Mydata SMT Placement Machine

Pick & Place /Feeders

Baja Bid

P&P / FEEDERS

Assembleon MG-1R

World Equipment Source Assembleon MG-1R

Pick & Place/Feeders

World Equipment Source, LLC

PCB TEST

Agilent 3070

Lewis & Clark Agilent 3070

In-Circuit Testers

Lewis & Clark

PCB TEST

Agilent 3070

KD Electronics Agilent 3070

In-Circuit Testers

KD Electronics

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█ Electronics Manufacturing & Assembly Events Calendar

EVENTS

Guadalajara Expo & Tech Forum | September 21 to 22

SMTA

Austin (Central Texas) Expo & Tech Forum | September 13

SMTA

Overcoming Challenges for Class III Assemblies SEPT 20th | September 20

ZESTRON

█ Electronics Manufacturing Training Courses & PCB Assembly Training

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IPC Certification

Soldering & Rework

PCB Design

Electronics Assembly

Electronics Inspection

Online Training

TRAINING - Electronics Manufacturing and PCB Assembly Training Courses

Component Identification Online Live Certification

New Hampshire, Manchester

Oct. 28, 2022

EPTAC Corporation

IDEA-STD-1010 Essentials For Counterfeit Component Identification Online Live

New Hampshire, Manchester

Nov. 21 to Nov. 22, 2022

EPTAC Corporation

Counterfeit Components Workshop Online Live Training

New Hampshire, Manchester

Nov. 23, 2022

EPTAC Corporation

TRAINING - PCB Inspection Electronics Manufacturing Training Courses

SMT Processes Certification Course - Guadalajara

Alabama, Mexico, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Sep. 19 to Sep. 21, 2022

Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA)

610 Interactive Inspection Lab

Connecticut, Watertown

Oct. 07, 2022

EPTAC Corporation

TRAINING - PCB Rework and Hand Soldering Training Courses

Customizable Basic Hand Soldering

Arizona, Phoenix

Sep. 19 - Sep. 21, 2022

Blackfox Training Institute, LLC

Hand Solder Rev 8 Certification Course

California, Anaheim

Nov. 28 to Dec. 02, 2022

EPTAC Corporation

TRAINING - Online Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly Training Courses

IPC J-STD-001 Trainer (CIT) Certification Online Live Training Course

Online/On-Demand

EPTAC Corporation

Live Online Training - IPC/WHMA-A-620 Expert (CSE) Certification Training Course

Online/On-Demand

ACI Technologies, Inc.

Live Online Training - IPC/WHMA-A-620 Trainer (CIT) Certification Training Course

Online/On-Demand

ACI Technologies, Inc.

Live Online Training - IPC-A-610 (CIT) Recert.

Online/On-Demand

ACI Technologies, Inc.

Reflow Soldering 101 Training Course

Online/On-Demand

Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA)

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█ Electronics Manufacturing & PCB Assembly Jobs

CAREER CENTER - Job Needs & Wants

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Lead Application Laboratory Technician

Manassas, VA

ZESTRON

Administrative Services / Customer Service

Acton, Massachusetts, USA

CAMI Research Inc.

Electrical Engineer

Acton, Massachusetts, USA

CAMI Research Inc.

SMT Process Engineer

Milwaukee, WI

Cree Lighting

Soldering Technician, Touch-up for PCBAs

Santa Cruz, CA

Dynamic Engineering

Business Development Sales Manager, Microelectronics

Suwanee, GA

MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions

Solderer

Nashville, NC

ACDi

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█ PCB Design & Assembly Industry Associations

Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA)

SMTA is a non-profit international association of companies and individuals (totalling 4,000) involved in all aspects of advanced electronics assembly, surface mount and related technologies.

Membership Info | SMTA Certification | Bookstore | Upcoming Events

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

IPC is a US-based trade association dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its nearly 2,600 member companies which represent all facets of the electronic interconnection industry, including design, printed wiring board manufacturing and electronics assembly.

Membership Info | Training & Certification | Online Store | Upcoming Events

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