Production

Conductive ink business is inherently wonderfully diverse, which has allowed the industry to rejuvenate itself time and again and to remain relevant through generations of product life cycles. This diversity, however, presents a market segmentation, evaluation, and prioritisation challenge for many small and large players across the world.

DELO has collaborated with PMB, a German-based mechanical engineering company, to create a new additive balancing process for rotating parts found in electric motors, fans, pumps and turbines. This high-precision process helps bring parts into balance without having to remove any material from the product.

Organic and printed electronics has developed into a global market worth more than $35bn. While OLED displays currently play the biggest role, in the coming years strong growth is expected in other applications such as NFC/RFID, sensors, wearable electronics, and in the automotive and medical industry sectors.

The assembly and connection technology using enamelled copper wire technology is a core process, especially for future mobility requirements.

Having access to comprehensive, flexible and speedy services is critically important for operators of highly automated electronics production lines. ASM smade new headway on the road to Service 4.0 with its broad portfolio of layered service solutions.

A memory tester that combines the capabilities to perform both burn-in and memory-cell testing for advanced DRAMs and LPDDR (low-power, double-data-rate) devices has been launched by Advantest.

Metallization of 3D surfaces is a growing field with diverse applications. In this article, Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, Research Director at IDTechEx, will briefly discuss some techniques and applications for 3D electronics.

Test programs for complex PCBs can be generated and even debugged - without human intervention – using Digitaltest’s test system software CITE 8.

P2i has sealed a partnership agreement with Samsung that will see its Barrier nanocoating technology deployed across several smartphone designs from 2019, extending water and liquid protection to the internal components of selected Samsung Galaxy smartphones.

Stratasys has announced a global mobilisation of the company’s 3D printing resources and expertise to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, spanning its Stratasys, GrabCAD, Stratasys Direct Manufacturing and partner network with donated printing capacity across all regions. The initial focus is on providing thousands of disposable face shields for use by medical personnel.