Component Management

The DYMAX Speedmask 731 from Intertronics speeds up and improves temporary masking prior to aggressive finishing processes in manufacturing, especially on darker colour substrates. Its unique bright yellow colour enables quick and accurate visual checking of coverage or removal which is enhanced by fluorescence under black light.

SCHOTT enables faster wafer production in the semiconductor industry with the use of its BOROFLOAT borosilicate glass. Thanks to its well-adapted thermal expansion behaviour, its excellent flatness and process robustness, it is widely recognised as a standard material for MEMS processes such as anodic bonding. 

TDK Corporation presents the ultra-thin IFL16 noise suppression sheet. The sheet has a thickness of just 0.03 or 0.05 mm, depending on the type, making it 20% thinner than existing sheets with the same performance. At this thickness the new material offers the world's highest magnetic permeability of 220µ´ at 1MHz. IFL16 is designed for a temperature range of between -40 and +85°C and is suitable for the frequency range from 0.5 t...

SCHOTT has now developed a special coating through which the industry’s salt spray requirements for hybrid housings can be exceeded. The coating protects glass-to-metal seals against corrosion, even after 24 hour salt spray tests. This improves the reliability of hermetic packages, especially for applications in extremely harsh environments, such as aerospace projects.

A drop of water self-heals a multiphase polymer derived from the genetic code of squid ring teeth, which may someday extend the life of medical implants, fiber-optic cables and other hard to repair-in-place objects, according to an international team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University.

  ADVANCE RIKO has expanded its MILA-5000 series with the Mini Lamp Annealer MILA-5050, which enables heat treatment up to 50mm square size. 

NCH Europe has launched X-Rust 7, a powerful pH neutral rust removal solution. Designed for the immersion of steel based plant and machinery equipment, X-Rust 7 eliminates even the most severe rust in 24 hours. The solution is pH neutral, dilutes 1:10, is effective at room temperature and leaves a temporary protective coating after application.

JUKI introduces JX-350, a long board SMT placement machine. JX-350 is the successor to JUKI’s LED dedicated mounter JX-300LED, and significantly improves the placing ability of diffusion lenses for LED production. By reducing the weight of the beam and revising the head drive control, its placement speed increased by 18% to 32,000cph compared to the previous model.

Master Bond EP21NDCL is a unique two component epoxy system that cures optically clear in thin sections, even though Part A is translucent and Part B is light amber. This non-drip compound is formulated for a variety of bonding, sealing and coating applications in the optical, opto-electronic, electrical, aerospace and specialty OEM industries.

MicroCare Europe BVBA will present its enhanced line of Sticklers fibre optic cleaning products at the ECOC Exposition in Valencia, Spain from 28th to 30th September. At this expo the Sticklers team will be featuring the new Sticklers high volume fibre optic cleaning kits which contain the company’s latest innovation, the Sticklers CleanClicker fibre optic connector cleaners.