Component Management

For applications that place particularly high demands on resistance to shock and vibration, such as the defense systems and the aerospace industry, Pentair offers various types of Calmark Card Loks from the Schroff brand. In addition to securing the PCB and dissipating heat, these Card Loks offer significant advantages in assembly and maintenance, reducing down times and costs.

  Allowing panel builders to work in the most ergonomic and safest way possible, Kiesling Maschinentechnik, supplies Assemblex assembly frames that support and rationalise processes throughout every stage of machining, assembly, wiring and testing of enclosures.

In response to its ever expanding order book, Newbury Electronics has recently installed three Yamaha I-Pulse M20 SMD placement machines in its production facility in Newbury. This investment more than doubles the company's production capabilities and takes the total number of SMD machines to five, making the company the second largest user of this technology in the UK.

Using the recently qualified, proprietary THELMA60 (60µm Thick Epi-poly Layer for Micro-gyroscopes and Accelerometers) surface-micromachining fabrication process, STMicroelectronics has started the production of MEMS sensors.

Eurocircuits has launched new Design for Manufacturability (DFM) tools and a new award winning low-cost fixtureless test solution for populated prototype PCBs in response to engineers need to reduce time to market and costs. PCBs produced in the Far East for European designers don’t get support on Design for Manufacturability or Test, the company argues. Even one avoidable design iteration will wipe out any savings on board price.

KYZEN has a platoon of experts deployed at the High-Reliability Cleaning and Conformal Coating Conference at the Chicago Marriott Schaumburg (Nov 18-20). Organised by IPC and SMTA, the Conference will cover technological developments in all areas of cleaning and coating applied to electronics assemblies.

  Kurtz Ersa North America has installed a VERSAFLOW 3/45 selective soldering system, the industry’s most widely used in-line selective soldering platform, at Gables Engineering in Florida.

Manufactured in a versatile sheet form to be die cut or trimmed to perfectly fit application requirements, the Sarcon PG25A thermal interface material has been introduced by Fujipoly. The extremely soft, gel like compound provides a thermal conductivity of 2.5W/m°K with a thermal resistance of 0.24-1.7°Cin2/W, depending on sheet thickness and compression.

A one component epoxy system, which is designed for die attach applications, has been released by Master Bond. Offering an unlimited working life at room temperature, the Master Bond Supreme 3HTND-2DA cures in 5-10 minutes at 150°C. The adhesive, which performed well in 85/85 testing, has a die shear strength of 19-21kg-f.

  Designed to handle all tasks related to soldering, desoldering and the use of hot air in production processes, the 600W WXR 3 multifunctional rework station is notable for its high cost efficiency, saving significant acquisition costs compared to buying individual units.