Component Management

Designed for desoldering Pb-free through-hole and SMT components, the Bi Rework Solder Paste has been introduced by Balver Zinn. The desoldering paste works at a temperature of 180°C, reducing desoldering temperatures and times, as well as reducing the risk of board damage during the desoldering process.

The SARCON SPG-15A, a form-in-place thermal interface compound from Fujipoly, has been updated. The easy to dispense SARCON SPG-20B, is a low-viscosity thermally conductive silicone that delivers a thermal conductivity of 2.1W/m°K and a thermal resistance of 1.8°Cm2/W.

For use in offshore, oil, gas and mining wire and cable applications, two UV protected grades of TPUs (Thermoplastic Polyurethanes) have been released by Huntsman. The IROGRAN TPU materials, which are polyether-based, are designed for encasing the cables of heavy-duty pieces of equipment. Such cables function in harsh, abrasive and outdoor environments, and are exposed to the elements.

Expanding the company's Sticklers CleanClicker fibre optic connector cleaner portfolio, MicroCare has iintroduced the 2.5 and 1.25mm versions. The cleaners are designed to perfectly clean SC, FC, ST, E2000, LC and MU type connectors in any size and for any scale fibre optic network.

To extend the life of alumina or beryllia electrostatic chucks (ESCs), sacrificial wear layers have been released by Morgan Advanced Materials. The Diamonex technical hard-coats, which are applied as a final protective layer, extend the life of ESCs for semiconductor, solar and LED applications.

Suitable for rapid thermal processing and plasma etch process chamber components, Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) SiC and Pyrolytic Boron Nitride (PBN) materials have been introduced by Morgan Advanced Materials. The materials are also suitable as metalorganic CVD tools for high-brightness white LED manufacturing using the indium gallium nitride process. 

Suited for development, production, rework and maintenance in most THT and SMD applications, Kurtz Ersa North America has announced the i-CON 2 industrial soldering station. The two-channel 120W station provides users two active soldering and de-soldering tools at the same time.

A robotic wiring centre developed by Kiesling Maschinentechnik is now production-ready. The company has been developing the Averex wiring centre for five years and claim that it is the first of its kind. Before the centre is used, however, two field tests will be conducted in the second half of 2014. 

Easily trimmed to required sizes with minimal wastage, the TGR200 thermal transfer sheet has been introduced by ARCOL. This no-shrink, 100% coverage, no mess alternative to conventional thermal pastes is supplied as a flexible dry mat, providing high performance heat transfer without the need for wasteful and messy assembly processes.

After working in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), Isola now complies with the ESA's specification for a cleaner class of base materials. Known as Appendix A, the standard defines the additional requirements to the Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits’ standard IPC-4101-D: Specification for Base Materials for Rigid and Multilayer Printed Boards.