Component Management

Super Dry Totech’s latest generation of robotically automated component storage systems will be available to see at productronica. The Totech Dry Tower incorporates complete moisture management, floor life reset and traceability of MSL components, in addition to optimising the storage demands of different sized reels and trays, operator-free. 

MicroCare will showcase its family of cleaning products at SMTA International in Illinois from 17-21 September. For 2017. The company will focus on its newest electronics cleaner, Tergo High Performance Flux Remover.

Electrolube has introduced a  halogen-free, acrylic conformal coating, HFAC. It has been developed as a solution for manufacturers who require a coating, formulated without the use of aromatic solvents or chlorinated and, bromininated  flame retardents that can created hazardous and highly corrosive species during a fire.  For specific customer applications, HFAC will entirely eliminate the negative issues associated with halogenat...

Fluid dispensing specialist Fisnar is to exhibit at productronica 2017. This is Fisnar’s first ever solo outing to Productronica and the company says it will reveal a new selection of products.

An international team of researchers, including scientists from Shinshu University (Japan) and the director of Penn State's ATOMIC Center, has developed a graphene-based coating for desalination membranes that is more robust and scalable than current nanofiltration membrane technologies. The result could be a sturdy and practical membrane for clean water solutions as well as protein separation, wastewater treatment and pharmaceutical and food ind...

LCL Electronics has developed a new PCB for an old photographic timer, leading to cost savings and reduced production times for the customer - Paterson Photographic - which is developing its existing products to combine traditional forms of lighting equipment with new technology.  Using LCL as its electronics partner, its 200D enlarger timer, a mains operated digital timer unit, has been re-launched with updated technology to improve safety ...

Each atomic layer thin, tear-resistant, and stable. Graphene is seen as the material of the future. It is ideal for e.g. producing ultra-light electronics or highly stable mechanical components. But the wafer-thin carbon layers are difficult to produce. At the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Jürgen Kraus has manufactured self-supporting graphene membranes, and at the same time systematically investigated and optimised the growth of the...

  For the first time, ETH researchers have succeeded in applying a millennia-old method for making fabrics to create a completely organic nanoweave. The structure of the trihexagonal “kagome” weave is based on the sophisticated design of the molecules that make up the threads.

Master Bond has published a  paper which offers a guide to evaluating and selecting adhesive products exposed to harsh chemical environments. It examines the importance of exposure variables, chemical interactions, testing and also includes practical suggestions of procedures on how to avoid generalities in the selection process.

Kurtz Ersa North America just announced that Electronic Systems has purchased and installed a VERSAFLOW 3/45 selective soldering system. Electronic Systems is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD, and operates three facilities there. VERSAFLOW 3/45 is reckoned to be the industry’s most widely used in-line selective soldering platform and most repeatable system on the market. It is said to be the first in-line selective soldering machine wi...