Articles from Circuits Assembly (December 1, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
#1 - witness the difference.			91
Adhesives Research opens technical center in Singapore.			154
Aging characteristics of immersion tin surface finishes: an investigation of this surface finish's aging and its reliability during soldering.	Vogel, Roland		2119
Analyzing multiple component failures in a system; an analysis of each failed component--and knowing how components fail--can help uncover initial failure.	Choi, Jae		2123
AOI/boundary scan system.			99
ASAT Holdings names Teng VP, GM of North Asia sales.			149
Automated pick-and-place machine.			108
Automatic emulsion removal system.			118
Automatic insertion tooling.			88
Avnet achieves $1 billion milestone; opens Taipei office.			222
Ball bonding wire.			65
bb electronics (Horsens, Denmark), an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider, has purchased a moisture-sensitive device (MSD) control system from Cogiscan (Quebec, Canada).			40
Celestica buys MSL for $276 million.			269
Changeover control: understanding capabilities and managing changes can help to optimize your new equipment.	Robinson, Shawn		569
Closed-drift lon source.			77
Component feeder, magazine.			81
Controlling and avoiding ESD.			576
Critical tool and process characteristics: learn how to validate stencils and dry assemblies.	Hymes, Les		754
Defense Manufacturers' software.			97
DEK rewarded by Frost & Sullivan.			79
Delta Precision Circuits (Elk Grove Village, IL),a rigid circuit board manufacturer, has named Janice Mavridis as National Sales Manager.			31
Directory of Electronics Manufacturing Services Providers (DEMS).			59
Dispensing software update.			76
Dross handling carts.			102
DSL IC market rebounding, shifting to VDSL.			189
Electronic reprints.			144
Embedded SPC software.			77
Endicott Interconnect Technologies recognized by EPA.			135
Enthone awarded OSP patent.			139
ESD champions: coordinator and workplace "champions" help fill the gap between management commitment and effective implementation.	Brandt, Michael T.		587
Flip chip feeder.			106
Fluid handling pump.			91
GSI Lumonics Inc. (Wilmington, MA) has a new distribution agreement with UK-based Alliance Sales (Europe) to provide laser-based trim and inspection products.			50
How to buy equipment; the lists you need to know--before and after--you purchase major equipment for your assembly operation.	Jones, Tom S.		2044
ICT protection.			72
Inservco.			25
IPC honors Best Technical Paper, Hall of Fame inductee.			449
Kester, Feinfocus partner for x-ray inspection and analysis.			152
KIC awarded patent for thermal profiling technology.			186
Lead-free solder pastes and fluxes.			85
Legacy Electronics.			48
Leveraging modular, multi-user DFM tools; achieving true verification of PCB manufacturing.	Cealey, Jeff		2056
Loose pin feeder.			88
Micro component tester.			92
Micro dispensing system.			91
Microprocessor family.			90
Milara Inc. (Medfield, MA), a vendor of stencil printers for surface mount and wafer applications, has appointed WittcoSales as a manufacturer's representative serving Southern California and Mexico.			44
Milford Manufacturing Services (Milford, MA) has named Douglas Voiland as vice president, general manager.			34
MLCC capacitors and sample kit.			109
Networked vision smart cameras.			102
No-clean liquid flux.			79
Optical inspection system.			117
PCB UPdate: news and resources for PCB industry professionals.			83
Platform for film laser trim.			101
Polyonics opens Shanghai office.			93
Reworkable underfill encapsulant.			93
Scalable automation platform.			69
Selective soldering cells.			42
Semiconductor equipment market tweaking growth in 2003.			236
September 2003 Book-to-Bill.			170
September component orders record big gain over 2002.			231
SMTA announces Annual Awards.			446
SMTA offers Lead-Free Assembly course.			116
Speedline Technologies sold.			242
Stencil inspection system.			81
Stressed out?	Hamburg, Lisa		535
Surface-mount placement equipment: a new modularity: the electronics assembly work left in North America is reshaping this region's assembly equipment requirements.	Wischoffer, Scott		2231
Tack-free curing.			102
Test connector.			67
Test kit for pick-and-place standard.			79
The Independent Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA, Princeton Junction, NJ) Recently elected Nick David (right), president and chief executive officer of Husky International Electronics (Loveland, CO), as president.			63
The latest the Internet has to offer.			329
Three Wolf Electronics (Orem, UT) employees are now authorized to conduct training as Class A Instructors for IPC-A-610, Revision C, Certification.			49
Three-gantry placement machine.			106
Transmeta selects Fujitsu as foundry for 90 nm processors.			165
Universal device programmer.			83
Universal Instruments' (Binghamtion, NY) Brad Bennet is moving to Europe to become Director of European Operations.			61
Valor Computerized Systems (Lake Forest, CA) has sold its Trilogy 5000 new product introduction (NPI) engineering software solution to Nu Visions Manufacturing (Springfield, MA), a contract manufacturer.			35
Volumetric dispenser.			104
Wafer Fab construction increases in 2003, 2004.			325
What!? Just now realizing that your company missed out on being listed in Circuits Assembly's 2004 Buyer's Guide?			62
X-ray inspection system.			95
Your local PCBA needs your support; proper support can help prevent defects and eliminate setup errors.	Zarrow, Phil		788