Articles from Circuits Assembly (December 1, 2004)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'All fluids' dispensing valve.			97
2-sided thermal printer.			71
3-gantry pick-and-place.			79
Assembly engineering tool.			51
Assessing solder joint reliability in Pb-free assemblies: research finds bulk alloy properties are not a meaningful predictor of reliability.	Dowds, Steve		1523
Building on its ODM capabilities.			32
CAMX still seeking end-user push.	Buetow, Mike		95
Can odd-form automation increase returns? Still placing odd-form parts by hand? How to determine ROI of end-of-line automation.	Chonis, Patty		1552
Canada-based EMS provider Creation Technologies (creationtech.com) has established a Southern U.S. facility by acquiring Second Source Systems (Richardson, TX).			39
Celeritek (celeritek.com) shareholders approved the sale of the company's defense electronics business to a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies (teledyne.com) for $33 million in cash.			46
Chip tube carts.			65
Circuits Assembly's service excellence awards.		Advertisement	125
Coating for squeegees.			47
Color vision sensors.			58
Combination tester.			99
Cookson Group.			55
Defect management for electronics assembly.		Advertisement	37
Design and simulation software.			81
Desktop AOI verification.			36
Digi-Key Corp. (digikey.com) entered a distribution agreement with Silicon Laboratories Inc.			31
Driving ahead.			75
Economists differ on electronics outlook.	Buetow, Mike		477
Elcoteq da Amazonia, a Brazilian subsidiary of Elcoteq Network Corp.			46
EMS company Micro Dynamics (microdynamics.com) has sold a majority interest to CHB Capital Partners (chbcapital.com).			29
Enabling quick response manufacturing: still using your pick-and-place for debugging? Tools for surviving a zero-forecast world.	Harrison, Vern		1120
ESD for wheels/floors.			64
EV Group (evgroup.com), a wafer-bonding and lithography equipment suppler, and Datacon Technology AG (datacon.at), a flip-chip and die bonding equipment supplier, will develop and market advanced-chip-to-wafer (AC2W) technology.			52
Getting grounded: higher performance devices renew the need for proper ESD control.			740
Handheld adhesive dispenser.			48
High-mix pick-and-place.			80
High-speed SOC tester.			97
Humidity-resistant solder.			86
Industry market snapshot.			70
Inspection software update.			62
JTAG/boundary scan software.			77
KIC (kicthermal.com) will partner with Tamura Corp. (Tamura-HA.com).			26
Kulicke & Soffa Industries (kns.com) opened a state-of-the-art probe card manufacturing facility in Hsin Chu, Taiwan, a move designed to boost its vertical probe card market presence.			58
New report shows Japan PCB trends.	Buetow, Mike		204
New standards on RoHS.	Buetow, Mike		144
News and resources for PCB industry professionals.		Advertisement	75
No lead, and hold the extras.	Buetow, Mike		825
Nu Visions Manufacturing (nvems.com) has opened a CEM plant for PCB and electro-mechanical assembly in Tijuana, Mexico.			49
October manufacturing rejects seasonality.			278
One-step hand cleaning.			60
Passive thick film attenuator.			83
Pb-free manufacturability and test control: a process for determining the sweet spot between electrical contact and mechanical deformation for lead-free solders.	Collier, Terence Q.		1364
Pb-free paste.			62
Pb-free wave solder flux.			75
Pepperl+Fuchs (am.pepperl-fuchs.com) has acquired Omnitron (omnitron-ag.de).			27
Perfect Commerce Inc.			51
Programming for mixed-vendor lines: intelligent, centralized machine part data management cuts human error.	Elhanan, Bini		1218
Remote diagnostics software.			46
Samuel Sher.			29
SIA: flat semi sales in 2005.			107
Siemens: getting 'lean'.	Brandis, Siemens Tilo		804
Solectron Corp.			30
Spray fluxer.			70
SSD: the other surface finish: with lead-free and via-in-pad designs, solid solder deposit may finally find its niche.	Zarrow, Phil		936
Stainless steel conveyor.			77
Stencil cutter.			80
Strike up the broadband.			88
Talking defense.			165
The Electronics Group.			27
The ODM challenge: becoming leaders in design innovation; as they make the jump to ODM status, EMS firms must take control of IP.	Gordon, Pamela J.		650
The Z8 Encore!, eZ80Acclaim! and Crimzon LP32300 microcontroller (MCU) families from ZiLOG (zilog.com).			23
Three-Five Systems.			33
Throughput vs. cycle time in evaluating paste printing: is the best indicator of performance machine cycle time, or first-pass yield?	Boyes, Bob		1977
Trade groups take up currency fight.	Buetow, Mike		656
Transparent encapsulant.			63
Understanding specific area cleanliness: leave no residues behind.	Munson, Terry		618
Universal Instruments' (uic.com) SMT Laboratory offers a new Process Audit service to quickly optimize SMT and advanced packaging assembly.			49
User interface upgrade.			54
V.J. Electronix (vjelectronix.com).			31
Water-soluble Pb-free solder.			46