Articles from Circuits Assembly (April 1, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'Auto-mix' defluxer.			88
'Quick-change' benchtop selective solder.			103
... but, says SIA, issues 'worked out'.	Drysdale, Chelsey		84
4-zone AOI.			83
A catalytic convertor: some would-be attempts to 'protect' the environment are sure to blow up.	Burke, John		881
Alternative Manufacturing Inc.			37
ANSI/ESD S20.20 explained: an explanation of the ESD keepout distance for 2000V products.	Swenson, Dave		769
Apex: exhilarating, exhausting, but never dull: an attendance drop stained an otherwise eventful week.	Buetow, Mike		3065
Asustek raises laptop estimates for 2007.	Buetow, Mike		95
At RadiSys, no detail's too small.	Buetow, Mike		614
Avo Photonics.			25
Brio Technology Ltd.			16
Cogiscan.			50
Component removal/rework tweezers.			80
Constructing DoEs: in the transition to Pb-free, we resolved everything. Except the soldering process, that is.	Shea, Chrys		1359
Cookson Electronics'.			18
CSP underfill for Pb-free.			97
Design Solutions acquires Paradigm Manufacturing Partners.	Buetow, Mike		130
Designing for wave solderability: board layout is the leading cause of solder defects, but getting it right is not easy.	Diepstraten, Gerjan		896
Dr. Laura Turbini.			53
Elcoteq exec: EMS industry prospects strong.	Buetow, Mike		128
EMS firm Libra Industries.			37
Equipment supplier selection: in 18 years of buying equipment, there was one thing I never included in my comparison matrix: the price.	Belmonte, Joe		788
ESD-safe parts trays.			57
Eurotherm.			32
Evidence of poor practice: close inspection of Pb-free boards showed plenty of room for improvement.			477
Excess inventories remain high, says iSuppli ...	Drysdale, Chelsey		134
Exerra.			23
February manufacturing orders, production up.	Drysdale, Chelsey		229
Flatbed PCB prototyping.			58
Harima Kasei.			23
Henkel expands solder manufacturing capacity in India, adds paste blending facility.	Drysdale, Chelsey		93
High performance ribbons for micro labels.			45
High-speed flash programmer.			81
High-speed SPI.			99
How cleaning a no-clean flux causes leakage and corrosion: take care not to leave moisture-absorbing conductive residues.	Munson, Terry		504
Humidity and pollution effects on Pb-free assemblies: a study of how metallization and operating voltage influence electrochemical migration.	Wack, Harald		1359
In case you missed it; laminates.			242
In case you missed it; solder joint reliability.			184
In case you missed it; stencil printing.			181
In case you missed it; test and inspection.			254
Industry market snapshot.	Drysdale, Chelsey		105
Industry needs leadership on trade shows.	Holzmann, Matthew	Letter to the editor	379
International Manufacturing Services.			22
Is SPI the yield improvement tool we've waited for? How SPI cut defects by 80% at an automotive electronics plant, plus a primer on how it works.	Holzmann, Matthew T.		1723
ITM publishes global wave soldering market study.	Buetow, Mike		109
Juki Automation.			16
Kimball Electronics Group.			38
Koh Young.			14
Kyzen Corp.			22
LaBarge Inc.			57
Laird Technologies.			44
Low viscosity fluid dispenser.			103
Low-cost ICT.			80
Metals index.	Drysdale, Chelsey		90
Military electronics to slow.	Drysdale, Chelsey		103
Morey Corp.			78
Nepcon/EMT China activities announced.	Drysdale, Chelsey		92
Newark InOne.			18
Nortec Inc.			41
Nortec Inc.			21
OK International.			30
Pallet stackers.			77
Panasonic's CM602 placement machine.			323
Pb-free paste cleaner.			52
Pb-free reflow oven.			89
Pb-free soldering and materials IP: which companies are protecting their Pb-free soldering ideas?	Graves, Danny R.		636
PCBs: a new kind of insulation?	Buetow, Mike		206
Placement machine tolerances and limitations: DfA is the best solution for grappling with varying machine tolerances.	Khan, Zulki		1559
Report: Hon Hai raising Vietnam investment by $4B.	Buetow, Mike		90
Samsung to build LCD assemblies in Slovakia.	Buetow, Mike		80
Senju Metal.			21
SMT placement OEM Blakell Europlacer Ltd.			29
SMTA Medical Electronics Symposium announced.	Buetow, Mike		124
SMTAI exhibit space sold out.	Buetow, Mike		109
Speedline Technologies.			30
SupplyFrame announces GoPart search engine widget.	Buetow, Mike		153
Tamura Corp.			30
Tamura H.A. Machinery.			24
Test OEM Aeroflex latest Francisco purchase.	Buetow, Mike		152
The changing chain: bare board distributors are usurping traditional supply lines.	Buetow, Mike		659
The deadly sins of Pb-free assembly: repent, for you too are guilty of process mistakes.	Zarrow, Phil		1089
The defense rests.	Drysdale, Chelsey		179
VadaTech Inc.			14
Valor Computerized Systems.			22
Vitronics-Soltec.			13
Vitronics-Soltec.			9
What is innovation, anyway? Knowing an idea's nature improves the odds you will benefit from it.	Linton, Jonathan		1909
Yamaha.			14