Articles from Circuits Assembly (June 1, 2007)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'No overshoot' hand tool.			90
2-side label placement.			85
270[degrees]C soldering flux.			104
A chance for sanity: the EU opens the door--finally--to debating RoHS and WEEE.	Burke, John		940
Adeptron buys Pacific Circuit Assembly.	Drysdale, Chelsey		99
All wet: protocols for solderability testing.			797
April U.S. orders, production surge.	Drysdale, Chelsey		248
Benchtop wafer test.			92
Board assembly trends and priorities: the latest drivers are conversion cost reduction, NPI time reduction, greater I/O density and environmental compliance.	Shangguan, Dongkai		953
China nearing 50% of cellphone production.	Drysdale, Chelsey		241
Die attach paste.			87
Effects of SAC alloy copper dissolution rates on PTH processes: cost and performance justify use of certain alternatives to SAC 305/405.	Snugovsky, Polina		4104
Imperfect shapes, perfect wetting: "lean" may be the rage, but fat solder joints are wholly reliable.	Diepstraten, Gerjan		520
In case you missed it.			751
Industry market snapshot.	Drysdale, Chelsey		103
Inline, 3-D SPI.			85
Korea passes RoHS law.	Drysdale, Chelsey		293
Lead spread: Pb-free pastes do not spread like SnPb on OSP.	Shea, Chrys		1243
Lenovo to cut 650 jobs, relocate 750 others.	Drysdale, Chelsey		86
Mass reflow assembly of 01005 resistors: tombstone ratios of co-assembled 0201s and 01005s show the latter are more stable across a variety of atmospheres.	Schake, Jeff		4840
Materials management, delivery.			82
Metals index.	Drysdale, Chelsey		84
More Groves, not Graves.	Buetow, Mike		831
Nepcon China: steady as she goes.	Buetow, Mike		765
Parts time: east meets west in an unusual supply chain partnership.	Drysdale, Chelsey		746
Pb-free wave soldering flux application: popular flux systems are compared for PTH penetration, coverage accuracy, maintainability and chemical compatibility.	Kirby, Ken		1407
PCB documentation software.			106
PMP market set for boom.	Drysdale, Chelsey		100
Printing process 'tweaking': fiddling with the process increases its variation. Never do it!	Belmonte, Joe		1229
Reports: electronics equipment market slowing.	Drysdale, Chelsey		155
SAC whiskers? Metal whiskers are not a new problem. But finding them in new places can be.	Munson, Terry		342
Search and navigate.	Drysdale, Chelsey		171
SIR sufficient for testing circuit reliability under coatings, NPL finds.	Drysdale, Chelsey		167
Survey: Pb-free soldering now dominates Europe.	Drysdale, Chelsey		210
Synchronized service: how Synchronized Manufacturing avoids being an "industry settler.".	Drysdale, Chelsey	Interview	409
Taking stock of component procurement: proper purchasing procedures prevent post-assembly pitfalls.	Khan, Zulki		414
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers awarded Professor R. Wayne Johnson the 2007 Total Excellence in Electronics Manufacturing (TEEM) Award.			90
Things that go zap in the night: practices for handling ESD- and MSD-sensitive components.	Zarrow, Phil		1106
U.S. Congress seeks to revamp patent process.	Drysdale, Chelsey		216
White paper addresses metal cost increases.	Drysdale, Chelsey		212
Writings on the wall: is employee motivation a dying concept? It shouldn't be.	Mucha, Susan		1266