Articles from Circuits Assembly (October 1, 2007)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'2 printer' lane configuration.			40
'5-axis' x-ray inspection.			54
0201 component placement.			52
110k cph placement.			86
2-D, 3-D x-ray inspection.			46
8-zone reflow.			61
A study of 0201s and tombstoning in Pb-free systems: a comprehensive DoE finds paste and placement offsets the top contributor to defects.	Neathway, Paul; Butterfield, Andrew; Chu, Quyen; Tokotch, Nick; Haddick, Robert; Peallat, Jean-Marc;		1533
A-Tek.			22
Acer to acquire Gateway for $710M.	Drysdale, Chelsey		134
AOI OEM ViTechnology named Jean-Yves Gomez chief executive officer.			33
Aqueous Technologies.			23
August manufacturing slowed slightly.	Drysdale, Chelsey		258
Australia EMS purchases local Sanmina assets.	Buetow, Mike		92
Automatic defluxer.			76
BGA assembly with low-Ag alloy spheres: are such BGAs backwards compatible with SAC 305?	Wable, Girish; Neathway, Paul		944
BreconRidge Manufacturing Solutions named John Haydon president and COO.			23
CheckSum named Steve Broderick director of Asia operations, based in Shanghai.			26
Christopher Associates (christopherweb.net) will distribute and provide engineering support for First EIE's photoplotters and ink-jet printers in the North America.			33
Closed-loop cleaner.			32
Cobar, Balver finalize merger.	Buetow, Mike		122
Coming up ROSA: OEMs with Pb-free solderability problems could benefit from this component and board restoration technique.			966
Conformal coating curing.			31
Continuous improvement through visual systems: the more visible abnormalities, the more apt employees are to fix them.	Hemmant, Robert		1239
Defense, semis rebound.	Drysdale, Chelsey		171
Dual camera Batch Printer.			86
Elcoteq doubles Dongguan plant size.	Buetow, Mike		71
EMS provider Nexus Nano Electronics (nexuscei.com) has received additional funding from Yorkville Advisors, a private equity group.			47
EVS International.			14
Flash device programmer.			81
Flextronics to buy medical device maker.	Buetow, Mike		130
Foxconn.			52
Frost: aerospace, defense face Pb-free challenges.	Drysdale, Chelsey		214
Henkel.			45
High-sample rate thermal profiler.			55
High-speed 4-gantry placement.			58
IDC forecasts 2008 recovery for ICs.	Drysdale, Chelsey		62
In case you missed it.			520
Industry market snapshot.	Drysdale, Chelsey		103
IPC group to study 'dump pot' specs.	Buetow, Mike		187
IPC named Fern Abrams director of government relations.			14
IPC's cost for Washington's ear? $140,000.	Buetow, Mike		135
Lenovo Aces out Acer in Q2.	Drysdale, Chelsey		112
Low-VOC aqueous cleaner.			81
Machine versatility: aspects to evaluate when considering customization.	Mohanty, Rita		858
Material dispenser.			64
Metals index.	Drysdale, Chelsey		75
Microscope LED illumination.			56
Miniwave selective soldering.			71
NAM report: Labor wages on rise.	Drysdale, Chelsey		146
National Technical Systems Inc.			37
NBS adds procurement services.	Buetow, Mike		103
Noncontact dimensional measurement.			47
Nondestructive test.			28
Peelable coating mask.			53
Plexus Corp. named Ginger M. Jones vice president and chief financial officer, replacing the retiring Gordon Bitter.			51
Post-wave solder bridging: bridging seems random, yet always in the same place. Why?	Diepstraten, Gerjan		686
Practical lessons for Pb-free.		Interview	872
Preproduction process control tool.			67
Printer with 3-section transport.			67
Pulsmo.			14
Quick changeover placement.			46
R & D needs for packaging: WLPs may be the answer to the widening gap between device cost and packaging cost.	Adam, Joe		308
RadiSys Corp.			49
Rapid cure underfill.			81
Sanmina-SCI Corp. named Joseph R. Bronson president and COO.			46
Science Foundation Arizona issued University of Arizona associate professor of chemical engineering Anthony Muscat a $625,000 grant to find ways to cut water and other materials from electronics manufacturing.			81
Selective soldering for high-volume assembly: in an EMS environment, overall quality rose almost 80% over a conventional wave.	Grimard, Frank		873
SemiCon West recap: Palomar to add contract services.	Buetow, Mike		299
SMT [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII].	Cai, San Qiang		43
SMT assembly worst practices--101: Windex is great for windows, but not so much for PCBs.	Zapfardt, H.J.		1228
SMTA International will move to Disney's Coronado Springs Hotel in Orlando in 2008.			41
Sypris Solutions Inc. controller and principal accounting officer Jeffrey T. Reibel resigned and was replaced by Glen French, a former senior vice president of finance, treasurer for SHPS Inc.			64
The disappearing defects: compensating for PWB positional inaccuracies in 0201s.	Shea, Chrys		1069
The learning organization: how constant searching has 'Key'ed 3 straight SEA wins.	Drysdale, Chelsey		482
Tomorrow's customers.	Buetow, Mike		784
Valor Computerized Systems.			15
Viscom acquires Phoseon's MX family of IR inspection systems.	Drysdale, Chelsey		121
What to look for when qualifying a new process (Part II): a post-selective soldering heating step helps flux reach activation temperature.	Munson, Terry		720
Yamaichi Electronics USA named E.C. (Eunhyon) Chi district sales manager for Texas and the Midwest.			39