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Web Exclusive Articles Industry News | Home Page | Archives Home Home Page 2008 P11 Surface Mount Components Show Their Hidden Benefits By Craig Hunter, Vishay Surface mount components usually are marketed with their most apparent benefits in view. But a look at some recently introduced surface mount components, both passive and semiconductor devices, shows some benefits enabled by this technology that are nearly as important without being quite so obvious. New Products of September Following are some of the new testing, component handling and parts, defluxing, photovoltaics manufacturing, soldermasking, cleaning, X-ray inspection, and printing products on the SMT assembly market. These products are introduced by Agilent, Virtual Industries, Stackpole Electroncs, Scapa, Manncorp, and more. Bliss Industries Intros ESD-safe Lift Table (September 17, 2008) MILPITAS, Calif. — Bliss Industries Inc. debuted the Easy Lift, an ergonomic handling surface for electronic assemblies with 20" of adjustable work surface. Inside ACI: RoHS and Lead-free Update The American Competitiveness Institute (ACI) hosted a day with Ron Lasky, Ph.D., Indium, as a free workshop focusing on critical areas of lead-free assembly. Indium Corporation and SMT co-sponsored this educational program, which reviewed recent activity in RoHS, especially as related to medical exemptions. ISO Plans Energy Management Standard (September 16, 2008) WASHINGTON — ISO project committee PC 242, which is to develop an international standard on energy management, held its first meeting in early September. The future ISO 50001 will establish a framework for industrial plants, commercial facilities, or entire organizations to manage energy. Automatic Wave Loader Lowers Costs (September 16, 2008) PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. — PROMATION developed a new platform for its automatic wave loading system that reportedly results in a cost reduction. The SDTF is an edge carry, drop, tilt, and feed automatic wave loading system that has been designed to accept PCBs from a flat line (0°) and then drop, angle, and transfer the PCB into the wave solder machine. Combating Component Obsolescence — A Visit to Rochester Electronics "In a perfect world." This is a phrase uttered by many a project leader or product designer compiling a bill of materials (BOM) for a new product or modified design. In the real world, something like 70% of the components specified for a long-design-cycle assembly will be obsolesced by the time the assembly hits the manufacturing floor. We visited one components supplier, Rochester Electronics, to see how they keep phased-out components at the ready in an imperfect world. IPC Midwest Product Preview These are the new and flagship products on display at IPC Midwest, September 24–25 in Schaumburg, Ill. Included in the products on the show floor are complete assembly lines, integrated test and inspection systems, new materials for soldering and thermal management, and various software tools for assembly. IPC Insights We Need to Talk. And So Do Our Machines By Dieter Bergman, IPC IPC is an organization that serves the electronics industry in many ways, but when people think of IPC, one word probably comes to mind: standards. The work of developing standards involves thousands of people, and only a few of them are IPC staff members. Most of the work is done by engineers and managers from the approximately 2,700 member companies, people who offer their time and expertise to enable the industry to function more efficiently and effectively. Design, Fabrication, Assembly — What Changes for Harsh-environment Electronics? By Zulki Khan, NexLogic Technologies Inc. Manufacturing harsh environment electronics takes into consideration a number of key aspects dealing with PCB design layout, fabrication, and assembly. The EMS provider that goes beyond an OEM's minimum engineering requirements and implements additional safety ensures that the board and end product maintain high performance and optimum reliability, regardless of environment, terrain, or temperature conditions. PAGE: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 |

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