Industry News | 2020-10-26 10:54:29.0
Does it sound familiar? Does your company operate expensive and sophisticated electronic equipment, such as an electron microscope, a CNC machine, an industrial PLC, etc.? The failure of any printed circuit board (PCB) leads to a long downtime of both equipment and personnel, while the manufacturer's specialists carry out diagnostics and repairs. That's all about time and money. It seems unlikely that the manufacturer has a spare parts warehouse (SPTA) in every city. Storing the spare parts for all the boards yourself is very expensive and usually impractical. In case the device is under warranty repair costs will be paid by the manufacturer. But what if warranty has expired long ago? Complex expensive equipment can be used for 3, 5 or 10 years, and that is not the limit.
Industry News | 2012-06-12 13:07:13.0
ABB Semiconductors in Lenzburg, Switzerland, long searched for a suitable production storage system for HiPak IGBT modules production. Project Manager Prabath Lewdeni found the SMD Tower by chance. Its supplier Essemtec re-engineered the SMD component storage system into clean room storage for ABB.
Industry News | 2015-10-11 15:35:54.0
New placement modules, tapeless feeders, new screen printers and the first expert system that optimizes SMT processes automatically. At Productronica 2015 (November 10-13, Munich Trade Fair Center), technology leader ASM Assembly Systems will present a show unlike any other under the motto “On the move to the Smart #1 SMT Factory”. On 650 square meters at booth A3.377, the SMT experts will lay out their roadmap to the Smart Factory with a “Speed Quality” line and a “Flexible Quality” line featuring totally innovative technologies. The focus will be best-in-class equipment, automation tools, production process networking and integration, and transparent material logistics. At the “Speed Quality” line, new SIPLACE TX placement modules will ring in the mass placement of super-small 0201 (metric) components. A single SIPLACE TX module alone can place up to 78,000 of these per hour at full speed at smallest footprint. With its compact design, it also sets new records in speed, floorspace performance and placement accuracy. Components in sizes from 0402 through 01005 will be supplied loosely and without tapes thanks to the new SIPLACE BulkFeeder. This ASM innovation finally bans reels and splicing from the SMT production floor. With the DEK NeoHorizon and DEK NeoHorizon Back-to-Back, the ASM team will also unveil new, powerful screen printers. Most of the visitors’ attention, however, will be focused on the ASM ProcessExpert. This first inline expert system in the industry establishes a new product category in electronics manufacturing. By running virtual prints based on Gerber data, the ASM ProcessExpert subjects the stencil to a DFM (design for manufacturability) health check. By stabilizing and optimizing the printing process automatically, this highly innovative system represents a milestone on the path to self-optimizing SMT lines. Each of these innovations constitutes a building block for the Smart Factory.
Industry News | 2013-01-30 13:06:03.0
Seica will be an exhibitor at the 2013 IPC APEX show being held in San Diego this year. Visitors are welcome to booth #627 to learn more about the industry leading ATE and functional test systems, an impressive array of the latest Seica product developments: The featured systems in booth #627 will include the Pilot V8 Flying Prober, the Firefly Laser Selective Soldering system, and the Compact TK Functional and In-Circuit Test system.
Industry News | 2003-06-11 13:44:10.0
Research conducted by Siliconix indicates their newly released devices offer the best performance of any power MOSFETs in a thermally enhanced package.
Industry News | 2009-07-30 21:15:21.0
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tyco Electronics Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) today reported results for the fiscal third quarter ended June 26, 2009.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 25 10:57:08 EDT 2007 | cecil
Our board layout folks are currently designing a PWB using a 132 QFN. The component is .5mm pitch with .35mm square pads. The component manufacturer recommends the following footprint: .4mm square land .3mm square solder resist 1.why do they spec
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 24 09:06:40 EDT 2004 | davef
We believe that many manufacturers' recommended pads should be close to the last resort. Recommendations are: * Standardize with the IPC guidelines or those by Jim Blankenhorn [ smtplus.com ]. Anyone that wants to change from that standard needs to
Electronics Forum | Tue May 18 19:41:18 EDT 1999 | Raffi Garabedian
I am designing a component for surface mount. Does anybody out there specialize in the design of passive components for SMT? Can you recommend a good reference?
Electronics Forum | Tue May 18 19:41:05 EDT 1999 | Raffi Garabedian
I am designing a component for surface mount. Does anybody out there specialize in the design of passive components for SMT? Can you recommend a good reference?
