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Measuring Materials "in situ" (i.e. while in use) Take control of the materials in your facility with Insituware’s Vision MARK-1 hand-held diagnostic tool. The Vision product family uses machine learning technology to bring material
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Gen3 Systems is a specialist manufacturer of test and measurement equipment used to help predict reliability of electronic circuits and systems in the field.
Industry News | 2024-03-18 12:59:34.0
Magnalytix will exhibit at the 2024 IPC APEX EXPO, scheduled to take place April 9-11, 2024 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. The company will promote its capabilities as the industry's largest provider of third-party SIR testing services and comprehensive reporting of Objective Evidence at Booth #2811.
Technical Library | 2023-04-17 17:05:47.0
In an ideal world, manufacturing devices would work all of the time, however, every company receives customer returns for a variety of reasons. If these returned parts contributed to a fail, most companies will perform failure analysis (FA) on the returned parts to determine the root cause of the failure. Failure can occur for a multitude of reasons, for example: wear out, fatigue, design issues, manufacturing flaw or defect. This information is then used to improve the overall quality of the product and prevent reoccurrence. If no defect is found, it is possible that in fact the product has no defect. On the other hand, the defect could be elusive and the FA techniques insufficient to detect said deficiency. No-clean flux residues can cause intermittent or elusive, hard to find defects. In an attempt to understand the effects of no-clean flux residues from the secondary soldering and cleaning processes, a matrix of varying process and cleaning operation was investigated. Of special interest, traveling flux residues and entrapped residues were examined, as well as localized and batch cleaning processes. Various techniques were employed to test the remaining residues in order to assess their propensity to cause a latent failure. These techniques include Surface Insulation Resistance1 (SIR) testing at 40⁰C/90% RH, 5 VDC bias along with C32 testing and Ion Exchange Chromatography (IC). These techniques facilitate the assessment of the capillary effect the tight spacing these component structures have when flux residues are present. It is expected that dendritic shorting and measurable current leakage will occur, indicating a failing SIR test. However, since the residue resides under the discrete components, there will be no visual evidence of dendritic growth or metal migration.
Industry News | 2021-10-21 05:56:39.0
Magnalytix announces that it will launch a new educational campaign on its media platforms with videos regarding how surface insulation resistance (SIR) testing works and why it is so valuable.
Industry News | 2010-10-27 18:18:54.0
STI Electronics, Inc., a full service organization providing training, electronic and industrial distribution, consulting, laboratory analysis, prototyping, and small- to medium-volume PCB assembly, announces that it has been awarded a Global Technology Award in the category of Contract Services
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North American Distributor for GEN3 Systems Ltd.test equipment and reliability products, and Inspectis HD Camera inspection tools.
Technical Library | 2016-09-22 17:52:59.0
Conformal Coatings are often used to increase the reliability of electronic assemblies operating in harsh or corrosive environments where the product would otherwise fail prematurely. Conformal coatings are often qualified to international standards, intended to enable users to better differentiate between suitable conformal coating chemistries, but always on a flat test coupon, which is not representative of real world use conditions. In order to better correlate international standards with real world-use conditions, three-dimensional Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) test boards have been manufactured with dummy components representative of those commonly used on printed circuit assemblies...
Industry News | 2010-12-09 13:15:01.0
STI Electronics announces that Casey Cooper, Electrical Engineering/Microelectronics Lab Manager, will present "Conformal Coating Evaluation for Use in Harsh Environments Utilizing a Modified SIR Test Protocol" at the upcoming Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium & Tabletop Exhibition, scheduled to take place January 18-20, 2011at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Industry News | 2021-01-27 04:42:24.0
Magnalytix, the forefront driver in providing real-time reliability solutions for electronics manufacturing, introduces the Magnalytix Technical Library, anenhancedknowledge base located initsWebsite's Tech Corner. The latest update connects manufacturing engineers with free inside expert knowledge regarding SIR testing and more.
