Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 22 14:57:34 EDT 2000 | Lee
Mike, when you ask if companies afford to place additional environmental constraints on the manufacturing process, perhaps we should ask whether they can afford not to pay attention to environmental issues. I know this sounds a little flippant, but i
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 13 12:43:28 EDT 2004 | faiton
Hello! As Stefan mentioned and I agreed. I had been in Japan quite a few times to visit both equipment manufacterer and production company. Most of the work was done by robots and the operator could control from 4 lines up by himself. However, the
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 19 13:03:16 EDT 2004 | pjc
Electronics manufacturing moving to China is not about the labor man. You all don�t get it. It�s the material, and not just the electronics material either. Plastics and metal parts costs are lower. Labor costs are the smallest component of a produc
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 12 19:02:20 EDT 2004 | stefwitt
It is being done. I�ve lived and worked in 3 countries, have visited all countries in Europe, been in Asia and most of the US. Japanese are in love with robots and automation. Japan has already moved most of their manufacturing out of China, while US
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 24 21:44:27 EST 2000 | Dave F
Horace: Area you in the rainy or the dry portion of the South? ;-) Now, excuse me from mincing words with you ;-) �, but buying a manufacturing software package is a serious (expensive) endeavor that will leave no part of your company unscathed. I�d
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 24 21:44:27 EST 2000 | Dave F
Horace: Area you in the rainy or the dry portion of the South? ;-) Now, excuse me from mincing words with you ;-) �, but buying a manufacturing software package is a serious (expensive) endeavor that will leave no part of your company unscathed. I�d
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 25 13:42:35 EST 2010 | patrickbruneel
This is a post from another forum as a response from Bob Landman to a claim that he had no evidence to be concerned about lead-free in hirel applications (interesting read). See below and am sure many technetters will find this interesting **********
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 14 17:23:36 EDT 2013 | markhoch
Thanks 'hege for the info. Have you seen a reduction in solder defects after switching from Air Reflow to N2 Reflow? I'm curious, because in my experience of over 20 years, working at five different companies, (Jabil being one of them), I've never u
Electronics Forum | Thu May 07 20:28:35 EDT 2009 | davef
From our notes, the following is a series of snips from: "Copper Dissolution in Tin" LJ Turbini, PhD, adjunct faculty member, University of Toronto, Materials Science and Engineering, SMT 2/07 As the solder becomes molten, copper from the board diff
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 09 16:52:16 EDT 2004 | Cary Chang
Dear Mira: I had some assembly operation in Manuas before, You can find out the company name and telephone number in the attached web address. From the telephone list of the Manuas electronics companies which you can call them. some of them you can c
