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█ Electronics Manufacturing Technical Articles

Types of flexible printed circuit board

Topics are: • Single side - The basic flexible printed circuit board is used of substrate of single side pcb materials and coated coverlay after finishing printed. • Double sided - That is made of substrates of double sided printed circuit board with double surface coated coverlays after finishing printed. • Single copper foil with double coverlays - Single copper foil coated different coverlays with double surface after finishing printed. • Air gap - Laminating two single printed circuit board together with no glue and bare design to meet high flexibility requirements. • Multilayer - That is designed for three and above circuit layers by laminating single side printed circuit board or double sided printed circuit board. • COF - IC chips and electronic components are installed on the flexible circuit board directly. • Rigid-Flexible PCB - Combined to rigid PCB with supporting and flexible PCB with high flexibility.

Credit: Everest PCB equipment Co.,Ltd

Reliability Challenges in Fabrication of Flexible Hybrid Electronics for Human Performance Monitors: A System Level Study

Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) interface rigid electronic components with flexible sensors, circuits, and substrates. This paper reports the reliability improvement of a FHE Human Performance Monitor (HPM), designed to monitor electrocardiography (ECG) signals.

Credit: Stanford University

Electromechanical Reliability Testing of Flexible Hybrid Electronics Incorporating FleX Silicon-on-Polymer ICs

Flexible Hybrid Electronics combine the best characteristics of printed electronics and silicon ICs to create high performance, ultra-thin, physically flexible systems. New static and dynamic tests are being developed to evaluate the performance of these systems. Dynamic radius of curvature and torsional test results are presented for a flexible hybrid electronics system with a FleX Silicon-on-Polymer operational amplifier manufactured in an 180nm CMOS process with 4-levels of metal interconnect mounted on a PET substrate.

Credit: American Semiconductor, Inc.

Influence of Flexibility of the Interconnects on the Dynamic Bending Reliability of Flexible Hybrid Electronics

The growing interest towards thinner and conformable electronic systems has attracted significant attention towards flexible hybrid electronics (FHE). Thin chip-foil packages fabricated by integrating ultra-thin monocrystalline silicon integrated circuits (ICs) on/in flexible foils have the potential to deliver high performance electrical functionalities at very low power requirements while being mechanically flexible.

Credit: Fraunhofer EMFT Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies

Flexible Hybrid Electronics: Direct Interfacing of Soft and Hard Electronics for Wearable Health Monitoring

The interfacing of soft and hard electronics is a key challenge for flexible hybrid electronics. Currently, a multisubstrate approach is employed, where soft and hard devices are fabricated or assembled on separate substrates, and bonded or interfaced using connectors; this hinders the flexibility of the device and is prone to interconnect issues. Here, a single substrate interfacing approach is reported, where soft devices, i.e., sensors, are directly printed on Kapton polyimide substrates that are widely used for fabricating flexible printed circuit boards (FPCBs).

Credit: University of California Berkeley

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█ Printed Circuit Board Assembly & PCB Design Forum

IPS Viewer -- Good Mornning my freinds. Lately, we installation new ligne with NXT machine the old nxt machine with fuji flexa and fuji accessory software , but the new machine have a Nexim software and IPS viewer. I don't have any idea for IPS viewer. thank you for all.

Width control on Universal Genesis (PWC) issue -- I've got two Genesis machines (GC30 and GX11) that I bought used. The PWC on one is disabled, and if I enable that axis the machine will tell me it can't find or initialise that axis. I tried swapping the board 48904905 from the working machine to the other and nothing changed. I'm unsure what to try next. Any ideas?

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█ SMT, PCB Electronics Assembly Manufacturing News

SMTA Welcomes New Board Members

The SMTA is pleased to announce its election results for the Global Board of Directors for the term beginning September 28, 2022. Martin Anselm, Ph.D., Rochester Institute of Technology was re-elected for a second term as President. Incumbents Julie Silk, Keysight Technologies and Robert Boguski, Datest Corporation, were re-elected and will maintain their positions as VP Tech Programs and VP Membership respectively. Fernando Rueda, KYZEN Corporation, and Patty Chonis, A-Tek LLC, have been newly elected to the Board of Directors....

Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA)

Koh Young Speaking on Improving Performance with CFX-enabled Machine Connectivity at the SMTA Guadalajara Expo & Tech Forum

Koh Young Technology, the industry-leader in True 3D measurement-based inspection solutions and a SMTA Guadalajara chapter sponsor, will be presenting about the benefits of machine connectivity using the IPC-2591 (CFX) standard. Additionally, Koh Young will delivering live demonstrations of its award-winning inspection and measurement solutions at the SMTA Guadalajara Expo and Tech Forum at the EXPO Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico during 21-22 September 2022....

Koh Young America, Inc.

Koh Young - Luis Rivera speaks at the SMTA Guadalajara Expo

North American PCB Industry Sales Up 4.5 Percent in July

IPC releases PCB industry results for July 2022...

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

IPC - PCB industry results for July 2022

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PCB INSPECTION

MV-9 Series 2D/3D In-Line AOI Systems

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Mirtec

PCB SOFTWARE

ProntoTEST-FIXTURE - ATE Programming

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Unisoft

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SCHEDULE | Mon, Sep 5 - Wed, Sep 7, 2022

Preview, August 29, 2022

Auction Opening, September 5 8:00 am EST

Auction Closes, September 7 1:00 pm EST

Checkout, September 12 to 23, 2022, excluding National Holidays

Note, All equipment must be removed before the deadline.

Location, USA

AUCTION | Spartronics: Late-Model Surplus SMT and Process Equipment Featuring: Universal, DEK, Juki, MVP, Rehm and Vitronics, 200+ Universal Gold DL60 8mm to 88mm Feeders

AUCTIONEER | The Branford Group

TYPE | Online Auction

FEATURING | Spartronics -Late-Model Surplus SMT and Process Equipment Featuring: Universal, DEK, Juki, MVP, Rehm and Vitronics 200+ Universal Gold DL60 8mm to 88mm Feeders

Featured Items Watertown, South Dakota: 2011 DEK Europa Vi Screen Printer 2011 Universal GC-30S Series III Placement System Universal GSM Genesis Placement System 2011 Rehm VXS 732 Reflow Oven, 10-Zone 2012 MVP AutoInspector Spectra AOI Universal Feeders: 8mm to 88mm - 200+ Hoover-Davis Offline Feeder Stations - qty 3 Universal Radial-8 Inserters PVA UV2000-20-1 Oven GPD CF-10 Radial Lead Former FKN Systek N2000 FKN Systek K2000 Board Cutter Logan, Utah: 2008 Juki FX-3 Placement System 2007 Vitronics XMP2 Reflow Oven Asymtek Fluidmove Dispensing System USI Prism Ultra-Coat 450 Conformal Coater PVA 1000 Conformal Coater Fanuc M-20iA Robot Assorted Conveyors Tecate, Mexico: 2010 Universal Genesis 4990E Placement System 2008 Vitronics XPM3 Reflow Oven Mirtec 4983A AOI System 2005 Heller 1809EXL Reflow Oven Assorted Conveyors, Loaders and Unloaders

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DEK NEOHORIZON 03iX

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SMTUnion

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Assembleon AX201

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KD Electronics

WAVE SOLDERING

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Wave Solder Equipment

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PCB INSPECTION

Viscom S3088 Ultra Chrome 3D AOI

Lewis & Clark Viscom S3088 AOI

AOI / Automated Optical Inspection

Lewis & Clark

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P&P / FEEDERS

Assembleon Yamaha MG1R Pick and Place

World Equipment Source - Assembleon /Yamaha MG1Rl P&P

Pick and Place/Feeders

World Equipment Source, LLC

P&P / FEEDERS

Panasonic NPM-W P&P

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KD Electronics

P&P /FEEDERS

Mydata SMT P&P

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Pick & Place /Feeders

Baja Bid

P&P / FEEDERS

Assembleon MG-1R

World Equipment Source Assembleon MG-1R

Pick & Place/Feeders

World Equipment Source, LLC

PCB TEST

Agilent 3070

Lewis & Clark Agilent 3070

In-Circuit Testers

Lewis & Clark

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█ Electronics Manufacturing & Assembly Events Calendar

EVENTS

Guadalajara Expo & Tech Forum | September 21 to 22

SMTA

Austin (Central Texas) Expo & Tech Forum | September 13

SMTA

█ Electronics Manufacturing Training Courses & PCB Assembly Training

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Component Identification Online Live Certification

New Hampshire, Manchester

Oct. 28, 2022

EPTAC Corporation

IDEA-STD-1010 Essentials For Counterfeit Component Identification Online Live

New Hampshire, Manchester

Nov. 21 to Nov. 22, 2022

EPTAC Corporation

Counterfeit Components Workshop Online Live Training

New Hampshire, Manchester

Nov. 23, 2022

EPTAC Corporation

TRAINING - PCB Inspection Electronics Manufacturing Training Courses

SMT Processes Certification Course - Guadalajara

Alabama, Mexico, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Sep. 19 to Sep. 21, 2022

Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA)

610 Interactive Inspection Lab

Connecticut, Watertown

Oct. 07, 2022

EPTAC Corporation

TRAINING - PCB Rework and Hand Soldering Training Courses

Customizable Basic Hand Soldering

Arizona, Phoenix

Sep. 19 - Sep. 21, 2022

Blackfox Training Institute, LLC

Hand Solder Rev 8 Certification Course

California, Anaheim

Nov. 28 to Dec. 02, 2022

EPTAC Corporation

TRAINING - Online Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly Training Courses

IPC J-STD-001 Trainer (CIT) Certification Online Live Training Course

Online/On-Demand

EPTAC Corporation

Live Online Training - IPC/WHMA-A-620 Expert (CSE) Certification Training Course

Online/On-Demand

ACI Technologies, Inc.

Live Online Training - IPC/WHMA-A-620 Trainer (CIT) Certification Training Course

Online/On-Demand

ACI Technologies, Inc.

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ACI Technologies, Inc.

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█ Electronics Manufacturing & PCB Assembly Jobs

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Acton, Massachusetts, USA

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ZESTRON

SMT Process Engineer

Milwaukee, WI

Cree Lighting

Soldering Technician, Touch-up for PCBAs

Santa Cruz, CA

Dynamic Engineering

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Suwanee, GA

MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions

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Nashville, NC

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█ PCB Design & Assembly Industry Associations

Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA)

SMTA is a non-profit international association of companies and individuals (totalling 4,000) involved in all aspects of advanced electronics assembly, surface mount and related technologies.

Membership Info | SMTA Certification | Bookstore | Upcoming Events

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

IPC is a US-based trade association dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its nearly 2,600 member companies which represent all facets of the electronic interconnection industry, including design, printed wiring board manufacturing and electronics assembly.

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