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34 I-CONNECT007 I REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2020 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE Induction Lamination Again, GreenSource hosted a piece of equipment from InduBond—one that is new to PCB fabrication and offers energy-efficient induction lamination. This equipment is 100 times more energy-efficient than a hot-cold press and is faster and capable of reaching temperatures only dreamed about in steam, hot-oil, or electric-heated vacuum presses. Other new equipment from AWP is being field-tested by GreenSource and will be intro- duced this summer. Microtek Laboratories Microtek Laboratories has introduced a new HATS reliability coupon that was perfected with the automotive industry (Figure 3). It has seven single vias so that testing will indicate when vias (microvias) begin to fail. It also has a coupon with a traditional daisy chain of vias, and their machines can take the standard IPC D-Coupon. These coupons are under four- wire monitoring while being tested for reflow soldering temperature (to 288°C), thermal shocks, and thermal cycling. S&T Figure 3: New HATS via reliability coupons for automotive: (A) Seven single vias for 4-wire monitoring plus a via-daisy chain for testing and (B) seven single vias. (Source: Microtek Laboratories) A B