AUGUST 2021 I SMT007 MAGAZINE 89
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Cleanliness Behind Many
Assembly Challenges
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Er ic Camden says nobody
knows your board like you do,
so it's time for assemblers to
start doing their own cleanli-
ness testing and due diligence,
and stop relying on outside
organizations to determine how clean their
boards need to be.
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Excerpt: The Printed Circuit
Assembler's Guide to...
SMT Inspection: Today, Tomorrow,
and Beyond, Chapter 5
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Reliable AOI methods have become
p ower f ul, economical comp le -
ments to traditional test strategies.
AOI can be used successfully as a
process monitoring tool for mea-
suring printing, placement, and reflow perfor-
mance. Yet, a single inspection system has lim-
itations, especially when there is limited or no
communication with the balance of the line. In
this setup, it simply cannot optimize a printed
circuit board assembly process.
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Smart Factory Insights:
Hands-off Manufacturing
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e use of automation has not eliminated
causes of unreliability, nor defects, which iron-
ically continue to drive the need for humans to
be hands-on, even as part of SMT operations.
ere is clearly something missing, so cue our
digital twin.
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SMT Solver: Optimizing Your
Manufacturing Operations
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If you take a 50,000-foot view
of the subject, we should ask:
What is the focus of manufac-
turing operations? e way
columnist Ray Prasad sees it,
there are only two things: qual-
ity and delivery. is is essentially the focus on
the factory floor. Why? Because the customer
cares about getting a quality product and get-
ting it on time.
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State of the Coating
Industry
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Se ver al trend s have real ly
stood out as the first half of
2021 comes to a close. First,
150°C appears to have become
the "new normal" for the max-
imum required operating tem-
perature of conformal coatings for automotive
use. is is an increase from 85°C or 120°C on
the last generation of products.
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ACDi Acquires Enhanced
Manufacturing Solutions
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ACDi, a leading provider of
electronics manufacturing ser-
vices, announced it has acquired
Enhanced Manufacturing Solu-
tions, LLC to expand its geographical foot-
print, increase manufacturing capacity, and
complement service and product offerings.
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Eric Camden
Ray Pradas
Phil Kinner
