MARCH 2020 I SMT007 MAGAZINE 81
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Watch and Learn: Not All Acrylics
Are Created Equally
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How can additional data, in-
cluding test results, ensure a
greater understanding of the
most suitable coating for your
application? The fifth episode
of the popular webinar series,
"Coatings Uncoated," is now available to view.
Author of The Printed Circuit Assembler's Guide
to Conformal Coatings for Harsh Environments
and topic expert Phil Kinner from Electrolube
shares highly focused educational information
on conformal coating and encapsulation.
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IPC APEX EXPO 2020 Dawns
on San Diego
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IPC APEX EXPO 2020
launched on Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 4, and I-Connect007
s t a r t e d i t s e x c l u s i v e
coverage.
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Zulki's PCB Nuggets: 7 Steps to
Successful Assembly for Medical
Devices Using Microelectronics
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Seven major steps need to be
taken to achieve successful SMT
and microelectronics assembly
for medical electronic devices.
Zulki Khan explains how these
key steps take on special sig-
nificance for newly emerging implantable and
ingestible medical devices and result in medical
devices that are robust, smaller, highly reliable,
more powerful, and lighter.
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True or False: CFX Edition E
Since the release of IPC-2591—
Connected Factory Exchange
(CFX), Version 1.0—there has
been a lot of buzz regarding
CFX within the industry from
all segments. Still, with all of
the buzz, there are also some
misconceptions floating around the industry
regarding CFX. David Bergman takes some of
those statements, using feedback from Sub-
committee members, and plays a little game of
"True or False: CFX Edition."
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The IPC Education Foundation's
New Column
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The IPC Education Foundation's new column
with I-Connect007 will feature Charlene Gunter
du Plessis, Aaron Birney, and Corey Lynn. These
IPC Education Foundation members will share
updates on programs and activities here. Find
out more about the authors and read "Foun-
dations of the Future" in the SMT007 Week
Newsletter.
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Machine Vision Products
Introduces Versa AOI/SPI Solution
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Building on MVP's 25
years' experience of inno-
vative automated optical
inspection, the Versa sys-
tem brings the latest 3D
technologies to the compa-
ny's SMT and SPI offerings
and is a significant advance
in the flexibility of PCB assembly inspection.
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David Bergman
Zulki Khan