JUNE 2021 I SMT007 MAGAZINE 85
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A New Captive PCB Facility
in the U.S.
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Diane Maceri and Jessi Hall discuss how Sch-
weitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) has
been working with Alex Stepinski of Green-
Source Fabrication to build their own captive
PCB facility in Moscow, Idaho; the thought
process behind that decision; and their involve-
ment in the Managers Forum at IPC APEX
EXPO 2021.
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Hans-Peter Tranitz: Dieter Bergman
IPC Fellowship Award Recipient
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In this wide-ranging inter-
view, Patty Goldman speaks
with Continental Automo-
tive's Peter Tranitz about his
IPC involvement with press-
fit and other automotive stan-
dards which have earned him the coveted
Dieter Bergman IPC Fellowship Award.
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A Tribute to Dieter Bergman E
In 1962, while at Philco Ford,
Dieter became the company's
official representative to the
IPC. Dieter tag-teamed with
his friend and co-worker Ger-
ald Ginsberg on the devel-
opment of a prolific run of technical publica-
tions. For his standards contributions, Dieter
received the IPC President's Award in 1968,
the same year he assumed chairmanship of the
IPC Design Committee.
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Her Voice: Arbitration or
Root Canal?
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As a business owner—and I'm
sure anyone else in business
will attest to this—it's inevita-
ble that at some point in time,
you will be faced with a dispute
in spite of having a contract in
place and in spite of the clarity of the wording.
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Process Control in Solder
and Reflow
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Nolan Johnson speaks with
KIC's Miles Moreau to get his
perspective on topics such
as wave process inspection
(WPI), wave solder, and vac-
uum reflow, and how they will
fit into Industry 4.0 and smart factories.
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Excerpt—The Printed Circuit
Assembler's Guide to...
SMT Inspection: Today, Tomorrow,
and Beyond, Chapter 3
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Initiatives like the IPC Con-
nected Factory Exchange (CFX)
and IPC-Hermes-9852 under-
pin efforts within the industry to
develop standards and help cre-
ate a smart factory. ese M2M
communication standards, guided
in part by Industry 4.0, are altering the manu-
facturing process by improving metrics such
as first pass yield and throughput by applying
autonomous process adjustments.
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Peter Tranitz
Christine Davis
Miles Moreau
Dave Bergman
