SMT007 Magazine

October 2015 • SMT Magazine 29 Reducing PRint cycle time throughput should be evaluated closely above 10 prints/wipe. In conclusion, if the printing cycle time is the rate determining step in the SMT process, increasing the squeegee speed and pressure as well as reducing the frequency of stencil cleaning may be eas- ily tested methods of increasing the num- ber of quality circuits produced per unit time. Smt across the board mitch Holtzer is global director of customer technical service for Alpha. To contact Holtzer, click here. lourenco nampo is the South America Manager of Customer Technical Service (CTS) for Alpha, where he manages the CTS activities from Amazon to Tierra del Fuego. To contact Nampo, click here. Researchers of the MESA+ Institute for Nan- otechnology and the CTIT Institute for ICT Re- search at the University of Twente in The Neth- erlands have demonstrated working electronic circuits that have been produced in a radically new way, using methods that resemble Dar- winian evolution. The size of these circuits is comparable to the size of their conventional counterparts, but they are much closer to natu- ral networks like the human brain. The findings promise a new generation of powerful, energy- efficient electronics, and have been published in the leading British journal Nature Nanotech- nology. Darwin on a Chip Figure 3: Wipe frequency versus cycle time.

• Cover
• Feature Articles — Cycle Time Reduction
• Table of Contents
• Column — The Need for Speed
• Feature — Value Stream Mapping: Operationalizing Lean Manufacturing
• Feature Interview — Choosing the Right Component to Reduce Cycle Times
• Feature Column — Reducing Print Cycle Time
• Short — Darwin on a Chip
• Feature Interview — Cycle Time Reduction in the Eye of AOI
• EIN Market Highlights
• Feature Interview — Reducing Cycle Times with Innovative Bonding Solutions
• Feature — Technologies to Enable Quick-Turn PCB Assemblies
• Feature Interview — Process Improvements for Cycle Time Reduction
• Short — Nanostructures for Contactless Control
• Feature Column — Cycle Time Reduction with WORK, Part I
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Feature Interview — Is Automation the Answer to Cycle Time Reduction?
• Column — Gold Embrittlement Mitigation: Understanding the New J-STD-001 Requirements
• Short — A Fast Cell Sorter Shrinks to Cell Phone Size
• Supply Line Highlights
• Feature Interview — Inspection Innovations to Reduce Cycle Time
• Short — Permanent Data Storage with Light
• Column — Selecting a Reflow Oven, Part 3
• Top Ten Recent Highlights from SMT007
• Events Calendar
• Advertiser Index and Masthead