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December 2017 • SMT Magazine 1 DECEMBER 2017 Equipment Matters in Solder Paste Printing p.16 Step Stencil Technologies and Their Effect on the SMT Printing Process p.28 Tips & Tricks: Generating Stencil Tooling p.40 Much More! ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR PCB MANUFACTURING M A G A Z I N E

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• Featured Content — Solder Paste Printing: Screening Out the Defects
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• Column — Improving Solder Paste Printing
• Short — Check Out Our productronica 2017 Photo Gallery
• Column — The Role of Bismuth (Bi) in Electronics, Part 2
• Short — Researchers Develop Fully Integrated Circuits Printed Directly onto Fabric
• Feature — Equipment Matters in Solder Paste Printing
• Short — Hybrid Circuit Combines Single-Photon Generator and Efficient Waveguides on One Chip
• Feature — Step Stencil Technologies and Their Effect on the SMT Printing Process
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Feature — Tips & Tricks: Generating Stencil Tooling
• Short — Graphene Enables High-Speed Electronics on Flexible Materials
• Feature — The Effect of Area Shape and Area Ratio on Solder Paste Printing Performance
• Short — Cleaning Trends: The Challenges of Miniaturization and Proximity
• Supply Lines Highlights
• Feature — Solder Printing Process Inputs Impacting Distribution of Paste Volume
• Short — Solder Preforms 101: Ask the Expert
• EIN Market Highlights
• Feature — Evaluation of Stencil Technology for Miniaturization
• Short — I-Connect007 Launches The Printed Circuit Designer's Guide to…Power Integrity by Example Micro eBook
• Interview — Industry 4.0 and the Platform-Based Approach to Testing
• Top Ten Recent Highlights from SMT007
• Career Opportunities Section
• Events Calendar
• Advertiser Index and Masthead
• Back Cover