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COATINGS
Conformal Coating Challenges:Detection, Rework and Failure Analysis, Part II
Understanding coating chemistry dictates the removal strategy. Here, the authors investigate the challenges of conformal coating removal and a design of experiments to enable rework and failure analysis. Special cases where conventional detection of the conformal coating fails are also addressed.
by Priyanka Dobriyal, Suriyakala Ramalingam, Shu Lee Lim and Anil Kurella

PCBA CLEANING
Field Performance of pH Neutral Cleaning Agents, Part II
The second of a two-part series presenting three case studies on material compatibility and field cleaning performance of alternatives to alkaline cleaning agents. Each user had a different paste/flux vehicle and material compatibility constraints.Yet, based on the results, pH neutral cleaning agents can meet stringent cleaning requirements.
by Umut Tosun, Jigar Patel, Kalyan Nukala and Fernando Gazcon

FIRST PERSON

• CAVEAT LECTOR
  Driven to excess?
  Mike Buetow

MONEY MATTERS

• ROI
  Business planning.
  Peter Bigelow
  

• FOCUS ON BUSINESS
  Integrated training.
  Susan Mucha

TECH TALK

• SCREEN PRINTING
  Framed.
  Clive Ashmore
• GETTING LEAN
  Is it time to kill Kaizen?
  Michael Ford
• DEFECTS DATABASE
  Torn apart.
  Martin Wickham

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