2017 Magazine Archives

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FEATURES

NTI-100
Automotive Driving Fabricator Gains
For fabricators whose major customers were Apple and Samsung, growth was hard to come by in 2016. But suppliers to the auto sector were revving up.
by Dr. Hayao Nakahara

FACTORY 4.0
Lights-Out Electronics Assembly
Running PCB assembly lines without operators for an extended period of time is the holy grail of manufacturing. A look at the state-of-the-art technologies to put that goal within a robot’s reach.
by Ranko Vujosevic, Ph.D.

LEADERSHIP
The Women’s Leadership Program is Not Just for Women
Speakers for the annual SMTAI event discuss their backgrounds, mentors, and why engineering was the right field for them.
by Priyanka Dobriyal

FIRST PERSON

• CAVEAT LECTOR
  Soldering out of thin air.
  Mike Buetow

MONEY MATTERS

• ROI
  North America: Better than you think.
  Peter Bigelow
  

• GLOBAL SOURCING
  Swiping right on a fabricator.
  Greg Papandrew

TECH TALK

• GETTING LEAN
  A prescription for eliminating waste.
  Sonny Krishna
• DEFECTS DATABASE
  More solid than ever.
  Martin Wickham
• TEST AND INSPECTION
  When you absolutely, positively need it overnight.
  Robert Boguski