July 2021
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- How electronics manufacturers are using blockchain technology
- Failure analysis of burned printed circuit board assemblies
- Solder paste alloys and surface finish interactions
- Component placement from the design perspective
- Optical character recognition (OCR) as a data entry method
- How AI can help IoT security
- Do test fixtures test Lean strategies?
- Solder knee damage causes
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June 2021
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- Blockchain, and how it solve problems for electronics manufacturers
- Overcoming the IC inventory crisis
- The CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY Top 50: How M&A and India will reshape the electronics manufacturing landscape
- Optimizing backend processes such as routing and coating for cost savings
- How to be a better worker
- Finding employees post-Covid
- Adopting data-driven planning methods
- Substrate alignment
- BGA opens and solder compression
May 2021
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- Integrating passives with photosensitive glass ceramics
- How AI and lab-on-a-chip pave the way for economical solutions
- Eliminating repetitive data entry
- Leveraging the IT department for real-time defect analysis
- Detecting etching-related shorts
- PCB engineer training programs
- Why you pay too much for printed circuit boards
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March 2021
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- 2021: automation, flexibility and the "electronics supercycle"
- Methods to best predict and adjust to demand spikes
- Bringing PCB manufacturing back is easier said than done
- Assembly quality is found in the design as well as the process
- Dewetting on the surface of solder mask
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February 2021
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- The influence of QFN package construction on solder joint durability
- Effects of under-stencil wipe chemistry on print performance
- Post-Covid sales strategies
- Low-loss flex circuit materials
- Solving common stencil printing problems
- Solder toe fillets
- Overcoming Covid stagnation
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January 2021
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- Process control plan to monitor acceptable levels of flux and other residues
- Smart manufacturing at USI, a high-volume assembly operation
- How to respond to circuit board supplier price increases
- A near real-time feedback loop between layout and assembly
- What is more in need of rehabilitation? The bonepile, or supplier gateway?
- Open connections on area array packages
- Just how many people can we move off the factory floor?
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Press Releases
- Southwest Systems Technology to Demo Thermaltronics Robotic Soldering Systems at the SMTA Austin Expo
- XDry to Discuss Humidity Controlled Storage Cabinets at SMTA Austin Expo
- PCBASupplies to Represent Its Full Line of PCB Assembly Products at SMTA Austin
- STI Recognizes Pam Whalen’s 15-Year Anniversary