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Indium Corp. (Utica, NY) is marking its 70th year in business. Founded in 1934, the company originally focused on the applications of the newly discovered element indium. The physical properties of indium quickly led to applications in numerous industries. As new markets were entered, the company expanded its materials base.
Now, the company produces a variety of products, such as specialty metal fabrications, solders, fluxes, epoxies, polymers and inorganic compounds to markets including consumer electronics, aerospace, medical, display, energy delivery, telecommunications, computing and military.
In addition to providing a range of materials to these markets, the company is still a supplier of refined indium metal and indium compounds.
Celebrations honoring the company's heritage, its achievement and its people are being held throughout the company's various locations.
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On May 25-26, Henkel Corp., Engent, KIC, Speedline Technologies and Siemens Dematic will present a two-day Hands-On Lead Free Technology Workshop in Norcross, GA. In support of the electronics industry's efforts to eliminate lead from products and processes, this program will provide participants with a broad knowledge of lead-free materials and a more complete understanding of the process requirements.
Unlike other lead-free workshops, the program will consist of hands-on training on the production floor, showing the process line, rework and building boards. Dr. Neil Poole of Henkel, Dr. Daniel Baldwin of Engent, MaryBeth Allen of KIC and Keith Howell of Speedline will lead the discussions on lead-free solder technology.
The workshop will offer electronics industry engineering management and staff including design, process, system and manufacturing engineers, an opportunity to learn about lead-free solders simultaneously from a solder developer and equipment manufacturers.
Workshop hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days. The program will be held at Engent, 3140 Northwoods Parkway in Norcross, Georgia. Registration for the program will be $495. Advance registration is required by May 10. To register, visit www.kicthermal.com.
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View Engineering Inc. (Simi Valley, CA), a designer and manufacturer of vision measurement systems, has announced the integration of linear motors into their View Summit series of large format, vision measurement/inspection systems. Linear motors are not subject to the same velocity and acceleration limitations inherent in systems converting rotary to linear motion, such as lead screw systems.
The integration of linear motors provides the platform with the higher velocities and accelerations needed to satisfy near-line measurement/inspection requirements. The systems operate precisely to 0.1 micron at velocities ranging from 400 to 500 mm/sec. The combination of precision and speed is critical in addressing the process monitoring and quality improvement needs of manufacturers challenged by higher manufacturing volumes, decreased design geometries and tighter tolerances.
The inspection system's design features include a fixed bridge design with a heavy-duty granite base and arch, passive vibration isolation system and non-contact stage encoders offering 0.1-micron resolution. Available in a variety of sizes, it can measure large footprint parts such as printed circuit boards (PCBs), stencils, flat panel displays, etching sheets and mask patterns, as well as nested groups of smaller parts.
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