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Thinky Corp. (Kennesaw, GA) has announced that it is marketing the AR-250 all-in-one mixer/disperser/de-aerator in the U.S. By rotating the materials container while revolving it on a set radius, a continuous centrifugal force (400 G or more) is produced which mixes and simultaneously forces out the existent bubbles in the materials.
The mixer provides urethane/silicon degassing in minutes, disperses silver/copper/solder paste in seconds—even in frozen conditions, and mixes adhesive and sealant with no air bubble in minutes. The equipment is useful for manufacturers who use precision electronics technologies.
Using the multi-centrifugal motion principle, the model mixes ingredients and compounds in seconds to minutes with no damage of material due to its non-contact mixing structure. The machine can mix viscous material, such as clay, in 7 minutes and reduces or eliminates the use of a solvent/emulsifier.
Other models, ranging in capacity from 50 ml 100g to 3L 5kg are available. The ARV-200 and ARV-10000 (13L 16kg) are capable of complete high-speed removal of bubbles in sizes as small as sub-microns.
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Electronics manufacturing services provider (EMS) Flextronics (Singapore) is in discussions with Nortel Networks relating to a proposed relationship, whereby Nortel Networks would divest nearly all of its remaining optical, wireless and enterprise manufacturing operations and related supply chain activities to Flextronics.
If discussions are successful, Nortel Networks' Systems Houses activities in Montreal and Calgary, Canada; Campinas, Brazil; Monkstown, Northern Ireland; and Chateaudun, France would be transferred to Flextronics.
Flextronics expects to consolidate and provide full-service supply chain offerings including printed circuit board assembly and fabrication, along with logistics and repair services supported from industrial parks on at least four different continents.
The successful completion of these arrangements would result in Flextronics undertaking and managing in excess of $2 billion of Nortel Networks annual cost of sales. Flextronics anticipates that it would pay Nortel Networks in excess of $500 million in cash over a nine-month period for certain assets.
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The PL-001-01-XX-0400-32 surface-mount technology heatsink for Dpac and D2pac is now available in a lead free version. The product is based on the placeiT technology that designs, simulates, produces and tapes special mechanical parts for surface mount technology, such as heatsinks, mechanical fixing systems and high current electrical connections for standard and custom applications.
The heatsink is based on the company's special copper alloy with a solderable surface. It is shipped in tape and reel (32 mm), weighs 4 grams and is 6.5 mm high. It is mountable with standard pick-and-place machines using standard nozzles.
The heatsink is placiT technology's first product for the mass marketplace. The company was formed in 2001 to solve a specific customer problem in an economic and automated way. The company is a cooperation of five European companies with experience in mechanics, electronics, magnetics and chemicals.
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