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Said to offer a maximum process window without resin, which satisfies the demand for applications requiring high performance and reliability. Allows for high-speed soldering on conventional leaded and surface-mount components, good through-hole penetration and optimum wetting of surfaces.
For use in foam, spray or wave fluxes similar to ordinary fluxes on standard wave soldering machines.
Meets or exceeds the IPC-TM-650 2.3.32 Copper Mirror Test standard, and meets specifications for J-STD-004 SIR and Bellcore GR-78-CORE electromigration testing.
Henkel, loctite.com
Isola Group, SARL has successfully tested IS620 under simulated lead-free assembly conditions. The boards, built at Merix, went through the reflow assembly simulation six times without any delamination. The peak temperatures were over 262°C. The 14-layer capability board was tested before and after eight reflow simulations and the results did not show any thermal degradation, the T-26's were over 60 min. and the decomposition temperatures and the T-288s were also unchanged.
"We are really pleased with the results, IS620 is rapidly gaining momentum as the low-loss product of choice for very high speed applications due to excellent thermal cycling and low loss attributes," said Tarun Amla, VP and CTO.
"The Merix lead free testing program is aggressive and materials that successfully pass are robust. These results are very encouraging..." said Doug Trobough, CTO of Merix.
The epoxy is currently manufactured in the Isola high performance and quick turn facility in Fremont, CA.
isola-group.com
Visiprise Manufacturing 4.0 offers tightly integrated CAPA capabilities, enhanced data customization options, dynamic routings and full production site-to-site data transfer features. The latest release includes more than 30 business processes, giving users production visibility across the global enterprise.
Enhanced features include:
*Product Workbench offers a one-screen vision of the as-planned product definition, giving operators the ability to indicate what item or revisions they want to define or review throughout the shop floor manufacturing process.*Production Site-to-Site Data extends the ability to transfer data between sites, allowing the complete production data - from partial manufacturing at one site to completion at another - to follow the product, providing for detailed genealogy and history down to the sub-assembly level.
*Automated Test Plans enable users to create and test automated data collection plans and will facilitate the future ability to link these data collection plans directly to a single piece of plant floor equipment.
*Dynamic Routing provides the ability to create a routing on the fly, reflecting the nonconforming operation process, and stored as part of the "As Built" record.
*Certifications were enhanced to include assignment at the item, customer-order and resource-enforcing control on the shop floor, including event management for alerts and alarming.
Visiprise, visiprise.com
