CLINTON, NY — Indium Corporation® will feature its compressible metal thermal interface materials (TIMs) and award-winning flux-cored wire at IPC APEX Expo, Jan. 24-26, San Diego, Calif., U.S.

Indium Corporation’s wide portfolio of proven products provides solutions to the emerging industry challenges of today and tomorrow.

Indium Corporation’s Heat-Spring®, a soft metal alloy (SMA) thermal interface material (TIM), reduces thermal resistance and enhances cooling by utilizing two key properties of indium metal—superior thermal conductivity and malleability. As added benefits, indium metal will not dissolve in immersion fluids and is considered an environmentally-friendly TIM because it can be re-used, reclaimed, and re-formed.

Indium Corporation’s patented SMA-TIMs made of indium and other alloys offer uniform thermal resistance at lower applied stresses in compressed interfaces. The malleability of indium minimizes surface resistance and increases heat flow (conductance). SMA-TIMs can easily be placed by hand or with tape & reel and automation.

Unlike standard thermal interface materials, Heat-Spring® offers an extremely long service life as it does not pump-out under power cycling, nor does it bake-out over time. This combination of high conductance, a multi-patterned surface area to optimize contact with non-planar surfaces, and low degradation over time produces a superior thermal interface and assures optimized long-term device performance in compressed interfaces. Pattern options depend on applications such as immersion cooling, TIM1 to bare die, TIM2 for lidded CPU, or GPU applications. Indium Corporation also offers special cladded diffusion barrier TIMs just for burn-in and class testing.

Indium Corporation’s CW-818 flux-cored wire is designed to meet the demanding requirements of today’s manual and robotic soldering processes. CW-818 provides fast wetting speeds, allowing users to minimize cycle times. The spatter control technology minimizes flux spattering while the heat-resistant nature of the formula reduces flux build-up on the soldering iron tip as well as leaves a clear, non-tacky residue post-soldering (even when using a high iron tip temperature). The combination of superior soldering performance, improved overall cleanliness, and excellent visual appearance post-soldering delivers a truly no-clean flux-cored wire.

Indium Corporation’s extensive manufacturing process control ensures that CW-818 cored wire provides precisely the right amount of solder while minimizing process setup challenges and maximizing yields. CW-818 is void-free, and with consistent diameter and layer winding, prevents stoppages due to lack of flux or kinks when drawn into a robotic soldering machine. The result is an extremely reliable and strong solder joint.

To learn more about Indium Corporation’s metal thermal interface materials, visit http://www.indium.com/TIMs. Information on its award-winning flux-cored wires can be found at https://www.indium.com/products/solders/solder-wire/flux-cored-wire/.

POOLE, UK — Europlacer will use the APEX Expo event to show a Stock Management solution designed to improve production efficiency by monitoring and controlling the supply of components to the assembly line in real time.

Minimizing the time it takes to locate and replenish components as a placement system depletes the supply is a major factor in production-wide efficiency. Europlacer’s Stock Management solution gives full control of materials with instant visibility of component stock levels, locations, conditions and demand. It helps manufacturing teams to organize component procurement, reduce SMT assembly setup time and predict shortages ahead of demand. In addition, this critical production information is sent directly to Europlacer’s wireless ii-Tab device in real-time to optimize operator convenience.

The Europlacer Stock Management solution is a central system that records all operations relating to component reels and sticks, including information on consumption, location, lot code, and expiry dates. When integrated with Europlacer’s intelligent storage solutions, material management efficiency is boosted with expedited component location as well as seamless updates to the manufacturer’s ERP system with remaining component quantities at the end of a production run.

“In the context of surface mount assembly productivity, our experience shows that the control of component flows in production is essential and must be simple,” says Nicolas Pogu, Europlacer’s R&D Director. “With our Stock Management solution, we provide a robust foundation upon which everything is optimally structured, giving manufacturers full visibility of current stock status as well as advanced planning with smart features that anticipate component shortages. SMT lines can be run at maximum efficiency with the help of these optimization tools,” he explains.

Visitors to Booth #1733 at APEX Expo 2023 can discuss Europlacer’s Stock Management, learn how the company’s legendary flexibility optimizes productivity in SMT assembly and see the wide range of multi-award-winning Europlacer placement platforms, printers and accessory technologies. The APEX Expo event runs from 24th to 26th January 2023 at the San Diego Convention Center, California.

GREAT NECK, NY — Thermaltronics USA, Inc., a manufacturer of award- winning solder robots, today announced the addition of three dedicated demonstration facilities strategically located in the US, UK and China.

All of the facilities will provide potential customers with the opportunity to see the benefits of the Thermaltronics soldering robots, which include dynamic laser height control, vision, mapping and advanced software controls.

Ed Zamborsky, Technical Support Manager at the Ormond Beach, Florida demonstration facility, said, “Having a having a full set of equipment available will mean that customers can bring their boards and experience how to set up and program the systems in ‘real time’ to achieve the best yield rates.”

The UK demonstration center, which will support Thermaltronics’ European customer base, will be managed by Advanced Manufacturing Services, located close to the Manchester airport, thereby making it convenient for companies to visit.

Richard Jones, Managing Director of Advanced Manufacturing Services (AMS), is confident in providing the necessary training and support to end-users as they have a fully qualified engineering group.

For Asia, Thermaltronics has equipment and experienced engineers at the Beijing factory location and are already serving customers in the region.

In addition to its award-winning hand soldering product line, Thermaltronics also provides an extended range of accessories to support both production and rework applications. Customers who wish to run free of charge trials on Thermaltronics hand soldering products are encouraged to contact info@thermaltronics.com. For more information, visit www.thermaltronics.com.

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Cetec ERP is quickly becoming the industry standard for EMS and PCBA companies. The platform offers the ability to import customer BOM spreadsheets with hundreds of components, track lead count, attrition, reference designators and approved vendor lists as "pools" of substitutable part numbers. The company delivers a web-based ERP system in a practical, logical and low-cost manner that dramatically helps small and mid-sized companies.

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