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Meet Chris Ellis, one of our newest SMT007 columnists! In his columns, Ellis addresses common problems that Manncorp customers have had with the in-house conversion process, and shares solutions that have worked in the past.
Graham Naisbitt, chairman and CEO of Gen3 Systems, has spent decades leading cleanliness testing standards in a number of different standards organizations like IPC, IEC, and ISO around an assortment of testing methods, such as CAF, SIR, and even introducing a new standard this year for his own testing method—process ionic contamination testing (PICT). Naisbitt breaks down his long involvement with standards and where they stand currently.
Most often, glob top is the prevalent method EMS providers use today. However, the most important point to be made about glob top is the fact that multiple manufacturers are producing different glob top epoxies. And within each...
Despite many strong economic indicators, recent news reports are filled with growing concerns about the risk of a U.S. and global recession in the next 12–24 months. Amid a prolonged trade war between the U.S. and China, and an...
The final phase of becoming a preferred supplier is to apply a business process re-engineer approach to your quality system. Before you start with this phase, the company should have implemented Phase 1 and Phase 2, which are focused...
To Improve the Standards Process, Get Involved Interview with Jan Pedersen and Ray Prasad
The Convergence: IPC Merging CFX With IPC-12581 Interview with Gary Carter and Michael Ford
The Long Road to a New Standard Interview with Gary Carter and Michael Ford
Standards Through Time: Changing to Stay the Same by Nolan Johnson
Reliability by the Book by Eric Camden
The Ecosystem of Industry Standards Interviews with Dave Bergman, Marc Benowitz, Scott Miller, and Wilfried Bair
How Standards Impact You and Your Company by Ray Prasad
Explaining the QSFP-DD Data Center Interconnect Standard by Scott Sommers
