In this enlightening conversation, Graham Naisbitt, a seasoned expert in reliability testing, shared valuable insights into the significance of Objective Evidence in ensuring product quality and reliability. The discussion provided a comprehensive understanding of how adherence to the new IPC J-STD-001 standard can elevate manufacturing processes and enhance product performance.

As part of the company’s ongoing efforts to support the industry in achieving excellence in reliability testing, GEN3 encourages viewers to visit the Objective Evidence website at www.objectiveevidence.org. This platform serves as a valuable resource for industry professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of reliability testing methodologies and standards.

To watch Graham Naisbitt’s interview with Nolan Johnson and gain valuable insights into Objective Evidence and the IPC J-STD-001 standard, please visit www.realtimewith.com/page/show/123/5250.

For more information about Gen3 and its innovative testing solutions, visit www.gen3systems.com.

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This year’s IPC APEX EXPO, held at the Anaheim Convention Center, was a gathering point for industry leaders and innovators in the electronics manufacturing sector. Murray Percival Company stood out among its peers for its exceptional performance and commitment to excellence in sales and customer support throughout the year.

Murray Percival III, Sales Manager at Murray Percival Company, expressed his gratitude and excitement, stating, “it’s an honor to be recognized for Rep of the year, this achievement is a result of the strong partnership between the MP and Mirtec teams. It reflects our focus on being responsive with definitive answers, taking personal responsibility, and providing authentic team support to all parties involved. I am also grateful to our customers for giving us the opportunity to to earn their trust and help them build better quality PCB’s, faster and more efficiently with Mirtec AOI equipment.”

The award highlights the Murray Percival Company’s strong partnership with MIRTEC and its continuous effort to promote and support advanced inspection technologies in the electronics manufacturing industry. It also underscores the company’s strategy of employing a knowledgeable and dedicated team that is keen on fostering strong customer relationships and driving technological advancements.

For more information about the Murray Percival Company and their offerings, please visit www.murraypercival.com.

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During the WNIE interview, Jake Kurth, Country Manager at TAGARNO, discussed the benefits of utilizing digital microscopes in the electronics industry and introduced the new T50 model with 4K/60FPS capabilities. Kurth emphasized how TAGARNO’s digital microscopes streamline operations and enhance productivity by automating manual adjustments and providing superior image quality.

“In addition to the convenience of automatic adjustments, our new T50 microscope offers 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, delivering unparalleled detail and resolution,” said Kurth. “Whether it’s for small-scale operations or large manufacturing facilities, our digital microscopes are designed to improve efficiency and accuracy across the board.”

Kurth also highlighted the versatility of TAGARNO’s digital microscopes, noting that they can be seamlessly integrated into existing workflows and utilized by companies of all sizes. “Our products are designed to fit into any setup, from traditional stereo microscopes to advanced manufacturing environments,” he added.

In the interview with Global SMT TV, Kurth delved into the innovative features of the T50 digital microscope and discussed the importance of generic drivers in simplifying image capture and system integration. He emphasized how TAGARNO’s commitment to user-friendly design and compatibility facilitates seamless communication and collaboration across teams and platforms.

“With our digital microscopes, users can capture and share images effortlessly, thanks to our USB 3.0 output with generic camera drivers,” explained Kurth. “This universal compatibility ensures that our technology can be easily integrated into any software or system, making documentation and collaboration more efficient than ever before.”

To watch the full interviews and learn more about TAGARNO’s digital microscopy solutions, visit:

• WNIE Interview: www.tagarno.com/news/wnie-interview-2024/
• Global SMT TV Interview: www.tagarno.com/news/global-smt-tv-2024-interview/

For more information about TAGARNO, please visit www.tagarno.com.

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During the expo, Michelle Ogihara, Executive Vice President of Seika Machinery, had the opportunity to discuss the company’s achievements over the past three decades with Mike Konrad from the Reliability Matters Podcast. The insightful conversation provided a platform to reflect on Seika Machinery’s evolution as a prominent player in the manufacturing industry and its continued dedication to delivering cutting-edge technologies to the North American market.

Specializing in identifying, marketing, and distributing leading technologies from Japan to the North American market, Seika Machinery has established itself as a trusted partner for manufacturers seeking advanced solutions to enhance their production processes. Representing renowned brands such as Hioki, Sawa, McDry, Sayaka, Malcom, Unitech, Seitec, Tamura, Kyowa, Musashi, Tsuchiyama, Eightech, and more, Seika Machinery offers a comprehensive range of equipment and services tailored to meet the diverse needs of its customers.

Seika Machinery not only provides cutting-edge equipment but also delivers world-class support encompassing sales, engineering, and technical assistance. With a focus on customer-centricity and continuous improvement, Seika Machinery is dedicated to empowering manufacturers with the latest technologies and solutions to drive efficiency, productivity, and success.

To view the podcast, visit www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=DRcbTZSJmic&list=PLZ8gWrbK9R7lF9jKeK28UzWmrw8SNRl8q&index=13.

For more information, contact Michelle Ogihara at 310-540-7310; e-mail michelle@seikausa.com; or visit www.seikausa.com.

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TTM Technologies, Inc. is renowned for its mission-critical technology solutions, including RF components, RF microwave assemblies, and advanced PCBs, all designed to shorten time-to-market for its customers. With a commitment to modernization and efficiency, TTM recognizes the benefits of Inovaxe’s SREX Racks in enhancing inventory management processes.

Inovaxe’s SREX Racks set new standards for inventory management efficiency, boasting an impressive storage capacity of up to 880 7″ reels or 480 13″ reels. Equipped with intelligent sensors and integrated lighting for part identification, these state-of-the-art racks offer lightning-fast retrieval and return times, reducing kitting processes from hours to mere seconds. Seamlessly integrating with ERP, MES, MRP and pick-and-place software, the SREX racks provide real-time inventory visibility, enhancing operational transparency and control.

Gerald Palmer, Assembly Engineering/Operations Manager at TTM Technologies, Inc., commented on the acquisition, “We are excited to integrate Inovaxe’s SREX Racks into our inventory management processes. We anticipate significant improvements in efficiency and productivity.”

Inovaxe’s SREX Racks are not only ESD-compliant but also equipped for Wi-Fi and internet connectivity, ensuring compatibility with modern manufacturing environments. With a typical return on investment realized in just 3-6 months, these racks represent a vital investment in efficiency for manufacturers seeking to streamline their operations and drive growth.

For more information about Inovaxe’s innovative inventory management solutions, visit www.inovaxe.com.

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The NPI Awards recognize the leading new products for electronics assembly during the past 12 months. An independent panel of practicing engineers selects honorees.

“At Indium Corporation, we believe that materials science changes the world,” said Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Technical Service, Tim Twining. “It is a tremendous honor for Indium8.9HFRV, a new innovative product, which reduces voiding and improves the reliability of our customers’ products, to be recognized with CIRCUITS Assembly’s prestigious NPI Award.”

A flux vehicle developed from the industry-leading Indium8.9HF chemistry, Indium8.9HFRV is a new air reflow, no-clean solder formulated to improve the voiding performance of next-generation Pb-free high-reliability alloys. Applications requiring extended thermal cycling performance at higher temperatures may require suitable high-reliability alloys. Indium8.9HFRV is a superior choice for high-reliability alloys, providing both voiding mitigation performance and excellent electrical and process reliability. The flux is also fully compatible with the standard SnAgCu alloy systems favored by the electronics industry for other applications.

Among its key features, Indium8.9HFRV offers:

• Low voiding
• High transfer efficiency through small apertures (≤0.66AR)
• Excellent wetting
• Outstanding response-to-pause performance
• Compatibility with both Air and N₂ reflow environments

For more information about Indium Corporation’s no-clean, Pb-free solder pastes, visit www.indium.com/products/solders/solder-paste/lead-free/no-clean/.

About Indium Corporation

Indium Corporation^® is a premier materials refiner, smelter, manufacturer, and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil^®. Founded in 1934, the company has global technical support and factories located in China, Germany, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.

For more information about Indium Corporation, visit www.indium.com or email jhuang@indium.com. You can also follow our experts, From One Engineer To Another^® (#FOETA), at www.linkedin.com/company/indium-corporation/.

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Over the past decade, the PSV family has grown to include the PSV7000, PSV5000, PSV3500, and PSV2800 automated programming systems, which have been further enhanced through the SentriX® security provisioning platform. With system deployments on five continents, and to over one hundred unique customers, the PSV installed base has the capacity to program over 1.5 billion semiconductor devices per year. The strong global demand for the PSV family is reflected in the partnership Data I/O has with its customers and the Company’s continuous innovation strategy to extend the platform to meet its customers’ evolving programming requirements for new device technology, security, and connectivity. As a result, the PSV family is the industry standard for device programming and the trusted supplier to eighteen of the top twenty automotive electronics suppliers worldwide.

“Rapidly changing silicon technology, growing file sizes, increasing security requirements, and the connected smart factory create unique programming challenges for electronics manufacturers, threatening their ability to keep up with production demands. Our customers need a trusted programming platform that can grow and meet their ever-changing requirements. The PSV family helps them address these challenges,” said Anthony Ambrose, President and CEO at Data I/O Corporation. “Data I/O’s dedication to continuous innovation enables our customers to maximize their programming performance to meet these ever-increasing production requirements. Because of our substantial, ongoing investment and our upgrade strategy for PSV systems in the field, customers can leverage their existing Data I/O programming technology for years to come to achieve the lowest total cost of ownership.”

Data I/O to demonstrate the PSV family with security provisioning solutions for the connected factory at the IPC APEX Expo 2024

Data I/O will demonstrate the latest advancements to the PSV7000 and PSV3500 automated programming systems, Lumen®X with VerifyBoost^TM, ConneX service software, and SentriX security provisioning platform in Data I/O’s booth #3107 at the IPC APEX Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center from April 9th – April 11th.

Data I/O’s PSV7000 is the premier automated programming solution designed for high-speed scalable production. The PSV3500 offers a cost-effective entry point for customers new to automated programming and is ideal for low volume/high mix production environments.

LumenX with VerifyBoost delivers rapid verify speeds up to 750 MBps for the programming of UFS devices while achieving a 64% improvement in programming performance. The combination of the scalability of the PSV system and LumenX with VerifyBoost maximizes production throughput for customers programming large file sizes and UFS devices.

ConneX service software enables integration between a PSV system and a factory application for two-way communication via MQTT and GraphQL APIs to optimize the electronics manufacturing process and improve quality and traceability. Data I/O will demonstrate the power of ConneX and show how customers can accelerate the integration of the PSV into a factory system by accessing the MQTT and Graph QL sample code on GitHub.

SentriX is the industry’s most flexible security deployment platform for deploying robust hardware-based security for automotive and IoT applications. SentriX simplifies the security provisioning process by delivering pre-defined use cases and custom provisioning flows via SentriX Product Creator. With the addition of new key wrapping capabilities, SentriX now supports even more key management options providing more flexibility to OEMs and electronic manufacturers. The PSV7000 and PSV5000 can be upgraded to support SentriX.

Customers attending the IPC APEX Expo in Anaheim, California can visit Data I/O’s booth in booth #3107 to see these live product demonstrations.

About Data I/O Corporation

Since 1972, Data I/O has developed innovative solutions to enable the design and manufacture of electronic products for automotive, Internet-of-Things, medical, wireless, consumer electronics, industrial controls, and other electronics devices. Today, our customers use Data I/O security deployment and programming solutions to reliably, securely, and cost-effectively, bring innovative new products to life. These solutions are backed by a global network of Data I/O support and service professionals, ensuring success for our customers. For more information, please visit www.dataio.com.

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The recipients of the 2023 sales awards are as follows:

McDry Sales Award for 2023 – Hisco, Inc.

Seika Machinery is delighted to recognize Hisco, Inc. as the recipient of the McDry Sales Award for their outstanding performance in 2023. Hisco, Inc. has demonstrated exemplary commitment and dedication to promoting Seika Machinery’s McDry product line, contributing significantly to its success in the marketplace. The award was presented to William Bland, Chief Commercial Officer of Hisco, Inc., in acknowledgment of his team’s exceptional achievements.

Sawa Sales Award for 2023 – Line Automation

Seika Machinery is pleased to present the Sawa Sales Award for 2023 to Line Automation in recognition of their outstanding sales performance. Line Automation has consistently displayed a strong commitment to promoting Seika Machinery’s Sawa product line and delivering exceptional service to customers. The award was presented to Juan Alfaro, Sales and Technical Manager of Line Automation, in recognition of his team’s exceptional dedication and contributions.

Unitech Sales Award for 2023 – Horizon Sales

Seika Machinery is proud to honor Horizon Sales with the Unitech Sales Award for their outstanding sales achievements in 2023. Horizon Sales has demonstrated exceptional dedication and professionalism in promoting Seika Machinery’s Unitech product line, contributing significantly to its growth and success. The award was presented to Dave Trail, Founder and Principal Owner of Horizon Sales, in recognition of his team’s exemplary performance.

“We are delighted to recognize Hisco, Inc., Line Automation, and Horizon Sales for their exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions to Seika Machinery’s success,” said Michelle Ogihara, Executive Vice President at Seika Machinery. “These awards reflect their dedication, hard work, and commitment to delivering superior solutions and service to our customers. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the award recipients and express our sincere appreciation for their ongoing partnership and support.”

Seika Machinery represents renowned brands such as Hioki, Sawa, McDry, Sayaka, Malcom, Unitech, Seitec, Tamura, Kyowa, Musashi, Tsuchiyama, Eightech, and more. It not only provides equipment but also delivers world-class support, encompassing sales, engineering, and technical assistance to meet the diverse needs of its customers.

For more information, contact Michelle Ogihara at 310-540-7310; e-mail michelle@seikausa.com; or visit www.seikausa.com.

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DuPont today introduced the DuPont Pyralux^® ML Series of double-sided metal-clad laminates, a unique addition to its extensive family of Pyralux^® laminates for flexible and rigid-flex printed circuit boards (PCBs). Developed for optimal thermal management, these laminates are an ideal solution for high-reliability markets such as aerospace, defense, electric vehicles (EVs), artificial intelligence (AI)-related networking and other electronic devices. The Pyralux® ML laminate series provides exceptional performance in challenging environments, making it a versatile and innovative solution for many different applications.

Laminates serve as the backbone for complex circuits built on both rigid and flexible substrates. They provide mechanical integrity to flex circuits while allowing designers the freedom to fit circuits into the available footprint. The Pyralux® ML double-sided metal-clad laminates have been engineered to address the challenges of thermal management and provide optimized performance and are ideally suited for flexible printed circuits, sensors, heaters, and thermocouples deployed in high-reliability applications that can benefit from unique metals with advanced material performance.

Unlike other Pyralux® products, the Pyralux® ML laminate contains metal alloy, such as copper-nickel (CuNi), featuring Kapton^® all-polyimide dielectric technology. The alloys provide essential thermal resistance for heating, thermal conductivity to improve the desired heat transfer, resistivity for higher heat output, and thermoelectric properties as needed for the application. Pyralux^® ML laminates are available in a variety of dielectric and foil types, thicknesses, and a range of metal constructions. The laminates are fully compatible with most conventional circuit fabrication processes, making them a versatile product-development option for OEMs, designers and fabricators. Pyralux^® ML double-side clads are currently supplied in sheet form and are being strategically rolled out by DuPont Electronics & Industrial.

“At DuPont, we understand the critical role that laminates play in supporting the complex circuits required by our customers. With the launch of Pyralux^® ML, we’re proud to add another innovative solution to our extensive family of laminates,” said Thean Ming Tan, global business director, Laminate Products, DuPont Interconnect Solutions. “Our relentless focus on optimizing thermal management and advanced material performance is driven by the evolving needs of industries such as aerospace, defense, and industrial applications with high-performance, high-reliability requirements. As leaders in materials science and engineering, we’re committed to developing new products and applications that push the boundaries of what’s possible, and we’re honored to be a part of such a vital industry.”

“Heightened demand for robust thermal-management capabilities was the impetus for DuPont to leverage our engineering expertise in creating this unique laminate material, which is not available elsewhere,” stated Richard Wessel, applications technology manager, DuPont Interconnect Solutions. “While fabricators have been assembling laminates using base materials with similar properties, the consistent appearance, strong bond strength, and predictable performance of the Pyralux^® brand are key benefits for customers that choose Pyralux ML^®.”

Pyralux^® ML is just one of the innovative solutions that DuPont is exhibiting at IPC APEX Expo. Other key products to be featured:

• Electroplating chemistries, including copper, nickel, chrome and silver options.
• One of the newest, Silveron GT-210 Durable Silver, is designed for electrical contact applications requiring high conductivity and can tolerate high temperatures with durability exceeding that of hard gold.
• Full range of Pyralux^® laminated circuit materials
• All-polyimide copper-clad flexible laminates (CCLs), including Pyralux^® HT and Pyralux^® AP for rigid flex and multilayer flex applications requiring high speed and frequency and reliability
• Acrylic-based solutions, including Pyralux^® FR and Pyralux^® LF CCLs, coverlays, bondplys and sheet adhesives
• Riston^® advanced dry film photoresists, the industry standard for high yield, productivity, and ease of use in imaging applications
• Interra^® thin copper-clad laminates, designed for use as embedded-capacitance materials in multilayer rigid PCBs, offer industry-best mechanical strength, reliability and capacitance stability

To learn more about these and other offerings, visit DuPont Interconnect Solutions at IPC APEX Expo. The company will exhibit and present Power Chats in the Insulectro Technology Village, Booth 3306, and will share Booth 4848 with Tritek Circuit Products.

About DuPont Electronics & Industrial

DuPont Electronics & Industrial is a global supplier of new technologies and performance materials serving the semiconductor, circuit board, display, digital and flexographic printing, healthcare, aerospace, industrial and transportation industries. From advanced technology centers worldwide, teams of talented research scientists and application experts work closely with customers, providing solutions, products and technical service to enable next-generation technologies. 

About DuPont

DuPont (NYSE: DD) is a global innovation leader with technology-based materials, ingredients and solutions that help transform industries and everyday life. Our employees apply diverse science and expertise to help customers advance their best ideas and deliver essential innovations in key markets including electronics, transportation, construction, water, health and wellness, food, and worker safety. More information can be found at www.dupont.com/.

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