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Contract manufacturing services has benefits
27 February 2002
Globally, more and more OEMs are utilising manufacturing services companies to manufacture their products. By outsourcing their manufacturing they are able to shorten time-to-market, utilise their assets ...

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Nonflammable cleaner for energised components
27 February 2002
Cramolin's new nonflammable Cleaner HFE was especially developed out of a new class of nonflammable fluorinated compounds to allow safe and powerful cleaning of electrical components at energised equipment. This ...

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Automatic inserter for through-hole assembly
27 February 2002
Blakell's Robin is a fully-automatic inserter for through-hole PCB assembly. All Robin configurations use a base machine which is available in three versions: axial only, axial/DIL and DIL only. All ...

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Stereo microscope without eyepieces
27 February 2002
Lynx is a further development of Vision Engineering's patented Dynascope technology. This model offers exit pupil expansion and a resultant massive increase in eye relief and freedom of head and body ...

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Service products for electrical and electronic equipment
27 February 2002
When the electronics revolution began some decades ago, Cramolin was already sparkling with many good ideas in the area of service, maintenance and production. The company says that chemical speciality ...

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Selecting power line filters for shielded enclosures - plugging the leaks
30 January 2002, Electrocomp
As well as electrical properties, price is a key criterion for selecting power line filters. But decisions made on this basis must often be revised because important background conditions have not been ...

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Selective soldering system offers maximum control, speed and integration
30 January 2002, ZETECH ONE
Vitronics Soltec's selective soldering system is a flexible, fast and reproducible automated soldering system that sets a new standard combining both flexibility and speed. Selective soldering delivers ...

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Multifunctional fault diagnosis locator
30 January 2002, Test & Rework Solutions
The Joker 500 is an instrument from Test and Rework Solutions that has been designed while keeping in mind the needs of the technician during the repair process of a defective board. In general, the repair ...

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Datalogger automated humidity and temperature monitoring
30 January 2002
Spescom MeasureGraph has made the task of monitoring relative humidity and temperature (RH/T) in laboratory, manufacturing, and field settings easier with the introduction of the Fluke 5000A-RH/T relative ...

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Consumables product range extended
30 January 2002, ZETECH ONE
Pre-placement solutions provider DEK continues to expand its consumables portfolio, adding gloves and speciality cleaning products to underscreen cleaning rolls and pre-saturated wipes. An ESD lotion ...

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Heating plate for gentle treatment of SMD assemblies
7 November 2001, ZETECH ONE
The ERSA HP 100 is a compact and ergonomically-designed heating plate to preheat ceramic SMD components, assemblies and substrates. This helps to prevent thermal shock during soldering. It is also possible ...

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Compact ioniser reduces benchtop ESD problems
7 November 2001, Test & Rework Solutions
To guard against the severe damage that static electricity can cause to sensitive electronic components at workstations, Metcal's ionisation and ESD control systems division, Semtronics, has introduced ...

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Plastic instrument case
7 November 2001, Sivan Electronic Supplies
Gainta offers modern designed cases in matt finish surface for desktop instrument applications. The top and base are in light grey, and front and end panels are in a dark grey colour. The material is ...

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Flip chip underfill dispensing
24 October 2001, ZETECH ONE
Flip chip technology is providing PCB designers with a myriad of options for increasing processing speed while reducing substrate area. Whether assembled into BGA packages or directly onto the substrate ...

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Machine allows depanalisation up to scoring line
10 October 2001
The TWS DM 500 is a motorised depanelling machine, allowing safe and easy separation of panelled boards without damaging delicate SMD components. The DM 500 is operated by a foot pedal ensuring lower ...

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Tooling turned into automatic reality
26 September 2001, ZETECH ONE
"The idea was to increase the number of pins actually in contact with a given area of the assembly, compared with conventional tooling, to reduce the average individual component contact pressure"

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Temperature profiler allows setting of reflow oven parameters
26 September 2001
The TWS RT-03 is a temperature profile recorder for tuning the soldering process of SMT boards. The device uses four NiCr-Ni microthermocouples (K type) as sensors to obtain accurate measurements and ...

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Polymer system for solder paste delivers superior stability
26 September 2001, ZETECH ONE
Cobar's XM-5 Series no-clean solder paste utilises a new polymer system that gives the paste unparalleled thermal stability, even under the demanding conditions and high temperatures associated with lead-free ...

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Modular toolkit system
26 September 2001
The Techmaster Module System is an innovative method of toolkit selection. Offered by Saftec, the basis of the system comprises the company's range of 'standard tool selections'. By analysing the typical ...

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Digital rework station eliminates shop air
26 September 2001, Christensen Tools
The Weller WRS1001 digital rework station is part of the complete family of Weller WRS systems. It has a range of functions including: internal self-contained pump; digital process control with an accurate, ...

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