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Local manufacturers look forward to a brighter future
21 March 2018, Omnigo, SMTech, Editor's Choice, News
Dataweek interviewed three South African electronics contract manufacturers to find out what they’ve been up to lately, and what their outlook is.

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Lessons learned from an ECM and the customer that sued them
21 March 2018, MyKay Tronics, Editor's Choice
The plaintiff created a new technology that consisted of a sensor and a receiver, but lacked the ability to produce it. Enter the contract manufacturer, soon to be the defendant.

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Manufacturing islands employed in Siemens IPC production
21 March 2018
Siemens industrial PCs (IPC) have been leading trends for over 30 years. As early as 1983, Siemens started combining standard PC technology with characteristics that fulfilled demanding industrial requirements, ...

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Panasonic placement machine wins global award
21 March 2018, Techmet
The machine is the latest stage in the evolution of the NPM series and is geared for manufacturers who value setup and changeover time over speed. “The NPM-W2S was designed to solve manufacturer’s need ...

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I had to eat my words
21 March 2018, EDA Technologies
In the middle of 2017, I wrote a piece for Dataweek entitled ‘Celebrating 20 years of disruptive electronics’ wherein I concluded with the words: “Disruptive electronics can only really be made possible ...

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Modular component mounter
21 March 2018, Techmet
Panasonic’s modular NPM-D3 component mounter is equipped with all the cutting edge technology demanded of modern electronics manufacturing equipment. The system’s lightweight, 16-nozzle head combines ...

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Cogiscan and Universal Instruments partner up
21 March 2018, ZETECH ONE
Cogiscan, a specialist track, trace and control (TTC) solutions provider for the electronics manufacturing industry, has signed an OEM reselling agreement with Universal Instruments to expand its portfolio ...

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Reflow oven for high-volume production
21 March 2018, MyKay Tronics
BTU International exhibited its new Pyramax Vacuum reflow oven at this year’s IPC APEX Expo. Designed around the requirements of large EMS/high-volume automotive customers, the unit is configured with ...

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3D AOI system measures component height
21 March 2018, Techmet
Saki’s BF-3Di is an automatic optical inspection (AOI) machine that not only performs inspection, but also provides measurements of each component for heights from 0 mm to 20 mm, with 1 micron height ...

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New capabilities at Omnigo
21 March 2018, Omnigo
Omnigo has grown tremendously of late, and to address this rapid growth the company had to make some astute equipment investment decisions. The specific niche market in the electronics contract manufacturer ...

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3D printer for rapid prototyping and manufacturing
21 March 2018, RS South Africa
The new CEL RoboxPRO additive manufacturing 3D printer offers high-end specifications and exceptionally fast print speeds. The dual extrusion machine primarily targets professional users, including electronics ...

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Open SMT assembly standard enjoying strong uptake
21 March 2018, News
A new standard has been developed to enable open, non-proprietary and vendor-independent machine-to-machine communication in SMT assembly lines. The Hermes Standard was officially launched at Productronica ...

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PCB carriers for thermal profiling
21 February 2018, Electronic Industry Supplies
Available from thermal profiling specialist, ECD, is a range of PCB carriers for securely holding small- to medium-sized circuit boards of almost any shape and up to six Temprobes for thermal profiling. All ...

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Desktop 3D printer
21 February 2018, Centurion Micro Electronics
Creating proof of concept prototypes, working prototypes and demonstration models are some of the most common commercial uses of FDM 3D printing. FDM, or fused deposition modelling, is a low-cost form ...

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Thermal management for high-frequency PCBs
21 February 2018, Conical Technologies
In the world of complex RF/microwave printed circuit boards (PCB), where SWaP (size, weight and power) are critical to future performance, thermal management and the ability to keep modules and systems ...

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EMP 2018 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook


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The digital manufacturing challenge for Africa
EMP 2018 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Technology Station in Electronics
Examples of successful digital manufacturing implementation are far and few between, with many still in a trial phase showing the potential a fully automated system holds.

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Localisation and the importance of brand
EMP 2018 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook
A great manufacturer knows they are in business so that their customers can focus on meeting their business objectives without worrying about the product build, logistics and manufacturing.

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To tent or not to tent vias
EMP 2018 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Pam Landman (IJ-CCAL cc t/a)
A combination of approaches can be considered, namely to tent the via on the component side, while only tenting the annular ring on the opposite side.

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The importance of paying attention to component specifications
EMP 2018 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Techmet
Critical components such as LEDs, crystals, bottom-terminated components including micro BGAs, and others have very specific process limits that can be challenging to achieve and devastating when missed.

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