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Flux goes pink
23 March 2016, Techmet
Indium announced the release of PoP Flux ­89LV-P, a bright pink-coloured, no-clean, thixotropic flux that helps engineers to ‘avoid the void’ by greatly improving visual inspection to minimise voiding ...

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Fast and first for Cape-based CM
23 March 2016, ZA Electronics
ZA Electronics, a Cape Town-based contract manufacturer established in 1997 by van Zyl brothers Riaan and Jaco, has completed installation of its first ­Mydata solder paste printer. The pair was very ...

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Improved heat dissipation for multilayer PCBs
23 March 2016, Conical Technologies
Teledyne Labtech, based in Wales, announced a new technology it has developed to dissipate heat from multilayer printed circuit boards. Called Copper Coin, this technology is ideal to dissipate heat ...

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Selective soldering machine
23 March 2016, ZETECH ONE
Vitronics Soltec’s new ZEVAm platform delivers extensive process capabilities for an entry level price in the point-to-point soldering market. Incorporating fluxing and preheating in combination with ...

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Peelable solder masks
23 March 2016, Techmet
The peelable solder masks of the series PSM 13.990 are designed to be applied in limited zones on printed circuit boards (PCB) in order to protect them from direct contact with solder. These ELPEGUARD ...

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Hot-air set
23 March 2016, Allan McKinnon & Associates
The WXA 2010 hot-air set from Weller comes with a two-channel WXA 2 station providing a multilingual menu and touch screen interface, as well as a WXHAP 200 hot air pencil – a 200 W temperature controlled, ...

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Equipment for hardening coatings and adhesives
23 March 2016, Truth Electronic Manufacturing
To ensure sensitive electronic components function reliably even in adverse conditions, protective coatings are applied to circuit boards during the manufacturing process. In addition to the popular RDS ...

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Growth of 3D printing in MEA to outstrip global pace
23 March 2016, News
Spending on 3D printing in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) market is set to increase from $0,47 billion in 2015 to reach $1,3 billion by 2019, according to the latest forecasts from International Data ...

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Solderability tester
23 March 2016
MUST, from Gen3 Systems, is a highly accurate system that measures the forces imposed on a component or a circuit board sample at levels as low as 0,001 mN - otherwise referred to as ‘wetting force’. The ...

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High-power soldering station
23 March 2016, MyKay Tronics
The WJS 100 soldering system from Pace Worldwide features high maximum power output to make easy work of the most challenging, high-thermal-mass or high-volume soldering applications. Integral to the ...

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Component mounter handles large PCBs
23 March 2016, ZETECH ONE
The new Z:LEX YSM20W from Yamaha Motor IM retains the flexibility and efficiency across a range of diverse production conditions, and the same high-speed capability, component handling and scalability ...

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Research study into stencil printing reliability
23 March 2016, MyKay Tronics
Kyzen has conducted an extensive study, via controlled laboratory tests, in the interest of improving stencil printing reliability. The company will announce its comprehensive findings at the 2016 IPC ...

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Wearable electronics must endure unique conditions
23 March 2016, Vepac Electronics
‘Wearable’ – a term that was predominantly associated with the clothing industry – is now trending for a whole new reason. Harnessing the electronic functions used in everyday life and incorporating them ...

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Cirtech EDA grows its pool of PCB offerings
24 February 2016, Cirtech Electronics
South Africans have come to trust the easy-to-use and fast-turnaround of Beta Layout’s PCB-Pool service since it entered the country several years ago. As 2015 drew to a close, high on Beta Layout’s agenda ...

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Security sector does SA proud
EMP Handbook 2016, Technews Publishing, News
Four leading manufacturers share their thoughts on the state of the South African security industry, and speak about some of their recent and imminent developments.

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Picking the right automatic pick-and-place machine
EMP Handbook 2016, Test & Rework Solutions
As with any complex machine, there will be tradeoffs between cost and capabilities, some of which specifically relate to production accuracy and yield.

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Serrated probe tips
27 January 2016, Techmet
QA Technology has added two new serrated tip styles in a variety of conventional and X Probe Socketless Series products. The new 49 and B9 serrated tip designs are for contacting pasted pads with dome ...

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DDZ Technologies: Getting bigger by doing the small things right
EMP Handbook 2016
Any organisation, regardless of size or sector, must be doing something right if it doubles its staff headcount. Which is exactly what contract manufacturer DDZ Technologies recently did, as explains ...

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The impact of PCB laminate weaves on high-speed signals
EMP Handbook 2016, EDA Technologies
Much has been written about jitter and skew on Gigabit per second (Gbps) and faster differential signals that are traceable to the glass weave in PCB laminates. One solution that has been proposed is ...

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Screen printer for SMT
27 January 2016, Techmet
Chinese SMT screen printer manufacturer GKG’s GL Series, the most popular in its range, is designed for printed circuit boards (PCB) with a maximum size of 510 x 510 mm. It comes standard with advanced ...

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