FEATURES

• Cover Article
  High Stakes: Reworking High-Precision, High-Reliability Boards
  Successfully reworking high-reliability assemblies is challenging, even for the most experienced of operators. However, it can be made easier and safer by deploying the right tools and safeguards.
  Franck Bitton

• Lead Free
  Avoiding Tin Whisker Reliability Problems
  Fighting tin whiskers involves knowing the available mitigation strategies and risk analysis based on lead spacing.
  G.T. Galyon and Ron Gedney

• Focus on Business
  Covert Money Losses in Outsourcing
  Understanding the less obvious sources of wasted money in OEM/EMS manufacturing relationships.
  Edwin B. Smith, III

• Component Placement
  Automatic Recognition of Electronic Components
  Automatically recognizing electronic components can reduce rejected components and increase placement accuracy, yields and surface-mount line throughput.
  Gallagher Donovan Pryor, Alex Goldstein, Allen Tannenbaum

• Focus on HDI/Advanced Technology
  Current Trends in Optoelectronics
  EMS providers and equipment suppliers are working together to make high-volume optoelectronic component manufacturing a reality.
  Bruce W. Hueners and Paleerat Lakawathana

PERSPECTIVES

• Editorial

• On the Forefront
  Phil Zarrow

• Emerging Technology
  Dr. Ken Gilleo

• Ask Les
  Les Hymes

• Problem Solved
  Peter Bollinger

DEPARTMENTS

Industry News
NETgain
Europe Watch
The Fine Pitch - Q&A with Stephen Delaney, CEO, Celestica
Assembly Insider
Ad Index
Globaltronics Product Spotlight

Cover artwork courtesy of Metcal, Menlo Park, CA.