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AIM (Montreal, Canada) has announced an all day lead-free seminar to take place in Sydney, Autralia, on March 23, 2004. Future workshops are being planned at various locations worldwide.
To successfully achieve lead-free electronics assembly, each participant in the manufacturing process, from purchasing to engineering to maintenance to quality, must have a solid understanding of the changes required of them.
While there are many theoretical workshops on lead-free assembly, this seminar focuses on the practical considerations for achieving successful lead-free assembly at a factory. Each step of the manufacturing cycle is addressed, from purchasing parts to inspecting assembled board.
Some of the lead-free assembly topics to be presented include: the status of lead-free legislation, marketing and implementation worldwide; reasons for hesitating to move towards lead-free soldering; design, component flux and solder alloy considerations; lead-free alloy requirements and materials management issues.
The instructor of the workshop is Karl Seelig, vice president of technology of AIM. In his 25 years of industry experience, Seelig has authored over 20 published articles on topics including lead-free electronics assembly, no-clean flux technology, assembly and process optimization, inspection and metallurgical studies. Seelig has numerous awards and patents in soldering technology—including four for lead-free solder alloys—and has been one of the key developers of no-clean technology.
To participate, contact AIM Products Australia: (02) 47356775, or email: tweber@aimsolder.com.au.
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A supplier of electronic assembly machinery, Panasonic Factory Automation (PFA, Elgin, IL) has introduced a new offering—Solutions. The primary goal of the program is to demonstrate the benefits of customers partnering with their original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
"Solutions was developed to globally share methods to increase customer's profit, performance and possibilities," said John Worthylake, PFA solutions and development manager. "Insight from customer suggestions and challenges—coupled with Matsushita's own manufacturing experience—has successfully provided solutions that simultaneously increase throughput, decrease costs and maximize the full potential of PFA's products."
Specifically, Solutions offerings include enhancements (a white L.E.D. Fiducial Light kit and a wide angle PCB detection sensor upgrade); equipment maintenance; spare parts options (cost-saving reversible tape cutter blades, remanufactured placement head assemblies); tools and jigs and training.
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Tamura F.A. System Corp. (Beaverton, OR), a company that develops and supplies the materials, components and products demanded by electronics markets, has announced the availability of a new lead-free system featuring solder bath technology designed for the electronics assembly industry.
FLIP Solder Bath for Lead-free Wave Soldering Solutions features linear induction pumping technology in which three phases of AC currents flow through induction coils to induce horizontal magnetic fields inside solder bath. The magnetic fields generate vertical force, per Fleming's left hand law. The force moves molten solder upward through nozzles and flow down by gravity. Two induction coils generate magnetic field and propelling force as the alternating AC current flows in induction coils.
Additionally, the solder bath features advantages over other solder bath systems, including the use of less solder (300 kg, instead of 450 kg) and less solder dross (7 kg, instead of 15 kg) after 8 hours of operation. It also offers open space to access the inside side bath and easier nozzle cleaning and maintenance. It also features a quieter and more stable solder wave than impeller motor types. Acid oxidization around the motor spindle is eliminated.
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