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Newark, California. September 2022. Unigen Corporation is pleased to offer cutting edge in-house conformal coating as a value-add service for customers who require additional protection and reliability for ruggedized environments.
Unigen utilizes a Conformal Coating based upon HumiSeal® UV40 which is then UV Cured to save process time and additional heating. The process starts with the company’s in-house 3D printers to create custom masks and caps for the board components that provide exceptional accuracy. A 4-axis 35-degree angled Spray Head is then used to deliver a uniform and complete coating on all surfaces for a truly finished look. This protects electronic circuits from harsh environments, such as high humidity and extreme temperatures. Unigen’s conformal coating process is electrically insulating, and therefore maintains long-term Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) levels, providing a barrier to airborne contaminants from the operating environment, such as salt spray, moisture, chemicals and fungus – thus preventing corrosion and extending lifetime of the assembly.
Although Unigen supports many types of HumiSeal applications, the most common material choice is UV40. The single component HumiSeal UV40 conformal coating has an excellent chemical resistance, surface hardness, flexibility and moisture resistance. Additionally, Unigen provides a secondary moisture cure mechanism for curing in the non-UV exposed shadowed areas. To aid coating inspection, the UV40 cure fluoresces under UV light. HumiSeal UV40 is recognized under UL File Number E105698, is MIL-I-46058C qualified, and has the following certifications: IPC-CC-830 certification, RoHS directive 2015/863/EU, China Standard GB30981-2020, ISO 10993-5. Conformal coating is just one of the many value-added services offered by Unigen in its fully integrated production line, with a factory footprint of over 320,000 square feet with 24 SMT lines across two sites in Hanoi, Vietnam and Newark, California, USA. From NPI to full turnkey, Unigen is your trusted manufacturing partner throughout the entire product life cycle.
Learn more about Unigen’s products and services at www.unigen.com.
About Unigen Corporation
Unigen, founded in 1991, is an established global leader in the design and manufacture of original and custom SSD, DRAM, NVDIMM modules and Enterprise IO solutions. Headquartered in Newark, California, the company operates state of the art manufacturing facilities (ISO-9001/14001/13485 and IATF 16949) in the Silicon Valley Bay Area of California and near Hanoi Vietnam, along with 5 additional engineering and support facilities located around the globe. Unigen markets its products to both enterprise and client OEMs worldwide focused on embedded, industrial, networking, server, telecommunications, imaging, automotive and medical device industries. Unigen also offers best in class electronics manufacturing services (EMS), including new product introduction and volume production, supply chain management, assembly & test, TaaS (Test-as-a-Service) and post-sales support. Learn more about Unigen’s products and services at www.unigen.com.
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Yamaha Motor Europe SMT Section is supplying high-speed equipment for two surface-mount lines at Faber Electronics, to build high-tech products including IoT equipment, automotive electronics, medical devices, and industrial controls.
Faber Electronics, a Netherlands-based electronic manufacturing services provider, has installed a Yamaha YCP10 screen printer, two YSM20R high-speed mounters, and a YSi-V AOI system for end-of-line visual inspection.
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“Our customers serve markets that expect extremely high product reliability, so faultless assembly at high speed is a pre-requisite,” explains Tijmen Augustijn, Operations Director. “On the other hand, we pride ourselves on our flexibility to adapt quickly whenever their requirements change. We expect our technology partners and suppliers to help us meet those demands. With that in mind, we decided to extend our connection with Yamaha by investing in new equipment from the 1 STOP SMART SOLUTION.”
The drive for reliability leads Faber Electronics’ engineering teams to place a high value on design for manufacture (DfM) and design for test (DfT). Typically, in-circuit testing is often applied to 100% of boards produced or a high proportion, depending on individual customers’ requirements. The YSi-V AOI system in each assembly line helps strengthen quality assurance and maximise productivity by quickly identifying any boards that have visible defects.
Yamaha YSi-V
The YSi-V’s multi-angle and multi-wavelength lighting helps the system spot defects that are difficult to see in ordinary light and can prevent shadows from obscuring inspection areas. In addition, laser height measurement can detect coplanarity issues that may indicate damage to component pins or a soldering defect. The system is an ideal companion to the compact YCP10 printer, which has advanced features and can handle large board sizes, and the high-efficiency YSM20R mounter with up to 95,000 cph placement capability.
Marc Valk, Quality Assurance Engineer at Faber Electronics, comments, “Our customers trust us always to respond quickly to their needs. The advanced features and ease of use we enjoy with our Yamaha surface-mount lines help us maintain that reputation. We can handle anything from last-minute design modifications to frequent product changeovers quickly and efficiently.”
According to Theo Loohuis Service Manager of Europe-SMT, Yamaha’s distributor for Benelux, the combination of YCP10 printer, YSM20R mounters, and YSi-V AOI in each line provides advanced capabilities that will meet Faber Electronics’ requirements far into the future. “Each line can print, place and inspect, at high speed, parts ranging from the smallest SMD chips to large ICs like FPGAs and tall components like capacitors and connectors. We listened to their team to understand their requirements and their vision for the future. We then worked with Yamaha to propose the best package to meet their needs. Each line ensures high production quality with the flexibility to meet diverse and fast-changing customer demands.”
Faber Electronic’s Team
Daisuke Yoshihara, General Sales Manager for Yamaha adds, “Faber Electronics now has two full SMT lines that are perfectly conceived to fulfil their customers’ demands, delivering a clear competitive edge and a future-proof return on their investment.”
Please visit the website at https://smt.yamaha-motor-im.de/
More information about Europe-SMT: www.europe-smt.com
To learn about Faber Electronics: https://faber-electronics.nl/over-ons
About Yamaha Robotics SMT Section
Yamaha Surface Mount Technology (SMT) Section is a subdivision of Yamaha Motor Robotics Business Unit in Yamaha Motor Corporation. Yamaha surface mount equipment is highly acclaimed in the market for their “module concept” that enables them to keep pace with the trend toward smaller and more diverse electric/electronic parts being mounted on circuit boards.
Yamaha SMT Section has created a strong business in the surface mount industry that enables design and engineering, manufacture, sales and service to be conducted in one comprehensive system. Furthermore, the Company has used its core technologies in the areas of servo-motor control and image recognition technology for vision (camera) systems to develop solder paste printers, 3D solder paste inspection, 3D PCB inspection machines, flip chip hybrid placers, dispensers and intelligent SMD storage system. This allows Yamaha SMT Section to offer a full line of machines for electric/electronic parts mounting and propose optimum production-line makeup to answer the diversifying needs of today’s manufacturers.
Yamaha SMT Section has sales and service offices in Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Europe and North America provide a truly global sales and service network that will safeguard best in class on-site sales & service support for clients.
www.yamaha-motor-im.eu
DALLAS, TX — September 2022 — Southwest Systems Technology, Inc., the leading manufacturing resource for the Southwest, is pleased to announce that it has hired Scott Crain as its newest Outside Sales Manager, covering Houston and Austin, Texas.
“Scott’s background in business ownership and sales will make him a great asset while working with business owners and management on future equipment purchases and the associated ROI,” stated Scott Fillebrown, Principal, Southwest Systems.
Crain has more than 30 years of business experience in all facets of sales. A self-starter, he has more than ten years of self-employment. Crain has raised more than $13 million in capital for startup ventures.
Crain has received numerous ‘Top Sales Performer’ and ‘President’s Club’ awards. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business & Corporate Communication from Texas State University.
For more than 33 years, Southwest Systems Technology has been providing sales and service for equipment and materials in both the electronic assembly and semiconductor manufacturing industries. Southwest Systems’ sales team is trained in the latest industry processes and technologies.
For more information about Southwest Systems Technology, contact Scott Fillebrown at Scott@SWSystems.com or visit www.SWSystems.com.
About Southwest Systems Technology, Inc.
Southwest Systems Technology, Inc., was founded by Dee Claybrook in 1989. The company covers Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mexico. Southwest Systems’ philosophy is to technically present the myriad of products it represents in a thorough and professional manner; proficiently and with discerning sophistication. The company sells products in both the electronic and semiconductor manufacturing industries. It sells capital equipment and materials, and its sales engineers are trained in the latest industry processes and technologies. For more information, visit www.SWSystems.com.
Indium Corporation’s Evan Griffith, product specialist for semiconductor and advanced assembly materials, will host a webinar about the fundamentals of flip-chip bonding at 10 a.m. New York, Thursday, Sept. 15, as part of the company’s webinar program—the InSIDER Series.
Flip-chip bonding technology has a long history, stemming from its inception by General Electric in Indium Corporation’s hometown of Utica, New York, U.S. As such, the term “flip-chip” has evolved to encompass a wide variety of bonding technologies that solve various bonding challenges. In the most basic sense of the term, flip-chip bonding defines the bonding process in which the circuitry of a chip is manufactured face-down and flipped to be attached to a substrate.
In Flip-Chip 101, the history of flip-chip technology and the trends that have caused the manufacturing process to evolve will be discussed. Common failure modes in flip-chip assembly will also be touched on, as well as how material advancements have allowed for and will continue to push new technology in flip-chip bonding.
You may register for Griffith’s webinar at: https://indium.webex.com/indium/j.php?RGID=r604ba53a4250a913dc8fb9f6633f8923. The webinar link will be shared with registrants the day of the event. Registrants must use a company email account to avoid Indium Corporation’s spam filters. This is a first-come, first-served event.
Griffith is a product specialist for SEMI/SAAM fluxes and SiPaste® materials. He is based at Indium Corporation’s global headquarters. He is responsible for researching and analyzing customer and market data, and facilitating current and prospective customers’ needs. Additionally, he supports customers’ inquiries, internal product trainings, and works closely with Indium Corporation’s R&D team on new applications. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Materials Science, graduating with honors, and his Master of Engineering Management degree from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., U.S. He has also earned his Six Sigma Green Belt.
About Indium Corporation
Indium Corporation is a premier materials refiner, smelter, manufacturer, and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil®. Founded in 1934, the company has global technical support and factories located in China, Germany, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.
For more information about Indium Corporation, visit www.indium.com or email jhuang@indium.com. You can also follow our experts, From One Engineer To Another® (#FOETA), at www.linkedin.com/company/indium-corporation/ or @IndiumCorp. </p
PLANO, TX ― September 2022 ― SVTronics is a leading Manufacturing services company, is pleased to announce that it has purchased and completed the install of a Typhoon T-8 Chemistry Zero-Discharge Cleaner and T-15 Typhoon (WATER-SOLUBLE) from Aqua Klean at its manufacturing facility in Plano, TX. The sale was facilitated by the Texas-based manufacturers’ representative Southwest Systems Technology. SVTronics has five fully automated high-speed SMT production lines and a separate SMT line for prototype production.
The new Typhoon T-8 and T-15 were installed at SVTronics’ state-of-the-art facility that is equipped with best-in-class machinery from leading equipment vendors. Additionally, SVTronics offers a professional engineering team to deliver all your production needs from prototype through production. With a qualified production process, innovative technology and highly skilled personnel, SVTronics ensures complete customer satisfaction by delivering best quality products, on time, at the lowest cost.
Chris Dickey, VP Sales & Marketing at SVtronics, commented, “Aqua Klean’s Typhoon wash systems have surpassed our high expectations, which is to meet or exceed the aerospace industry requirements.”
The T-8 integrates a 15 horsepower wash pump with a combination of flooding and high-pressure wash for optimum impingement cleaning of PCBs. The dynamic air blow-off design allows for a water free zero-discharge chemical isolation. The T-8 also features an industrial touch screen interface for simple process control and the industry’s safest drop-in immersion heater.
The T-15 is Aqua Klean’s flagship prototype that has driven the Typhoon Inline Cleaning Product line to enable customers to clean efficiently and effectively. It offers a powerhouse of performance and cleanliness.
SVTronics specializes in custom electronic products for applications including embedded, industrial, medical, military, automotive, etc. The SVTronics team can handle all aspects of your electronic manufacturing needs from start to finish. For more information about SVTronics, visit www.svtronics.com.
About SVTronics
SVTronics is a leading manufacturing company which specializes full turnkey electronics manufacturing services. We serve a variety of market segment and offers tailored solutions to each customer based on their requirements. We can assist you in complete electronics product development lifecycle from conceptual drawing thru production and aftermarket services. For more information, visit www.svtronics.com.
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Contract Electronics Manufacturers (CEM) demand the very best equipment to ensure the products they produce are of the highest quality and meet exacting requirements. As a leading CEM in the UK, Axiom Manufacturing Services turned to Altus to assist with upgrading its depanelling capabilities to develop and future-proof its processes.
With electronic designs becoming more multifaceted and board complexity increasing with increased components and joints, higher density, and shrinking package technologies, manufacturers must ensure all production equipment is up to the job for now and the future.
Looking to upgrade its depanelling capabilities, Axiom approached Altus for advice on the most efficient long-term solutions for milling and laser break out processes. To meet their growing PCB break out requirements, Altus recommended a Cencorp 1300 SR milling platform, a modular, robust platform that enables extremely high accuracy production and increases Axioms overall milling capabilities.
Chris Nye, Axiom Managing Director, said: “Our current Cencorp router capability is very accurate to within 0.20mm tolerance and so adding another SR1300 was a no brainer to reduce single point of failure risk. For most of our customers this tolerance is sufficient, but some of our military customers require even tighter tolerances on certain products and we see this trend continuing.”
To further enhance production and the flexibility they can offer customers, Axiom invested in LPKF Cutting Master, an advanced laser depanelling system. Laser-based depaneling technology is essential in the manufacture of intricate and complex PCBs with tight tolerances, products that require stress free break out, flexi PCBS, or those composed of unusual substrates.
“Laser depanelling gives us an impressive 0.02 mm capability,” said Chris. “Because we manufacture very delicate products, laser depanelling helps to guarantee there are no shocks to the PCB or devices. This is a great advantage to have on our side for future business.
“The machine gives us a leading edge of very accurate and precise depanelling, and ensures we do not put any products at risk. It’s also a great process for the fast turnaround of new product introduction, especially on quick turn products because we can make the tooling on the machine itself.” Joe Booth, Altus CEO added: “Manufacturing within the electronics industry require versatile systems that can keep up with capacity demand, but also design complexity. LPKF Laser Depanelling machines are modular and scalable and can be adapted to meet specific requirements. Importantly, they ensure stress-free, low thermal shock singulation on populated rigid and flexible PCBs. These are extremely important features in modern production.” To find out more about how Altus can help with system upgrades visit www.altusgroup.co.uk
