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Straight and positive thinking
Reuben JosephsThe Printed Circuit Industry is NOT in a mess, no thanks to some of the people in it and some of the industry's news media. Over the past few years all kinds of degrading…
Environmental Considerations when Selecting a Dry Film Imaging Process
W. LiebschLike many other industries, the PCB industry must take precautions to minimise the degree of pollution it creates both in the working area and in the outside environment. The dry…
An Introduction to Soldering: Part 1
R.J. Klein WassinkThe paper provides a brief survey of the various aspects of soft soldering, in as far as they are relevant to the manufacture of soldered printed boards. The intention is that…
Screen Printing Quality Control and Faultfinding
C. PhippardA summary of basic screen printing procedures is given, covering the main factors in quality control. These include: various means of controlling thickness of deposit; the…
X‐Ray Fluorescence for Coating Thickness Measurement
T.D.T. LatterThe X‐Ray fluorescence method of coating thickness measurement of ISO 3497, BS 5411 (A), DIN 50987, and ASTM B568–79 is discussed from a practical point of view. A brief…
Printed Circuit Board Reflow by Vapour Phase Heating
E.R. WoodThe popular commercial processes for reflow, namely infra‐red radiation and immersion in hot oil, have several disadvantages. By contrast, the vapour phase heating method for…
Metal Cored Printed Circuit Boards
H.R. ShemiltClose spacing of conductors, surface mounted components and a multiplicity of DIPs have rendered the use of heat sinks on the PC board surface more and more hazardous. Where…
Automatic Test Equipment: Its Role in Improving PCB Manufacture
B. DavisAutomatic Test Equipment (ATE) for both bare and loaded‐board testing has been in widespread use for some 14 years. During this time there have been a number of technological…
Dymet Alloys Ltd.
The name Dymet Alloys Ltd is familiar to everyone in the printed circuit industry; indeed it would be no exaggeration to say that they are the foremost UK producer of multilayer…
Fag‐Pal Ltd
There can be little doubt that one of the most noticed features in those sections of the technical press catering for the electronics and printing industries during 1982 was a…
MAS SpA
MAS SpA was established on 14th November 1959, the object being to manufacture copper clad laminates for printed circuit boards. This proved to be an inspired enterprise; launched…
ICT News
INTERNEPCON '83, 11–13th OCTOBER The Institute has a stand at this year's Internepcon Exhibition and welcomes visits from its members. The stand number is 10305 and is located in…
Industry news
Electroloid Limited, the Aylesbury based manufacturer of metal finishing plant and equipment, have announced two new appointments to their sales and marketing team.
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