Imagine assembling Samsung, Sony, Sharp and Toshiba televisions in the same plant at the same time—each with different flat panels, components and features, from built-in WiFi to 3D displays—and you’ll have some idea of the challenges facing MBX Systems in manufacturing made-to-order server appliances and embedded systems.
Cornell Dubilier is a leading manufacturer of capacitors for the power electronics market. For the past several years, the company has used ultrasonic spot welders to weld multiple layers of foil to capacitor posts.
IPC-A-610 and IPC-J-STD-001 are widely believed to ensure high reliability of electronic assemblies. In fact, they drive up costs and make products less reliable.
Want to a know what systems integrators are working on? Good luck! Sometimes their own engineers don’t even know. To ensure they will be first to market with a hot new product, manufacturers often go to great lengths to protect the secrecy of what they’re assembling and how they’re assembling it.
Despite years of research by electronics assemblers, the problem of tin whiskers defies an easy solution. And the stakes are high, to say the least. Since 1992, tin whiskers have been blamed for the complete failure of three commercial satellites and the partial disabling of four others.
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