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Circuit-Technology-Center

Take the Complexity Out of Advanced BGA Rework
High-reliability BGA repairs require proven processes, precision, and deep technical expertise. See why manufacturers rely on trusted rework solutions.
Circuit Technology Center
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Inspection for Hidden Solder Joints
We are integrators working on automating the assembly for a high-volume medical device that requires multiple boards to be soldered together in a complex mechanical ...
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Sr Field Applications Support Engineer, Kester Inc.
Solution for Warped PCBAs
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Question About ESD Ionizer Guns
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Uyemura
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kyzen

Let our contract cleaning services help
If you have a technical cleaning question, or if you are facing process challenges or performance challenges, use this technical hotlist form to get help from a KYZEN Technical Care Expert.
KYZEN
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Guadalajara Expo & Tech Forum
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Intraratio-Corporation
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Plasmatreat-GmbH

Plasma as a Key Technology
Plasma technology improves electronics manufacturing, reduces oxide layers, prevents delamination & enables environmentally friendly products by using Openair-Plasma ® & PlasmaPlus®.
Plasmatreat GmbH
What Year Was It?
Levi Strauss Receives Patent for Blue Jeans
What Year
San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are given a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of the world's most famous garments: blue jeans.
See the answer below.
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Manncorp

SMT Line Builder Tool – Fast & Easy
Skip the guesswork. Our SMT Line Builder gives you instant, expert-recommended setups based on your budget and output. Or send us your BOM—we'll handle it.
Manncorp Inc.
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What Year Was It Answer
Levi Strauss Receives Patent for Blue Jeans
Answer: May 20, 1873
May 19, 2026
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New Power, Memory, Interconnect, and Thermal Architectures for AI Infrastructure
AI infrastructure is pivoting from training to inference, driving companies to redesign data centers around power efficiency, SRAM-centric architectures, advanced cooling, and faster interconnects to overcome thermal, memory, and scaling bottlenecks.
EE Times
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Zestron

Elevate Your Electronics Expertise
Explore ZESTRON whitepapers written by experts on cleaning, coating, and improving PCB reliability. Download now.
ZESTRON Europe
Five Years Into Remote Work, Here's What Actually Works for Businesses
Five years after the shift to remote work, companies continue to redefine workplace models, with some returning to offices, others embracing remote setups, and many testing hybrid approaches, as they struggle to implement systems that balance performance and employee needs.
Entrepreneur
Engineering ESD-Safe PCB Assembly for High-Reliability IoT and Industrial Electronics
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) threatens IoT and high-reliability electronics as components shrink and densify. This paper details design protections, assembly controls, and validation methods to help engineers and OEMs enhance device resilience and ensure long-term performance.
Technical Paper
Intel CEO says foundry business is gaining momentum as customer interest grows
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says the company's foundry business is gaining traction, with improving 18A yields, rising customer interest, and potential major deals. He frames it as central to Intel's turnaround and U.S. semiconductor reshoring efforts.
CNBC
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Indium-Corporation

The Industry Standard Solder Paste
Looking to Avoid the Void® and enhance SIR performance? Indium8.9HF is your proven, versatile and stable, no-clean, halogen-free, Pb-free solder paste solution.
Indium Corporation
Dell makes its strongest case yet for keeping AI out of the cloud
Dell argues cloud-only AI is losing ground as enterprises adopt hybrid architectures spanning on-prem, cloud, and workstation compute. At Dell Technologies World, it showcased AI Factory upgrades, growing customer adoption, and services aimed at moving AI from pilots to production.
TechSpot
Supercooled Solder Pastes in Low-Temperature Attach Applications
This paper presents progress-to-date using supercooled solder pastes of core-shell bismuth-tin (BiSn) particles to accomplish solder interconnects below the melting point of the alloy. Comparisons between supercooled BiSn solder pastes and traditional BiSn pastes are discussed.
Technical Paper
Technical Papers
Evaluation of Techniques for Intentional Contamination of PWB Substrates for Quantitative Cleanliness Analyses
Scaling SMT Traceability
The Drawbacks of Internal Recycling Systems for Solder Dross
Engineering ESD-Safe PCB Assembly for High-Reliability IoT and Industrial Electronics
The Analysis of Variance: Drawing Conclusions from Data That Are Correct, Unambiguous, and Defensible
PCB Rework Evolves, With X-ray a Constant Support
How pH Cleaning Agents Affect Production Performance
A Universal AI-Powered Segmentation Model for PCBA & Semiconductor
RAIG Minimizes Corrosion, Allows Higher Gold on ENEPIG
High Reliability Lead-Free Solder Paste with Rosin and Anti-Crack Resin
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Schunk

What are your economic depaneling needs?
Our depaneling machines are high-performance machines for single circuit boards with electronic components. The cutting principles are fast, the best quality.
SCHUNK
Canada Spins Off Photonics Lab
Canada will spin off the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Center into a commercial entity to attract investment, expand compound semiconductor production, and boost sovereign AI, defense, and telecom capabilities as the NRC shifts the facility toward industry-led growth.
EE Times
4 Roles Most Likely to Survive AI — and How to Position Yourself For Them
AI is rapidly reshaping hiring as companies prioritize leaders in AI governance, data strategy, product management, and HR transformation. Experts who blend judgment, cross-functional leadership, and measurable business impact remain hardest to replace.
Entrepreneur
QFN I/O Pad Solder Paste Overprint on Thermal Pad Void Reduction
QFN SMT components continue to be increasingly used and also becoming smaller for applications further requiring a high level of thermal performance and reliability.
Technical Paper
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Glenbrook-Technologies

Probe Card Manufacturer 'Sees the Unseen' With X-ray
Probe card manufacturer relies on mobile real-time x-ray inspection to verify the quality of its aligned probes at different stages along the assembly line.
Glenbrook Technologies
What Makes a Job Dull, Dirty, or Dangerous?
Researchers challenged robotics' long-used "dull, dirty, and dangerous" model, arguing job classifications reflect cultural views. Their study urges roboticists to use worker insights and data to target automation that genuinely improves safety.
IEEE Spectrum
Meta layoffs starting this week stress harsh AI reality inside Zuckerberg’s company
Meta is accelerating layoffs and AI spending as Mark Zuckerberg pushes efficiency and automation over past overhiring. Employees report rising anxiety over job cuts, AI-driven workplace shifts, and controversial monitoring tools tied to Meta's aggressive AI strategy.
CNBC
How To Rework Warped PCBAs?
From a large lot, 20 populated boards with components of varied heights on both sides are warped. What methods can they use to flatten them?
Board Talk
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Master-Bond

Silver Filled Electrically Conductive Epoxy
Master Bond EP3HTSDA-2Med is a silver filled adhesive system with high electrical and thermal conductivity that passes ISO 10993-5 for cytotoxicity.
Master Bond
How Melbourne's AI and Data Center Flywheel Is Accelerating Research Innovation
Melbourne is evolving from a global events capital into an AI powerhouse, expanding sovereign compute capacity, hyperscale data centers, and global partnerships. Monash University's MAVERIC supercomputer boosts AI research across medicine, engineering, and science.
IEEE Spectrum
Gartner Says Chief Supply Chain Officers Must Shift to an Autonomous Business Mindset
Gartner urges chief supply chain officers to prepare for autonomous business models blending human and machine decision-making as adaptive technologies reshape operations, forcing firms to redesign strategies, manage risk, and coordinate networks.
Gartner
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Nordson-ASYMTEK

ASYMTEK Select Coat SL-1040
The SL-1040 Conformal Coating System upgrades the SL-940 and added significant system-level advancements to elevate automation, control, precision & preventative maintenance for better yield.
Nordson Electronics Solutions
High energy prices could derail Europe's AI race with U.S. and China
Europe's AI ambitions face rising pressure as soaring energy costs threaten data center expansion. Experts warn expensive electricity, slow infrastructure growth, and surging power demand could shift major AI investment to the U.S. and China.
CNBC
Optimizing Throughput and Cost with Manufacturing Simulation
This paper describes the design and implementation of several manufacturing simulation use-cases at an electronics assembly factory in Nanjing, China.
Technical Paper
Thermal Paste vs Pad: Which Is Better For Your PC?
Thermal paste continues to outperform thermal pads in cooling tests, despite newer pad technologies narrowing the temperature gap. Paste spreads into microscopic gaps more effectively, while pads offer easier application, and cleaner installation for beginner PC builders.
BGR
Electric Cars Were Invented Much Earlier Than You Think
Electric vehicles trace their origins nearly 200 years back, starting with Robert Anderson's crude prototype and later advancing through innovators like William Morrison and Studebaker. By the early 1900s EVs made up over one-third of vehicles roads.
BGR
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SEHO

SEHO makes production lines smarter
Improve your work flow and reduce manufacturing costs with creative ideas and innovative solutions for automation, board handling and material management.
SEHO Systems GmbH
Samsung Plans To Transform Your Smartphone & Tablet Into On-Device AI Powerhouses With High-Bandwidth Memory Chips Using Complex Packaging
Samsung develops advanced HBM packaging for smartphones and tablets to boost on-device AI performance with faster bandwidth and better heat control. Its FOWLP and VCS innovations aim to deliver server-grade memory speeds to future mobile chips.
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Ormet-TLPS
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Ormet-TLPS

AIT ORMET® TLPS for Component Attach
AIT ORMET®TLPS is proven for outstanding reliability for component attaches and MLCC build-up for high temperature applications beyond 175ºC
Ormet® TLPS
Test Your Knowledge
What is the name of the family of metals that gold belongs to?
See answer below.
Industry Press
Closed-loop nozzle management in SMT manufacturing
ASMPT SMT Solutions presents a new system for the demand-oriented and continuously monitored management of SMT placement nozzles. With this factory-encompassing ...
ASMPT
ASYS Group Redefines AOI – Autonomous Inspection as a Key Enabler
With the presentation of AISPECTURE AOI – the "World's first true unsupervised inspection", the ASYS Group sets a new technological benchmark in power ...
ASYS Group
Fuji America Explores the Path to Smart Manufacturing at SMTA STAR Forum
Fuji America Corporation will present at the upcoming SMTA STAR Forum, taking place July 15–16, 2026 at the Embassy Suites Kansas City Olathe in Olathe. Chris Dayney, ...
Fuji America Corporation
Comtree & Kurtz Ersa to Discuss Selective Soldering at EPTECH Vancouver
Kurtz Ersa Inc. in collaboration with its long-time Canadian representative Comtree Inc., will exhibit at EPTECH Vancouver on June 4, 2026. At this year’s event, Comtree ...
Kurtz Ersa
KIC to Showcase Heat to Data Ecosystem at EPTECH Vancouver 2026
KIC announced that General Manager Miles Moreau will join KIC representative Comtree Inc. at EPTECH Vancouver 2026 on June 4, 2026, at the Delta Hotels by Marriott ...
KIC
Koh Young Bringing Smart AI Solutions to the SMTA Juárez Expo
Koh Young will exhibit at the upcoming Ciudad Juárez Expo & Tech Forum on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Injectronics Convention Center, located ...
Koh Young
Connecting Robotics Innovation to Real-World Manufacturing Scale
Cirtronics will sponsor and lead a featured panel discussion at the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo, taking place May 27–28 at the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition ...
Cirtronics
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Rehm-Thermal-Systems-GmbH
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ECD

Vapor Phase Profiling
Thermal profiling the vapor phase soldering process – especially those with vacuum – is challenging. ECD's M-VP™ sealed barrier can take it. Learn more.
ECD
Quote of the Day
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
Sir Winston Churchill
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Plasma-Etch

Plasma Clean, Etch and RIE in One Machine
The PE-100 convertible allows you to perform plasma cleaning, isotropic etching and reactive ion etching(RIE) in the same system!
Plasma Etch
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"I had to quit drinking coffee. It keeps me awake during presentations."
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Viscom-SE

iX7059 Series by Viscom: Inline X-ray Inspection Power
High-performance Inline X-ray Inspection Systems for complex electronics, semiconductors, and power modules up to 200 kg. Seamless integration, AI-powered accuracy, and maximum reliability for every application.
Viscom SE
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Test Your Knowledge Answer
What is the name of the family of metals that gold belongs to?
Answer: Precious metals, also known as noble metals.