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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SMT-Nov2011
Cover
Introduction
Contents
Column — Onshoring: Is That What We Really Want?
Column — Reliability of the Lead-Free System, Part 3: Grid Array Solder Joint Reliability, Part II
Short — SMT Equipment Market to Reach $11.2B by 2017
Feature — Successful Management in a Global Environment
Video Interview — IPC EMS Program Management Certification
Feature — Manufacturing Software as a Competitive Advantage
Feature — Being Local on a Global Basis
Feature — Will You Follow the Herd or Be a Leader?
Video Interview — Pushing the Limits of Reliability
Feature Interview — Maintaining Consistent Manufacturing Efficiency and Quality Worldwide
Feature — Learning from Success
News — Supplier/New Product Highlights
Article — Cleaning Efficiency: Defluxing Lead-Free and Eutectic PCBs in One Process
News — MilAero007 Highlights
Article — Why is Lead Tinning a Required Process?
Video Interview — What the Flux?
Article — Secondary Protection Device Helps Prevent Damage Caused by Thermal Runaway in Power Electronics Systems
Column — Looking at EMS from the OEM Perspective
Short — Cal-Comp USA Expands in Mexico; Acquires New Facility
Column — Alignment—The Truth is the Truth
News — Top Ten Most-Read News Highlights from SMTonline this Month
Events Calendar
Ad Index and Masthead
SMT-Nov2011
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR PCB MANUFACTURING
2 SMT Magazine • October 2011
MANAGEMENT: DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT ANSWERS?
NOVEMBER 2011
THE WAY I SEE IT
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 5
ONSHORING: IS THAT WHAT WE REALLY WANT? continues
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 7
ONSHORING: IS THAT WHAT WE REALLY WANT? continues
SMT PERSPECTIVES AND PROSPECTS
From One Engineer
THE LEAD-FREE SYSTEM—PART 3: GRID ARRAY SOLDER JOINT RELIABILITY—II continues
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 19
THE LEAD-FREE SYSTEM—PART 3: GRID ARRAY SOLDER JOINT RELIABILITY—II continues
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 67
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SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT continues
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 39
SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT continues
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MANUFACTURING SOFTWARE AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE continues
MANUFACTURING SOFTWARE AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE continues
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BEING LOCAL ON A GLOBAL BASIS continues
FACT:
BEING LOCAL ON A GLOBAL BASIS continues
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 27
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Engineering Polymers for Green Electronics
WILL YOU FOLLOW THE HERD OR BE A LEADER? continues
WILL YOU FOLLOW THE HERD OR BE A LEADER? continues
Pushing the Limits of Reliability
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MAINTAINING CONSISTENT MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY & QUALITY WORLDWIDE continues
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 75
MAINTAINING CONSISTENT MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY & QUALITY WORLDWIDE continues
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 47
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LEARNING FROM SUCCESS continues
LEARNING FROM SUCCESS continues
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 11
Supplier/New Product Highlights
Cleaning
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CLEANING EFFICIENCY continues
CLEANING EFFICIENCY continues
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 29
CLEANING EFFICIENCY continues
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 41
CLEANING EFFICIENCY continues
Put the SMTA to work for you.
MilAero007 Highlights
Why is Lead Tinning
those components are dipped into a pool
WHY IS LEAD TINNING A REQUIRED PROCESS? continues
October 2011 • SMT Magazine 15
Secondary Protection
The most common approach is to use a
SECONDARY PROTECTION DEVICE continues
SECONDARY PROTECTION DEVICE continues
THE EMS CORNER
LOOKING AT EMS FROM THE OEM PERSPECTIVE continues
SUBSCRIBE
THE SALES CYCLE
ALIGNMENT—THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH continues
Looking Back • Looking Ahead
TOP
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EVENTS
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