...Christophe Vaucher While PWB selling prices keep on decreasing at the average rate of 6 percent per year, the cost of advanced electrical testing is escalating in a dangerous way. Today, investing in a new test capacity has become one of the most strategic decision for a PCB manufacturer...

... LightTouch^TM OSHA-quality optical safety switches permit the operator to apply minimum force in repetitive motion tasks. The test area is open on three sides to handle array panels or oversized boards, and the user display features a touch screen that has been positioned on a swing arm. This tester has...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> GraphiCode Testing Software GraphiCode is the first to integrate in-circuit test with accurate probe location Keywords: GraphiCode, Testing, Software GraphiCode, Inc., has released GC-ICT 4.1.5 with Probe Locator, a software program...

... for Thermount RT. Effects of variations in the level of moisture (bone‐dry to completely saturated at various relative humidity levels), testing temperature (room temperature to 120uC) and testing frequencies (1MHz to 1.5GHz) on D_k and D_f are reported. As the frequency of test is increased...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Hallmark Tecnost Testing Printed circuit boards Keywords Hallmark, Tecnost, Testing, Printed circuit boards Hallmark Electronics Ltd have announced a major expansion to their test capability. The Staffordshire manufacturer of high complexity...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Probot Testing Probes Probot Inc. announces introduction of new moving probe tester Keywords: Probot, Testing, Probes Probot's new model of moving probe tester (MPT), the 600SD, was introduced at the IPC Printed Circuits Expo '99...

... for a variety of data formats. © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Probetest Probes Testing Probetest exhibits new Dragonfly flying probe tester Keywords: Probetest, Probes, Testing Probetest Systems Ltd, the flying probe specialist formed 18 months ago,launched its new Dragonfly...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Probes Probot Testing Probot Inc. will exhibit new non-contact electrical tester for HDI chip carrier substrates Keywords Probes, Probot, Testing At the IPC Printed Circuits Expo, 16-19 March 1999, Probot will exhibit its line of moving...

... ITRI Testing ITRI ITRI issues bid for next generation PWB electrical tester Keywords ITRI,Testing The Interconnection Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is issuing a request for bids for the manufacture and delivery of a next generation bare printed wiring board...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Printed circuit boards Probot Software Testing Probot Inc. announces new Test Management Software Keywords Printed circuit boards, Probot, Software, Testing Probot has announced the release of a new Test Management Software (TMS...

... Probot's latest offline Test Management Software, and a RAID fault verification system, support the five MPTs. Via Systems expects to turn around typical test lots of 1-50 panels in as little as an hour from the time they enter the test area, a significant contribution to achieving on-time...

...D. Pauls Surface insulation resistance (SIR) testing is used in a number of ways to characterise residues or determine the effect of residues on the performance of printed wiring boards (PWBs) and assemblies (PWAs). Stated simply, SIR testing is the measurement of leakage currents...

...J. Fjelstad This article comprises Chapter 6 from the recently published book ‘An Engineer’s Guide to Flexible Circuit Technology by J. Fjelstad © MCB UP Limited 1997 Inspection Testing Flexible Circuit The physical performance of flex circuit raw materials is checked...

...B.N. Ellis Surface insulation resistance (SIR) testing is mainly used as a qualification procedure to determine the‘best’ combination of materials and processes for a given application. The usual tests are destructive and last generally from ten to 56 days, 28 days being very common. It is clear...