Articles/Papers
How We Won the Regional Competition at Calsonic for Reflow Quality and Cost Improvements
By Rod Sampson, Process Engineer Calsonic Kansei is a multinational automotive parts manufacturer with its own branded OEM products. Recently, the company was acquired by the private equity firm KKR, and it is poised for dynamic global outreach. The company’s…
Reflow Profiling for Next-Generation Solder Alloys
Reflow Profiling for Next-Generation Solder Alloys Authored by: MB Allen, KIC San Diego, CA, USA [email protected] And Meagan Sloan, Kim Flanagan, Brook Sandy-Smith, Indium Corporation Clinton, NY, USA [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ABSTRACT: After the Pb-free transition, most of the industry…
All in the Family: Family Businesses of the Electronics Industry
KIC is a specialist in production of automated thermal process tools and systems for reflow, wave, curing, and semiconductor thermal processes. Founded in 1977 by Casey Kazmierowicz, the company’s original purpose was to monitor 1,832°F (1,000°C) conveyor ovens. Over the…
Connectivity for Improved Utilization and Quality
M2M communication for continuous monitoring and support Connectivity for Improved Utilization and Quality With the accelerated pace of Industry 4.0 and smart PCB manufacturing implementation in electronics manufacturing, process engineers and production managers need more tools and solutions to analyze…
Tips for Auditors Looking for Industry 4.0 Ready EMS Partners
By MB Allen, KIC Industry 4.0 Over the last few years I’ve talked to many people about Industry 4.0: the trend, the challenges, the hype, and more recently, the reality. We finally appear to be in a phase where, while…
How the Factory Ecosystem Positively Drives Exponential Value
How the Factory Ecosystem Positively Drives Exponential Value By Freddie Chan, KIC We have all learned that synergy means 2 + 2 = 5. This is an old cliché but in today’s factories the output must far exceed the accumulative…
The Soldering Corner with Shantanu Joshi of KOKI
The Soldering Corner with Shantanu Joshi of KOKI The Soldering Corner provides expert recommendations to common soldering problems and new industry trends. Actionable solutions are based on everyday experiences with hundreds of electronics assemblers. Problem: Eliminate Non-wetting and De-wetting De-wetting…
Machine Optimization: Is it Artificial Intelligence?
By Bjorn Dahle, President, KIC Whether we hype it and call it artificial intelligence (AI) or the more modest “machine optimization,” reflow oven optimization software is a great example of a smart machine. A reflow oven is a complex machine…
The Importance of Paying Attention to Component Specifications
by Vitor Barros, KIC, General Manager Europe The theory is simple: Process electronics assemblies in spec every time and you will end up with a quality product. In practice, this is more difficult for numerous reasons, including normal and abnormal…
What Makes a Reflow Oven ‘Smart’ and Why Should You Care?
By Bjorn Dahle, President, KIC There is much talk these days about the need for factories to transform themselves into smart factories that use intelligent machines to build intelligent products, all interconnected via the Internet of Things (IoT). That is…
Making Ovens Smarter
Making Ovens Smarter Time to turn-up the heat to focus on oven intelligence This white paper sets out the anomaly that is the lack of intelligence available in ovens compared to elsewhere on the production line and the clear benefits…
Best Practices Reflow Profiling for Lead-Free SMT Assembly
Best Practices Reflow Profiling for Lead-Free SMT Assembly Indium Corporation Tech Paper Authored by: Ed Briggs and Ronald C. Lasky, Ph.D.,PE ABSTRACT The combination of higher lead-free process temperatures, smaller print deposits, and temperature restraints on electrical components has created…