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KIC Keeps to its Roots of Customer Service as Part of the Solution, Wins 6th Service Excellence Award
San Diego — November 2022 —— KIC is pleased to announce that it has been honored with a 2022 CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY Service Excellence Award (SEA). The award was announced November 2 at a ceremony held at the SMTA International 2022…
KIC Celebrates 45 Years as the Pioneer in Thermal Process Monitoring
KIC is well-known as the market and innovation leader in solutions for reflow and wave soldering process management. Going into their 45th year as the pioneer in thermal process monitoring, KIC looks forward to the next decade and further innovations.
KIC Promotes Robert Baxter to Customer Success Manager
KIC is pleased to announce the promotion of Robert Baxter to Customer Success Manager. Baxter has been with KIC for 24 years and has been the company’s service manager for more than 20 years.
KIC Receives GLOBAL Technology Award for New WPI for Wave Soldering Optimization
San Diego — November 2021 —— KIC received a 2021 GLOBAL Technology Award in the category of Assembly Tools for its new WPI – Wave Process Inspection. The award was announced during a ceremony that took place Tuesday, Nov. 16,…
KIC Awarded for New WPI Wave Soldering Optimization Tool
San Diego — November 2021 —— KIC received a 2021 Mexico Technology Award in the category of Process Control Tools for its new WPI – Wave Process Inspection. The award was announced during a ceremony that took place Tuesday, Nov.…
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Articles and Papers
Unlocking Synergies
The U.S. CHIPS Act Propels Collaboration Between Semiconductor Manufacturers and Equipment Suppliers.
Process Control in Solder and Reflow
Interview by Nolan Johnson | I-CONNECT007 Nolan Johnson speaks with KIC’s Miles Moreau to get his perspective on topics such as wave process inspection (WPI), wave solder, and vacuum reflow, and how they will fit into Industry 4.0 and smart…
Optimized Reflow Profiling to Minimize Voiding
Optimized Reflow Profiling to Minimize Voiding By MB Allen, Manager, KIC In this whitepaper we discuss several aspects of the challenges of PCB voiding with bottom terminated components (BTCs). This includes what voiding is, the causes and its effect on…
Automatic Reflow Profiling and Data Analytics
Presented at SMTA International 2020 Karl D. Pfluke and MB Allen KIC CA, USA Abstract With the advent of i4.0 and Smart Factory, there has been a great deal of technology put into SMT lines that are manufacturing…
KIC’s Ecosystem: Solutions to Your Thermal Reflow Problems
By David Wilson, Competitive Edge Solutions LLC In the sales world it’s advantageous to carry products that are understandable, impactful and easy to use. Customers appreciate this type of performance in products and in sales. KIC and its ecosystem of…
The Effect of Reflow Profiling on the Electrical Reliability of No-Clean Solder Paste Flux Residues
The Effect of Reflow Profiling on the Electrical Reliability of No-Clean Solder Paste Flux Residues Eric Bastow Indium Corporation Clinton, New York Abstract An estimated 80% of all SMT assembly in the world is performed with a no-clean soldering process,…