As time marches on, so does the need to have the right tools to deal with the ever increasing popularity of SMD components. Ok. Maybe “popularity” isn’t the best word choice, as there are plenty of ...

In the oil transport and refining sector, corrosion is believed to degrade materials and infrastructure at an estimated cost of $8 billion every year. Engineers and research scientists with an ...

The annual cost of degradation of materials and infrastructure in the oil transport and refining industry caused by corrosion is roughly $8 billion. Fast and accurate imaging and quantifying ...

All steel pipes rust and eventually fail. So, to preempt disasters, oil companies and others use computer models to predict when replacements are needed. But if the models go wrong, they can be ...

As PCB hybrid manufacturing makes greater inroads with microelectronics manufacturing, new inspection tools are coming to the fore. In our industry, microelectronics manufacturing is increasingly ...

What methods can be applied to verify PCB functionality and safety? Which are suitable for mass production and for prototypes? What parameters are checked in each test? How to check a PCB without ...

A desire for automated PCB inspection has led [charliex] down some deep rabbit holes. He’s written his own inspection software, he’s mounted his PCB vise on a stepper-controlled table, and now he’s ...