What’s inside . . . A Word from the Publisher


Dear Electronics Industry Professional, Welcome to the 1st issue of 2012. We’re very excited this year, as we’ve increased our


frequency from once a month to twice a month, bringing you all the news, product information and technical articles that are designed to make your job easier and more productive on a more frequent basis. We are of course looking forward to the trade shows


we’ll be attending this year, including APEX North America in February, NEW South Africa in March and SMT Nuremberg in May. Again, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you


that you can sign up for our weekly newsletters at www.electronicsproductionworld.com or www.electronicscomponentsworld.com, and also to let you know that shortly you’ll be able to link to current and back issues of EIU through either of these sites, or through the “about to be launched” www.electronicsindustryupdate.com. Kindest Regards, Donal McDonald Publisher


Published by ElectronicWorld Publishing


Publisher: Donal McDonald <donal@blackdotpublishing.com> Deputy Editor: Sam Kirwan <sam@blackdotpublishing.com> US Sales Manager: Jack Johnson <jack@blackdotpublishing.com>


European Sales Manager: Donal McDonald <donal@blackdotpublishing.com> Production: Dermot O’Connor <the_doc@eircom.net>


January 14th 2012 Contents


Features: “How To Do It” Video Feature with Bob Willis


This month Bob Willis explains about Testing Outgassing on Component Terminations.


Satellite Ground Systems application story An application story from XJTAG and SGS on how they’ve improved effi ciency.


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Re-Tinning New Components for Electronics Assembly Alan Cable of ACE Production Technologies talks us through the process, and why people carry out this process.


The Basics of Cleaning, Part 3 This article is the third in a four-part series entitled “The Basics of Cleaning”, written by Fernando Rueda, sales manager of Kyzen Corporation. This series of articles will cover the basic aspects that any process engineer needs to cover when looking at a new or existing cleaning process.


Designing Battery-Powered Equipment using low leakage Tantalum and NbO Capacitors Radovan Faltus, AVX tantalum technical marketing talks about the issues involved designing with capacitors.


Regulars: News EIU shares current news and stories from the electronics industry.


New Products We examine the latest Innovations and Products coming onto the market.


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