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RM 67: Rework/Repair Expert Norman Mier of Best Inc.
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Norman Mier is a retired veteran of the US Marine Corps with over 20 years of experience in the electronics rework and repair industry. He received hi...
C2C: Out of the Box Manufacturing Founders Allison and Chad Budvarson
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Concept to Creation Episode 2 Allison and Chad Budvarson are a husband and wife team that founded and operates Out of the Box Manufacturing, a Rento...
PCB Chat 76: David Bernard on X-ray Inspection
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Bernard, Ph.D., describes a coming presentation on x-ray inspection, including understanding how the system works, how magnification works, dete...
RM Episode 66: Dr. Ron Lasky and Students
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ron Lasky (Professor at Dartmouth College) and three of his students -- Annaka Balch, Nadia Clement, and Raaga Kannan -- talk about the papers the...
Concept to Creation - The Entrepreneurs of the Electronic Assembly Industry
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Mike Konrad's new podcast is called “Concept to Creation - The Entrepreneurs of the Electronic Assembly Industry.” On this podcast, M...
RM65: Tim O’Neill and Fred Dimock on Voiding, Vacuum Reflow, and Oven Profiling, Part 2
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On part 2 of this series , we dive into oven profiling best practices. In part one, we looked at void mitigation and how vacuum reflow technology can ...
RM 64: Tim O'Neill and Fred Dimock on Voiding, Vacuum Reflow, and Oven Profiling
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we’ll have a conversation with two industry experts on the subject of solder voiding mitigation and oven profiling, two subjects wh...
PCB Chat 75: Keshav and Tarun Amla of Avishtech on Electronics Stackup Tools
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Design engineers are paying close attention to materials. It’s not just about the routing anymore. Keshav Amla and Tarun Amla are founder and CEO an...
RM Episode 63: A Conversation with Reliability Expert Dock Brown
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dock Brown brings his more than 30 years of electronics reliability experience to clients of Ansys. Prior to joining Ansys, he spent 20 years at Medtr...
RM Episode 62: A Conversation with Cogiscan's Co-Founder François Monette
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By now, most of us have heard of Industry 4.0, or the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), or Smart Factory, or Factory of the Future. The key all of...
PCB Chat 74: DuPont's Andy Kannurpatti
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A little over two years ago DuPont opened its Silicon Valley Technology Center. It is also finishing work on a major investment at its laminates manuf...
RM Special Edition: A Conversation with IPC Chief Technologist Matt Kelly about IPC Apex
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This year’s APEX Expo is a virtual event. Matt Kelly and Mike Konrad discuss IPC's new technical conference focus and review a small sample of the u...
RM 61: A Conversation with Flex Circuit and Additive Electronics Expert Tara Dunn
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tara Dunn and Mike Konrad discuss the world of flex and rigid-flex circuits including flex best practices when it comes to design and use of flex tech...
PCB Chat 73: AJ Incorvaia on Desktop PCB Software
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AJ Incorvaia is executive vice president of Siemens EDA, more familiarly known as Mentor. He joined Mentor in 2013 after more than 25 years in softwar...
RM 60: Collins' Dave Hillman about Solder Voiding
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Solder voiding has been with us longer than we know. Modern x-ray inspection technology has allowed assemblers to see and quantify voiding. Metallurgi...
PCB Chat 72: Matt Wrosch on Transient Liquid Phase Sintering
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Wrosch is senior products specialist at EMD Performance Materials. An expert in materials science, Matt has held a range of research, engineering...
RM Episode 59: CMOS Inventor Dr. Eric Fossom
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Fossum is best known for the invention of the CMOS image sensor better known as the “camera-on-a-chip” used in billions of cameras, from smar...
PCB Chat 71: Is the US Ready for Smart Manufacturing?
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Smart manufacturing, generally defined as the use of fully integrated, collaborative manufacturing systems that respond in real time to meet changing ...
RM 58: 2020 Round-Up
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this last episode of 2020 there are no guests, no experts, no best-practice advice. Just a short recap of 2020. We just reached more than 10,000...
PCB Chat 70: Kent Balius on Front-End Engineering
27 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kent Balius has been at the forefront of front-end engineering for 30 years at some of the world's largest PCB fabricators. He spent the past 20 years...
RM 57: A Conversation with CAF Expert Graham Naisbitt
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Conductive anodic filament (CAF) is a form of electrochemical migration (ECM). Unlike surface-level ECM, CAF exists beneath the surface of the circuit...
PCB Chat 69: Manny Marcano on Changes in the Mainstream PCB CAD Market
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
EMA Design Automation has recently added the Mentor ECAD sales staff from Trilogic EDA. Manny Marcano, president and founder of EMA, explains what thi...
RM 56: A Conversation about Solder Voiding with Solder Materials, Stencil, and Cleaning Experts
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Voiding is the cause of multiple failure mechanisms. Mike Konrad speaks with solder material expert Tim O'Neill of Aim Solder, stencil manufacturer Pr...
RM 55 - A Conversation with SMTA President Dr. Martin Anselm
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Martin Anselm is a professor at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and is also the newly elected president of the Surface Mount Technology As...
PCB Chat Episode 68: The IPC-2581 Consortium on Electronics Data Transfer
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
IPC-2581 is a standard format for describing and transferring printed circuit board design and assembly manufacturing data from the OEM to fab and ass...
PCB Chat Episode 67: Brad Griffin of Cadence on EMI Simulation Tools
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Griffin, product management group director at Cadence, returns to PCB Chat to discuss Clarity 3D Transient Solver, a new system-level simulation...
Reliability Matters Episode 54: A Conversation with Michael Ford about Digital Twin
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Ford and Mike Konrad talk about Digital Twin, its purpose, value, and its future. Michael Ford, senior director of emerging industry strate...
Reliability Matters Episode 53: Meet the Press - A Conversation with Industry Journalists about the State of the EMS Industry
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Konrad speaks with Mike Buetow, Editor in Chief of PCD&F/CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY, Trevor Galbraith, publisher of Global SMT and Pack...
PCB Chat Episode 66: Charles Hutchins Award Winner Andrew Daya on DfM and Mentoring
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We hear a lot about the graying of the PCB industry. Charles Hutchins Award Andrew Daya has been working in the industry fulltime for about six year...
Reliability Matters Episode 52: A Conversation with Conformal Coating Expert Dr. Sean Clancy of HZO
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sean Clancy and Mike Konrad discuss the various types of conformal coatings designed to protect circuit assemblies from moisture and other hazards...
Reliability Matters Episode 51: A Conversation with X-Ray Expert and Entrepreneur Dr. Bill Cardoso
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bill started his first company in Brazil at age 17 and sold it a few years later to move to the US to work for the Department of Energy’s Fermi Nati...
PCB Chat Episode 65: Moriah Root of Z-Axis on Millennials in Manufacturing
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moriah Root is quality manager at Z-AXIS, an EMS firm in New York state. She just won a “Millennials in Manufacturing” Award from FuzeHub, the sta...
Reliability Matters Episode 50 - A Conversation with IPC's Matt Kelly on Factory Modernization and Supply Chain of the Future
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
IPC’s new chief technologist Matt Kelly will help IPC’s members to engage in latest technology trends and supply chain transformation that continu...
PCB Chat Episode 64: Electronics Supply Chain Management, with Hassan Tawawalla and David Palos of Molex
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What are electronics companies doing, strategically and tactically, to adjust to today’s sourcing and manufacturing climate? Hassan Tawawalla, busin...
Reliability Matters Episode 49: A Conversation with SMTA's Tanya Martin and Greg Vance about SMTAI 2020
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Numerous exhibitors are taking part in this new format. More than 100 technical presentations and papers will be available on-demand. Additionally, ni...
Reliability Matters Episode 48: A Conversation with David Alexander, a China Supply Chain Expert about Importing from and to China
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are all familiar with the pros and cons of importing goods from China. China supply chain expert David Alexander discusses pros and cons of doing b...
Reliability Matters Episode 47: A Conversation with Environmental Sustainability Expert Matthew Chalkley
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Chalkley has over 26 years of supply chain experience in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. Chalkley has held a number...
PCB Chat Episode 63: Wally Rhines on the Latest PCB Design Software Market Results
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus may have taken hold around the globe, but you couldn't tell from the latest printed circuit board design software results. ESD Allianc...
PCB Chat Episode 62: Kevin Walker of Benchmark Lark Technology
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Benchmark Lark Technology this month opened the doors to its 122,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art factory in Phoenix. The new site is significant because ...
Reliability Matters Episode 46: "The Experts" - A Special Episode Featuring a Conversation with 4 Industry Experts
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Reliability Matters, Mike Konrad joins Dr. Jennie Hwang, Phil Zarrow, Bob Willis and Ray Prasad to discuss several industry topics ...
Episode 45: A Conversation with Dr. Chris Jackson about Reliability
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chris Jackson is founder of Acuitas, a company dedicated to electronics reliability. He has a degree in mechanical engineering from the University...
PCB Chat Episode 61: InspectAR Discusses Electronics Debugging Tools
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Inspectar is a startup company whose signature product is a tool for fast debugging of electronics hardware. The novel system highlights the nets on a...
Reliability Matters Episode 44: A Conversation with Dr. Jennie Hwang About Reliability
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jennie Hwang's wide-ranging career encompasses international business operations, sustained leadership in worldwide manufacturing and technology s...
PCB Chat Episode 60: Audrey McGuckin on Corporate Talent Strategy
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To execute a business strategy, you need to figure out your talent and people piece. So says Audrey McGuckin, a global HR executive, who for more than...
PCB Chat Episode 59: John Davignon of the HDP User Group
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The HDP User Group is a nonprofit consortium that conducts electronics manufacturing research. Its members run the gamut of the electronics supply cha...
PCB Chat Episode 58: Dr. Christopher Tang on Supply Chain Changes in the Era of Covid-19
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christopher Tang is a UCLA Distinguished Professor and the holder of the Edward W. Carter Chair in Business Administration and editor of Manufactu...
Reliability Matters Episode 43: A Conversation with Cal State University's Dr. Mike Stull about Entrepreneurship and Today's Challenging Times
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With so many people out of work, Reliability Matters speaks with friend and colleague Dr. Mike Stull about entrepreneurship. Dr. Stull is a professor ...
Reliability Matters Episode 42: A Conversation with X-Ray Expert Keith Bryant
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Bryant discusses the advantages of x-ray technology, its practical uses, and common mistakes made when using x-ray technology. A fully qualifie...
PCB Chat Episode 57: Ted Conrad of Fireboard Labs Discusses the Make/Buy Decision
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fireboard Labs is the creator of a cloud-based smart thermometer for kitchens and the grill. A startup -- Fireboard was founded in 2015 -- the company...
PCB Chat Episode 56: Teresa Huber of Intervala Discusses EMS M&A and the Company's Strategy
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Teresa Huber is president and CEO of Intervala, an EMS company based in Pittsburgh. She has a bachelor’s in electrical engineering technology from t...
Reliability Matters Episode 41: A Conversation with Better Board Buying's Greg Papandrew About Ways to Buy Boards Better
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you purchase boards overseas or domestically? What questions should you ask your board vendor? PCD&F/CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY columnist Greg Papandrew ans...
Reliability Matters Episode 40: A Return Conversation with SMT Guru Bob Willis
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some 39 episodes after Bob's first appearance on Reliability Matters he returns to discuss life as a consultant in the electronics assembly industry.
PCB Chat Episode 55: Sebastian Schaal of Luminovo Discusses Machine Learning and AI in Electronics Manufacturing
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Luminovo is a Munich-based startup working on applying machine learning to electronics development and production processes. Cofounders Sebastian Scha...
PCB Chat Episode 54: Dave Trail Jr. on MES and AR in Electronics Assembly
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Trail, vice president of sales for the SMT & Electronics Business Unit of Critical Manufacturing, has over 25 years of experience in electronics ...
Reliability Matters Episode 39: A Conversation with Advanced Assembly's Mark Hughes and Greg Ziraldo about Producing Reliable Assemblies within a CM Environment
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During this interview, Mike Konrad and guests Mark Hughes and Greg Ziraldo of Advanced Assembly discuss two papers: Introduction to Reliability in E...
Reliability Matters Episode 38: A Special Covid-19 Episode - Conversation with Circuits Assembly Magazine's Editor in Chief Mike Buetow
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Konrad and Mike Buetow discuss the state of the industry amid the Covid-19 crisis. Mike provides a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, th...
PCB Chat Episode 53: Wally Rhines on the Q4 EDA Market
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was a banner quarter -- and year -- for printed circuit board design software. ESD Alliance spokesman Wally Rhines joins Mike Buetow for his quart...
Reliability Matters Episode 37: A Conversation with IPC President and CEO John Mitchell
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Mitchell talks about the state of the industry, COVID-19 (coronavirus), and the future of the electronic assembly industry with Mike Konrad.
Reliability Matters Episode 36: A Conversation with Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We bring back two previous guests, SMT consultants Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall of ITM Consulting. Phil and Jim host Board Talk, a popular broadcast where...
PCB Chat Episode 51: Sreeram Srinivasan of Syrma Technology
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Syrma Technology is one of India’s largest domestically based EMS companies. Its chief executive, Sreeram Srinivasan, was educated in both India an...
PCB Chat Episode 52: Susan Mucha on Crisis Communication Strategies
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest on PCB Chat is Sue Mucha, president of Powell-Mucha Consulting, an EMS business consulting firm. In the wake of the Covid-19 (coro...
Reliability Matters Episode 35: A Conversation with Dr. Darren Williams
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Darren Williams, professor at Sam Houston University, discusses cleaning processes and materials and the upcoming Product Quality Cleaning worksho...
Reliability Matters Episode 34: A Conversation with "The Cleaning Lady and the Rocket Scientist"
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara and Ed Kanegsberg about all things cleaning. Barbara and Ed are the authors of Handbook for Critical Cleaning (available here). They discuss t...
PCB Chat: The Screwups Episode 5
02 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Nash is product manager for Indium’s PCB assembly solder paste, where works with the R&D team and provides technical advice in the selection,...