During the COVID-19 Pandemic, many engineers are forced to work at home without the availability of an anechoic chamber. Listen have re-introduced an algorithm for their SoundCheck software that allows engineers to accurately measure speaker response by splicing the near-field bass response with a time windowed far field response. Results are extremely accurate. The algorithm is based on an AES paper co-written by Steve Temme of Listen Inc. www.listeninc.com This Month’s Voice Coil Magazine features an article explaining the concept,…
Comtree to Represent Testability Analysis Software from Aster Technologies
ASTER Technologies is the leading supplier in Board-Level Testability analysis tools, which capitalizes on proven expertise in board testability and strong customer relations. Founded in 1993, ASTER Technologies develops a suite of complementary products in electronics design and PCBA production markets. www.aster-technologies.com The ASTER Technologies Portfolio consists of a fully integrated suite of Computer-aided Engineering (CAE), Computer-aided Manufacturing (CAM) and Product Lifecyle Management (PLM) software solutions. These enable electronic manufacturers to optimize their design to test flow. The TestWay™ family of…
Listen Inc. – Measurement of acoustic attenuation and distortion of different types of COVID face mask.
In this short 5 minute video, Steve Tatarunis demonstrates how to measure the degradation in voice transmission with different face coverings using SoundCheck and a head and torso simulator. The test sequence is available from Listen, Inc. on request if you want to try this yourself!.…
Simple Aperture Mod to Minimize QFN Voiding
Stop Tweaking Ground Pad Prints; Start Tweaking I/O Prints. Would you believe QFN ground pad voids could be cut by over 50% with a zero-cost, super-simple stencil aperture modification? Not a mod to the ground pad apertures where the voiding is problematic, just to the I/O apertures? Neither did we. That’s why we did some deeper digging into what we are now calling the “AIM I/O” aperture modification before introducing it. In our Tech Tips, we reported a dramatic reduction…
ASM Industry 4.0 Webinar – Sep 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM EDT
Industry 4.0 and Smart Factory are in many ways synonymous. It is a subject that companies around the world are discussing, analyzing and working to implement…food production, paper and plastics factories, cars, airplanes…and of course electronics and SMT.Rarely is a true Industry 4.0 Smart Factory started as a greenfield factory or from a clean sheet of paper. It is usually a factory that is already in place and running for many years. Moving that existing factory towards automation and Industry…
COVID-19 and the Effect on the ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL SUPPLY CHAIN
The increasing demand for sanitizers during the COVID-19 crisis has put significant pressure on the global supply chain for isopropanol (IPA). As such, the cost of the material has rapidly risen by approximately 40% and the lead time has increased. So far, Comtree and it’s customers have been unaffected by lead time as we are still able to retain stock in our warehouse. Unfortunately, the price has increased substantially. Perhaps it is time to have a closer look into IPA…
COVID-19 STATEMENT – COMTREE TO REMAIN OPEN
Dear Colleagues, Here in Ontario, our government has announced that all non-essential businesses in the Province of Ontario are to be shut down from the end of day today until April 13th 2020. Only companies that provide essential services are allowed to remain open. To support these essential service efforts, suppliers to these companies (like Comtree) are also directed to remain open. This is also a requirement for most of our Supply Chain Network: Aim, Kyzen, ASM, JBC, etc. We,…
Comtree to sell IBL Vapour Phase Soldering
Comtree has come to an agreement to represent IBL vapour phase soldering products in Canada. IBL was founded in 1987 and recognized the potential of vapor phase technology for assembly and connection technology. During the introduction of SMD technology in assembly production, IBL began developing this new system technology for vapor phase soldering. Thanks to this early entry, an enormous amount of know-how has been built up to this day. IBL impresses customers with its high level of innovation, which is documented…
KYZEN Wins 6th Award for New Stable and Predictable Cleaning Solution at Productronica
KYZEN, the global leader in innovative environmentally friendly cleaning chemistries, announces that it was awarded a 2019 Global Technology Award in the category of Cleaning Materials for its AQUANOX® A4727 Next Generation Aqueous Assembly Cleaner. The award was presented to the company during a Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 ceremony that took place during productronica in Munich, Germany. This is the sixth award the company has received for AQUANOX A4727 since its introduction last year. “The word ‘KYZEN’ means to continuously…
KIC wins SMTA Technology Award
KIC announces that it was awarded a 2019 Mexico Technology Award in the category of Test & Measurement Inspection Systems for its SRA Smart Reflow Analyzer ®. The award was presented to the company during a Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 ceremony that took place during the SMTA Guadalajara Expo & Tech Forum. The SRA is an integrated fixture and profiler specifically designed for collecting reflow oven related data to analyze and track machine stability from run to run, and over time. As it contains…