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How Continuous Reflow Monitoring Supports Lean Manufacturing

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For optimum efficiency, next-generation continuous monitoring of reflow soldering systems and processes should align with and support lean manufacturing principles. Doing so ensures yield maximization, improvements in profitability, operational cost reductions and increases in quality output. This paper summarizes the most commonly employed lean manufacturing protocols and describes how robust continuous monitoring technology can enhance their effectiveness

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Discussion of the most common lean principles and their purpose
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Quality improvement, better resource management and cost reduction opportunities exist with continuous monitoring as part of an overall lean strategy

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Is Your Dry Storage J-Standard Compliant?

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What is J-Standard compliance and why should you care? Is your operation in full compliance? Is your team adopting practices that may be sacrificing compliance? What’s your confidence level that moisture sensitive components have been stored correctly?

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Understand what J-STD compliance is and is not
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Common misconceptions about MSLs that may impact product quality

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Dispelling Dry Storage Myths

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Most electronics professionals know it’s important for parts to be dry before sending them through the soldering process. There are, however, some common misconceptions about drying components and the best way to ensure moisture sensitive devices (MSDs) are ready for soldering.

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Learn how dry storage affects the floor life clock of MSL components.
Understand different methods to baking out components and their various side-effects.
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Oven vs. Product Profiling

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A simple alternative to conventional “golden board” profiling offers quality assurance and repeatability for high-mix, low-volume manufacturing operations.

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A three-channel test vehicle can be used as a surrogate to represent a profile of a populated product.
By using a surrogate test vehicle, you can save resources and improve product quality and repeatability.
By profiling the oven instead of the product, tremendous production benefits are realized.

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How To Get The Best Thermal Profile

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A primer for properly sizing, specifying, and attaching Thermocouples for the Thermal Profiling of electronic assemblies in soldering processes.

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Learn how thermocouples function and are constructed
Understand the significance of thermocouple sizing and color-coding
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Heat Flow for Reflow

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Controlling the reflow soldering process requires monitoring more than temperature. Heat flow can have a profound influence on the product’s thermal profile.

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Learn how thermocouples function and are constructed
Understand the significance of thermocouple sizing and color-coding
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Industry Papers

Baking

If you’re running an artisanal or commercial bakery and want to know how to use data to elevate your baking results, speed new product introductions, or ensure you pass FSMA Kill Step compliance audits with flying colors, ECD’s white paper collection can help.

BALANCING BAKERY OVENS: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

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This paper discusses the importance of oven balancing for line-to-line stability and for ongoing confirmaiton of in-spec baked goods oven performance. Even the slightest variation in oven temperature and/or heat flow can have a dramatic effect on output. Discover how to mitigate these conditions by reading more about establishing a consistent oven balancing routine.

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Thermal Profiling for CAKE Products

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The successful production of cakes, like most bakery products, relies on consistent, repeatable quality that will keep customers coming back. To avoid products that fluctuate in textural attributes like denseness, dryness and crumbliness, mastering and controlling the baking step is crucial. Correct baking time, oven temperature and step profiles can all have a positive impact on cake texture, quality and shelf-life.

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Thermal Profiling for Bread Products

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Thermal profiling or thermal logging is the process of recording the internal temperature of baked goods during the baking cycle. This form of data collection during the baking cycle produces an Scurve, with time on the x-axis and temperature on the y-axis. Rather than relying on the loaf color, exit temperature and time to determine baking conditions, using the S-curve to determine the bake out is a better way to determine a good bake.

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S-CURVE MANAGEMENT — IT’S IN YOUR HANDS

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There’s an art to baking the perfect loaf. And there’s a lot of science, too. Thorough data about dough transformation is key. Read on to find out how to optimize your baking operation for the BEST results and how new technology may make it even easier to achieve.

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3D Printed Parts Made Reliable by ECD Dry Technology

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Fast-recovery dry storage technology is used in electronics, 3D/Additive printing, medical device storage and law enforcement. Read this case study about one 3D printing company’s story.

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Temperature Precision is Vital

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Electronics

HEAT FLOW FOR REFLOW

HOW TO GET THE BEST THERMAL PROFILE

THERMAL PROFILING: INTEGRAL TO A PROCESS IN CONTROL

ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR HIGH-ACCURACY THERMAL PROFILING

22 Simple Tips for Running Successful Thermal Profiles

THE IMPACT OF THERMOCOUPLE ATTACHMENT METHODS ON THERMAL PROFILING ACCURACY

OVEN VS. PRODUCT PROFILING

HOW CONTINUOUS REFLOW MONITORING SUPPORTS LEAN MANUFACTURING

SELECTIVE SOLDERING: HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR MACHINE IS IN SPEC?

IS YOUR DRY STORAGE J-STANDARD COMPLIANT?

DISPELLING DRY STORAGE MYTHS

Baking

BALANCING BAKERY OVENS: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

Thermal Profiling for CAKE Products

Thermal Profiling for Bread Products

S-CURVE MANAGEMENT — IT’S IN YOUR HANDS

3D/Additive

3D Printed Parts Made Reliable by ECD Dry Technology