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quality control

Make sure your UV light curing process is on track

24 February 2012 quality control

A consistent and reliable UV curing process requires periodic monitoring of the UV intensity or dose. Degradation of curing bulbs, lightguides and reflectors can decrease intensity, resulting in incomplete cures. The DYMAX ACCU-CAL 50 Radiometer is simple to operate, offers repeatable measurement of UV light and allows operators to monitor and document a UV/visible light [...]

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Seeing Red – For Accurate Bondline Inspections

4 January 2011 adhesives

An impressive new fluorescing adhesive technology, brought to you by our sales partner DYMAX, will have you all “seeing red” to improve quality and authentication. The advantages of Ultra-Red™ technology are based on the fact that many plastics naturally fluoresce blue under UV blacklight – this minimises the inspection advantages of using conventional blue-fluorescing adhesives in [...]

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Ultra-Red Adhesives for high contrast bond-line inspection and product verification

9 October 2009 adhesives

We are persuading our customers to “see red” literally. The Ultra-Red™ fluorescing technology built into many DYMAX adhesives offers assemblers concrete advantages in plastics fabrication. Many plastics naturally fluoresce blue under UV light – this minimizes the inspection advantages of using blue-fluorescing adhesives in parts assembly. Ultra-Red™ fluorescing adhesives remain naturally clear until exposed to [...]

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Interview with our Dummy Man!

21 August 2009 dummy components

Electronics Production World has an interview with Kevin Laphen, President of our sales partners, Practical Components Inc. Practical Dummy Components is the exclusive distributor of mechanical samples for Amkor Technology as well as distributing components from most other leading SMD manufacturers. Practical has a worldwide distribution network (including us in the UK) and in-stock availability [...]

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Solder paste conditioning

9 June 2009 electronics

If you store your solder paste in the fridge, then you need a process for getting it onto the production line and ready to use – which means it must be at room temperature and correctly mixed. The THINKY SR-500 Solder Paste Mixer and Conditioning Machine makes this process quick and foolproof. It is quick, [...]

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See-Cure – to be sure

10 October 2008 adhesives

Our sales partners DYMAX have created See-Cure technology as a visual indicator for their UV cure adhesives by colour changing from original blue to clear during the curing process. This innovative approach greatly aids industrial assembly processes, whether the application is medical, electronic, aerospace or automotive. In each case it is essential to know that [...]

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