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quality control

UV Blacklight for forensic inspection – featured on TV

11 January 2013 quality control

Our IUV 250 UV Flood Lamp, combined with a Black UV-A filter, has many applications in forensic science. For example, at scene of the crime investigations, forensic scientists use ultraviolet blacklights to find blood, urine or semen – all fluorescent, and perhaps not visible to the naked eye. This is fully evidenced on television last night – [...]

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INTERTRONICS is certified to ISO 9001:2008

5 December 2012 quality control

We are delighted to say that we have been certified to ISO 9001:2008 standard via an independent assessment conducted by the leading Certification Body, the British Assessment Bureau, demonstrating our commitment to customer service and quality in delivery. ISO 9001:2008 certification proves that our quality management system ensures consistency and a continuous improvement ethic; leading [...]

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Practical Components helps diagnose and treat Head-in-Pillow failure

6 June 2012 dummy components

Head-in-Pillow (HiP) soldering defects are common with modern SMT component placement. As a result, Practical Components has introduced the PBGA 928-HiP, a component that is designed specifically to be susceptible to HiP defects. It features a large 4×4 body size, 928 balls and a single small die that has a propensity toward the ball-in-socket HiP [...]

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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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