SMART Events

The Nepcon Process Technology Presentations where organised by the SMART Group Technical Committee and sponsored by Electronics Manufacture and Test magazine. See what you missed and why it should be in your diary for 2004.

A pdf file of each of the presentations is available to download from the SMART Group web site or from Nepcon www.nepcon.co.uk

Don't forget to keep checking the SMART Group web site for all the results of trials from the Lead-Free Experience which played host to over a 150 engineers during the two days of the show, the full results and photos, x-rays, microsections coming SOON!!!

Wednesday 11th June

11.00am Thermal Management Techniques for Advanced Surface Mount Reliability
Chris Palin, Thermoset www.smartgroup.org/nepcon2003/chrispalin.pdf

12.00 noon Key Note Presentation “In-Stat/MDR State of the Electronics
Market”
Mark Kirstein, VP & General Manager In-Stat/MDR

1.00pm Buying Printed Boards UK or Far East which is Best?
Martin Dees - Purcon Ipro

2.00pm Combined Philosophy That Delivers Competitive Advantage In Speed,
Flexibility And Quality
Chris Dewhurst - Smallpeice Enterprises

3.00pm Managing your Surface Mount Assembly Operation
Eric Dawson - Cerne Training

4.00pm Press Fit Inspection and Quality Control
Simon Davies – Orbotech

Thursday 12 June

11.00am Challenges in Lead-Free Flexible Circuit Design & Assembly
Dr Neil Kirby Poly-Flex Circuits Ltd

12.00 noon From Chaos to Flow - Mapping the Supplier to Customer Flow
Glyn Tutt - Smallpiece Enterprises

1.00pm Guide to Changing to Lead Free Solders, How and When?
Gordon Pryor - TWI Limited

2.00pm Inspection and Quality Control in Automotive Electronics
Doreen Tan - GSI Lumonics Limited

3.00pm BGA Process Control and Defect Recognition
Bob Willis - Electronics Presentation Services

To download simply select of the speakers from the following list papers are also available from the Nepcon web site www.nepcon.co.uk

Don't forget to keep checking the SMART Group web site for all the results of trials from the Lead Free Experience, the full results and photos, x-rays, microsections coming SOON!!!