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Dear Readers,
While consumer electronics have made a full conversion to lead-free, the high-reliability sectors must address a number of knowledge gabs before conversion can be undertaken. For example, automotive electronics modules are still exempt from RoHS lead-free legislation, although most manufacturers in this sector are investigating Pb-free processes in order to help vehicle manufacturers meet the End of Life Vehicles (ELV) mandate. There are many case studies on how to transition to lead-free; the real question for exempt manufacturers is when to transition. Steve Brown and Chris Shea (Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials) review the process considerations automotive manufacturers should think about when determining their transition strategy (see page 16). The growth of the use of conformal coating in automotive safety devices, such as airbag sensors, high-volume handheld electronics, and medical electronics that have stringent quality standards, puts higher demands on quality control. The conformal coating process can be improved on by applying quality control strategies. In their article Alan Lewis, Hector Pulido and Pat Hogan (Asymtek) focus on the important factors and their effects on successful automated coating (see page 22).

Many of the big names in today’s music rely on audio mixers and soundboards from the British company Allen & Heath. The company’s systems quality is assured by an AOI System. We bring you an application story of Goepel’s OptiCon BasicLine AOI system in Cornwall (see page 44). While today’s forced convection reflow ovens are designed to control the heating process with great stability and uniformity, two complimentary reflow parameters (cooling rate and soldering atmosphere) influence the end user’s capability for process flexibility. Dr. Denis Barbini (Vitronics Soltec) summarizes the impact of cooling rate and oxygen ppm levels exert on joint formation and quality (see page 20). In our cover story we will take a closer look at Kolb Cleaning Technology, whose clearly expressed objective is to position itself as a provider of complete solutions consisting of machinery, chemistry and process design (see page 14).
Best wishes,
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