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The Application of AOI in Reflow Inspection

December 24th, 2018

Today, we continue to talk about AOI technology applied in the PCB manufacturing. The component mounting inspection is followed by the reflow inspection, if you would like to know more details, please click The Application of AOI in Component Mounting Inspection to know.

AOI can be divided into two types: preventing problem phase and finding problem phase. The inspections after solder paste printing and SMT belongs to preventing problem phase and the inspections followed by reflow soldering are finding problem phase.

In the back end inspection of reflow soldering, AOI technology is able to detect some problems as below:

√ whether the components are missed, deviated or skewed.

√ The defects of polarity.

√ Whether solder joints are correct.

√ Whether the solder paste is enough.

√ Whether there is short circuit in soldering etc..

The back end inspection of reflow soldering is the most prevailing choice for AOI now. Because all of the assembly errors can be found at this process, so that the quality of printed circuit boards are able to step forward to a higher level.

Best Technology is the premier expert in manufacture of PCB and PCBA. Our unique AOI testing technology and high quality products give you a competitive supply of printed circuit board and rigid-flex circuit board. To learn more, contact us at 0755-29091601 or check our website: https://www.bestpcbs.com/

Outlook of Headphone, Outlook of Wearable Devices

December 19th, 2018

People always find ways to decorate the electronic products those have been accompanied with them for a long time. Change a phone cover according to the dressing style or change a watch strap with different colors for Apple Watch. It seems that the technology devices have already become our accessories.

It has been a long time that technology combined with fashion. After all, a word “techno-fashion” became prevailing at the very beginning of 20th century. Therefore, we are able to see that Nike & Adidas do the same thing as a technology company — developing their new shoes. Meanwhile, Apple and Hermes launched Apple Watch to enter the luxury market.

It might be not very significant to say using technology to set off fashion or using fashion to set off technology, especially the wearable devices have begun to blend with daily dressing. And we have to admit that the headphone is the darling in the fashion crowds.

A number of NBA starts wore Beats to enter the field at the opening ceremony of 2008 Olympic Games. Since then, Beats headphone has become a fashion item favored by many stars and it can be seem in the street shoots or portraits of stars such as Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, GD etc..

NBA's star wear Beats headphone in training

NBA’s star wear Beats headphone in training

Super model Cara wear Beast in street shoot

Super model Cara wear Beast in street shoot

Driven by Beast, headphone has become a fashion trend for many luxury brands. For example, the controversial fashion brand D&G launched their luxury headphone on the fashion show some time ago.

luxury headphone from D&G

luxury headphone from D&G

A lot of KOLs on Instagram are also fond of to show their own photos wearing AirPods. It seems like that AirPods has been their new earrings.

Some people hold that AirPods will be more easier to match their suits. A young man wore AirPods for his interview and he said that it was more fashionable. After all, advance technology is always more fashionable.

A young man and AirPods

A young man and AirPods

It is well known that headphone is a little gadget with small volume. Therefore, one of  the biggest challenges to make headphone integrates with wearable devices is that whether the components are small enough. For example, whether the printed circuit board are small enough to fit into the headphones.

Best Technology, a professional PCB solution provider, is always dedicated to catch up with times. Our unique technology and high quality products will give you a competitive supply of printed circuit board and rigid-flex circuit board and make your wearable devices more excellent. To learn more, contact us at 0755-29091601 or check our website: https://www.bestpcbs.com

The Application of AOI in Component Mounting Inspection

December 17th, 2018

In the previous articles, we have talked about PCB inspection and solder paste printing inspection. To find more information of the details, please check: The Application of AOI in PCB Inspection and The Application of AOI in Solder Paste Printing Inspection.

The component mounting requires high precision of equipment and the common defects including forgetting to mount the component, mounting the component in a wrong way, polarity reversal etc.. AOI technology not only can find the defects above, but also can check the connection dense spacing and the solder paste on the pads of BGA component.

 

Since the component mounting is followed by the reflow soldering, the testing after component mounting is usually called front end inspection of reflow soldering. However, it is meaningless from the perspective of quality guarantee. Because the defects can not be found in the reflow oven. The solder tin is able to correct by itself after melting in the reflow oven, so the the mounting displacement and solder printing status can not be detected on the substrate after soldering. In fact, the front end inspection of reflow soldering is incredible significant for quality guarantee as that the component mounting of all parts can be inspected before reflow soldering.

The alarm will be sent out if the defects are found by AOI technology. After that, the visual inspection will be carried out by the operator. If miss some components at this stage, it can be corrected by tweezers. After the visual inspection operator repaired the same problem for many times, he will ask the person who charge the production equipment to reconfirm whether the setting of the machine is reasonable. The feedback information is very helpful to enhance the production quality and it can improve it in a very short time.

Best Technology is the premier expert in manufacture of PCB and PCBA. Our unique AOI testing technology and high quality products give you a competitive supply of printed circuit board and rigid-flex circuit board. To learn more, contact us at 0755-29091601 or check our website: https://www.bestpcbs.com/

The Application of AOI in Solder Paste Printing Inspection

December 12th, 2018

After we have talked about PCB inspection in last article, so today we move to the solder paste printing inspection. If you would like to learn something about PCB inspection, please click The Application of AOI in PCB Inspection.

AOI testing

AOI testing

Solder paste printing, the very beginning of SMT, is the root of most defects on the PCB. The defects occur in printing process is up to 60%-70%. Thus, if the defects can be avoided in this link, then the damage is able to save cost minimized. Therefore, most of printed circuit board manufacturers have already equipped with AOI testing in SMT production lines.

solder paste printing

solder paste printing

There are various of printing defects, but they can be generally divided into insufficient or excessive solder paste, the solder paste in the middle part of large pads scraped etc.. The reason why these defects are formed including unreasonable setting of printing machine parameter, low accuracy, improper selection for scraper and so on. However, it is effective to monitor the solder paste printing by AOI technology and analyze the number as well as types of defects, so that enhance the capability of printing.

Best Technology is the premier expert in manufacture of PCB and PCBA. Our unique AOI testing technology and high quality products give you a competitive supply of printed circuit board and rigid-flex circuit board. To learn more, contact us at 0755-29091601 or check our website: https://www.bestpcbs.com/

The Application of AOI in PCB Inspection

December 10th, 2018

AOI technology possesses the functions of PCB inspection, solder paste printing inspection, component inspection and assembly inspection after welding. In this article, we mainly talk about PCB inspection.

PCB Inspection

PCB inspection are mainly relied on the visual inspection combined with electrical inspection during the early PCB production. Best Technology, on the other hand, present many benefits of AOI testing to everyone. AOI testing is a popular choice due to the following features:

√ with the development of electronic technology, the wiring density of PCB is getting higher, which increases the difficulties in visual inspection.

√ Decrease the rate of mis-judgement.

√ Able to reduce harm to the health of inspector.

√ Save cost.

√ Avoid the electronic inspection technology can not inspect some defects.

PCBA AOI testing

AOI testing

In the process of printed circuit board manufacturing, there would be some defects on the substrate fabrication and copper clad. However, these defects are mainly produced after etching. By the way, AOI testing is usually used after etching and it is utilized to find out the missing or extra part on the rigid PCB.

Most defects can be found by AOI testing (excluding the missing inspection problem), but the main problem affecting its reliability is missing inspection. The dust produced in the processing of PCB could cause false warning, so the manual inspection must be carried out after using AOI testing to detect the defects.

Best Technology is the premier expert in manufacture of PCB and PCBA. Our unique AOI testing technology and high quality products give you a competitive supply of printed circuit board and rigid-flex circuit board. To learn more, contact us at 0755-29091601 or check our website: https://www.bestpcbs.com/.  After PCB inspection, we will talk about solder paste printing inspection in the next article, if you would like to know more, please click The Application of AOI in Solder Paste Printing Inspection

 

Xiaomi Integrated IKEA’s Smart Lighting Products in IoT Platform

December 7th, 2018

Xiaomi co-founder and CEO Lei Jun said,“To connect everything needs collaboration with others.”On November, 2018, Xiaomi announced a strategic partnership with IKEA. IKEA’s full range of smart lighting products will be connected to Xiaomi’s IoT platform starting this December in China. This marks the first time IKEA has partnered with a Chinese technology company.

Through the cooperation, the lighting products of IKEA can be controlled by smart speakers including Xiaomi’s AI voice assistant Xiao Ai, which is currently only available for Chinese Mandarin speakers.

Most of Xiaomi’s fans might know that its ‘Mi Home’ app designed to manage Xiaomi devices and products as well as Xiao Ai will be compatible in IKEA’s smart lighting products.

Speaking at the Xiaomi AIOT Developers Conference, Lei Jun said the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT will be the core strategy of his company’s business in ten years.

Fan Dian, General Manager of the IoT platform department of Xiaomi, said, “IKEA and Xiaomi share very similar values and I believe our collaboration will accelerate the development of the smart home industry across the world.”

According to the company’s third-quarter financial report, Xiaomi has connected 132 million IoT devices in the ended September.

With a goal to allow people to fully embrace AI in daily life at home, more and more PCBs are applied into connected home. Because the benefits of high thermal conductivity and heat dissipation highly meet the requirements of the market, the aluminum core PCB and ceramic PCB are the perfect match for LED lights. If you would like to add more colors for your smart home, the aluminum core PCB and ceramic PCB from Best Technology are nice choice.

Waymo to Launch Its Self-Driving Car Service in the Near Future

December 3rd, 2018

If you are fascinated by the driveless car, Waymo which possesses the most autonomous technology in the world should be known absolutely. A news came a few weeks ago from John Krafcik himself, the CEO of Waymo. During the Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech D.Live conference, he announced that the Alphabet unit was planning on launching a driverless car service in the next two months, directly competing with Uber and Lyft.

On November 8, 2018, Waymo launched the driveless cars in Phoenix, Arizona, with no passengers in the front row but two engineers of data collecting in the back seat. Waymo established in 2016, and it soon acquired the relevant road test license, but in fact Waymo had began testing before its establishment. It looks like its driverless rides will hit the streets of Phoenix by the end of December. Or possibly early January.

Waymo does well in autonomous technology, but it still has shortcomings for cars. So they found Chrysler, a car brand of native American, which quickly agree with to work with former. Chrysler provided Waymo with 100 Pacificas cars and transformed them into driverless vehicles.

As we can see, an upwelling development of driveless car is coming. Best Technology believes that it will increase the demands of PCB, because the power control system, security control system and the electric system of vehicle cannot without printed circuit board.

Best Technology has been established for more than 12 years. In this period, we still spare no effort to be customers best partner of PCB and PCBA in China. If you would like to learn further information of us, please check our website: https://www.bestpcbs.com/

Industrial Robots in PCB Industry?

November 30th, 2018

Nowadays,the application of industrial robots in PCB industry are in the stage of beginning and there are still lots of problems need to be solved. Many production lines in PCB industry are non-standard products (the products and equipments are do not based on the unified industry standards and specifications published by the country, but designed and fabricated by oneself according to one’s own needs).

However, there is still a long way to go to apply robots in the printed circuit board industry. Because the robots are limited by the existing working space and the ability of the original equipments in the process of application. Meanwhile, confronted with the application of various sensors to improve the intelligence of robots. All these factors influence the large-scale application of robots in PCB industry.

Although there are still some difficulties stuck the application of industrial robots in PCB industry, applied the robots into the PCB industry still have a bright prospect. The robots applied into the PCB industry will show a trend in the future as following:

  1. From single line application to multiple line application, the PCBmanufacturer need to invest a lot of money if they would like to introduce the robots to realize automated production. But they can expand the scale of application gradually after reforming the existing single line.
  2. From the application of simple robots to the application of AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) combined with other intelligent devices, most of the material transfer between existing production lines is manual operation, which can be distributed by the combination of robots and AGV to achieve orderly material transfer.
  3. The application of robots in the original factory should be localized. But if the new plants need to realize automated production in full aspects, it means that introducing the application of robots and AGV is required.
  4. Get the process of manufacturing more intelligent and more flexible by the combination of industrial robots and IoT (Internet of Things).

Since throwing its hat into printed circuit board industry, Best Technology always tries its best to adopt the most advanced equipment to make rigid circuit board, rigid-flex circuits, ceramic PCB etc. with high quality for our clients. Choose us, you deserve the most suitable products and the most satisfying service at a good price. More information, please check our website: https://www.bestpcbs.com

 

2018 Electronica-A Sneak Peak of Electronic Components

November 20th, 2018

Last week, 2018 electronica kicked off in Munich. The electronica started in 1964 and it has been become the largest as well as the most influential exhibition in the world.

There were various of electronic components exhibited, including switch device, power supply, printed circuit board etc.. The motto of 2018 electronica is “connecting everything”, showing the application of electronic components in various industry in the future, such as autonomous vehicle, intelligent industry and medical technology. With the development of automatic driving, the way of using vehicles has also become variety and the electronic components will be used in various fields.

People will pay more attention to the interior of the car. As one of the essential elements in the car, lighting must take functionality and design into account. The cars will no longer be simple room that a man can sit. It will be an extension of living space and a place for relaxation as well as work. The light in the car will not only provide lighting, but also provide a series of additional function. For example, the drivers are able to focus on the real-time traffic by using dynamic and different colors lighting.

1L aluminum PCB

1L aluminum PCB

LED is a nice choice for car lighting. Then what’s the nice choice for LED light? The aluminum PCB is one of a good choice for LED light. A vivid vision is painted like that there are full of cheerful chatting and laughing inside the car and the warming lighting make the room in the car do not cold, even though it is freezing outside the car. The aluminum PCBs of Best Technology will be your good choice for your warming LED lights. Choose us, you can always enjoy our best service at a good price.

Why the PCB Needs to Be Transplanted?

November 12th, 2018

Sometimes there will be a cross marked on the printed circuit board of single PCS after it was fabricated. The cross on the board means that it will cause the parts wasting. Then how to avoid the situation like that? The best way is transplantation. The benefits of transplantation as following:

1. Improve the production efficiency of PCBs.

2. Use the high precision cutting equipment with CCD to cut the board with a cross and then transplant the fine PCS.

3. The transplanted fine PCS achieves the accuracy and strength of the normal PCB typing and meets the requirements of quality. So that realize cost saving and improve the efficiency of PCB manufacturing.

Since established in 2006, Best Technology is always trying its best to improve the quality of products. In this way, achieve cost saving for our clients and to be customers’ best partner of PCB and PCBA in China.