Atlanta Cleaning and Reliability Workshop

Where and When:

Thursday, October 13
8:30AM - 3:00PM

Hilton Garden Inn
Atlanta /NE Gwinnett Sugarloaf
2040 Sugarloaf Circle
Duluth, GA 30097

S P E A K E R S

Michael Konrad
President
Aqueous Technologies
Mike Konrad is an industry expert on the removal of contamination from circuit assemblies. Mike has published dozens of technical articles on the subject of cleaning and cleanliness assessment. Mike is a featured speaker at industry events and workshops worldwide. Mike participated in the creation of IPC CH-65B "Guidelines for Cleaning of Printed Boards and Assemblies", was a member of the US Navy's EMPF Manufacturers Committee, and has testified as an Expert Witness in civil litigation matters concerning post-reflow cleanliness assessment and contamination-related failure mechanisms.

Debbie Carboni
North American Manager
Kyzen
Debbie Carboni brings high energy and focused solutions to customers, partners and the electronics cleaning industry. Debbie shares 20-years of diverse experience including deep knowledge of electronics cleaning equipment and processes. Debbie is dedicated to the electronics manufacturing industry and community. She enjoys her active volunteer work on the SMTA Board of Directors, as the Vice President of Expo’s and is actively involved with many of the SMTA chapters. You’ll see her present and leading a wide variety of industry events across North America each year, including presenting at SMTA chapter meetings, technical expos and workshops. Always ready to share her deep understanding of cleaning equipment and processes, Debbie is an excellent resource relative to emerging cleaning technologies.

Jon Urquhart
Director - Global Application Engineering
PVA
Jon Urquhart has been PVA's senior application engineer since 1993. Jon specializes in the processing of fluid materials in a production environment and is utilized by material manufacturers and end users alike to optimize their process and recommend efficient automated equipment and application solutions. Jon currently holds numerous patents for spray valve designs and coating machine configurations and is a renowned expert in the selective application of conformal coating materials with over 20 years of applicable experience.

David F. Duke
President
Stone Mountain Tool
David Duke earned his journeyman certification as a Tool & Die maker in 1978. He has been working in the manufacturing industry for 44 years from assembly line welder to owner / operator of Stone Mountain Tool for the past 33 years. In 1984 Stone Mountain Tool started the design and build of wave solder pallets from hard coated aluminum. Spending considerable time in the assembly plants with the process engineers & technicians developing solutions for the wave solder process provided a thorough knowledge of the Printed Circuit Assembly process. Composite materials replaced aluminum and became the current standard. David is an expert in combining the knowledge of printed circuit assembly with the unique ability to effectively machine advanced composites. David designs and builds ESD safe composite PCA process tooling and has expanded his expertise to include advanced products for aqueous wash, conformal coating, underfill, rework, and more.

O V E R V I E W

In the demanding world of electronic assembly, profits and losses are influenced directly by reliability. Today's customers demand the highest levels of product reliability frequently at the lowest possible costs.

The Atlanta Cleaning and Reliability Workshop features experts from several fields all pertaining to reliability. This free workshop features experts covering:

Cleaning Processes and Equipment
Environmental Mitigation
Cleanliness Assessment
Cleaning Chemicals
Solder Paste Printing
Conformal Coating and Inspection
Dispensing
Soldering / Selective Solder Pallet Best Practices
Many Other Best Practice Topics

Our panel of expert speakers will present relevant technical data, best-practices, and other helpful information designed to assist engineers in their quest for improved reliability.

Join us in Duluth Georgia for this valuable one-day workshop. Attendance is free and seating is limited. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

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8:30AM - 9:00AM	Registration and Breakfast. Networking opportunity to meet the speakers who are experts in their field and ask specific questions about your process challenges.
9:00AM - 10:15AM	Michael Konrad_ - Aqueous Technologies "A Candid Conversation About Cleaning" This "conversation-style" presentation covers several popular cleaning-related subjects and provides answers to popular questions including: Many of us haven't cleaned for more than twenty years. Why do we need to clean now? How much assembly contamination is acceptable? What's the true cost of cleaning? How are most assemblers cleaning their assemblies? Do I need a chemical to clean? What's the environmental impact when I clean (am I solving one problem and creating another)? Are there any alternatives to cleaning? How clean is clean enough?
10:15AM - 10:30AM	Break
10:30AM - 11:30PM	Debbie Carboni - Kyzen "Video Analysis of Solder Paste Release From Stencils" Solder paste release from the stencil is a critical factor in print quality, and ultimately, overall electronic product quality and reliability. To better understand release mechanics, an experiment was devised using a video microscope to capture the separation of the stencil from the PCB. The experiment incorporates different aperture area ratios, solder pastes, stencil nanocoatings and underwipe solvents to visualize their effects on paste release. This study builds on previous research that developed the test setup and recording methods, and incorporates some modifications to the original experimental configuration to improve image quality. The outputs of the experiments are videos that demonstrate the effects of solder paste formulation, solvent under wiping and nanocoating on paste release at different area ratios. The paper will discuss the observations from the videos, and the presentation will play the videos.
11:30AM - 12:15AM	Lunch
12:15PM - 1:15PM	Jon Urquhart - PVA "Modern Conformal Coating - Equipment Techniques, & Process Issues" The conformal coating process has evolved greatly from the days of hand masking electronic assemblies and placing them into high pressure spray booths and dip tanks to apply the liquid coatings. Machine developments have provided the ability to use multiple applicators, and sometimes multiple fluids, to meet the target result. As the equipment became more sophisticated, so have the circuitry designs which has created tighter coating requirements and smaller process windows. The fluids used for coating and masking have also developed and have enabled the use of new process techniques not typically employed in conformal coating. Not all end users have the same requirements. Defining the end goal of a conformal coating process and understanding the equipment capability with various application techniques will be discussed plus additional tips on identifying process issues.
1:15PM - 1:30PM	Break
1:30PM - 2:30PM	David F. Duke - Stone Mountain Tool "Integrating Custom Tools into Your Process." Identify the problem to be solved. Justify the solution. Convey the prerequisites. Using dedicated tools to achieve a reliable & repeatable process. Adjustable tools & fixtures Adapting the process for the tool. Tool maintenance and storage.
2:30PM - 3:00PM	Expert Panel Discussion (Q&A) This is a time to ask more questions and discuss specific topics not covered in the day's presentations.