- Fabricators Shout Out about Insulectro & Its Amazing Materials
- Insulectro Design A Hit at AltiumLive! 2019
- DuPont Silicon Valley Tech Center Displays Tomorrow Today
- Ormet® Paste Continues to Stick It to Plating
- LCOA's Conformat™ Minimizes Board Rework
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FAB SHOUT OUTS:
MATERIALS
MAKE
THE DIFFERENCE
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Jerry D. Hatz
Director of Sales Engineering
Pro-Tech Interconnect Solutions
Chaska, Minnesota
“We have found that the
ASTRA® MT77
and
Tachyon® 100G
are a 'drop-in' to our current processing and equipment sets used for standard 370HR. Our customers are able to omit 'pattern rotation' when using these materials which optimizes material utilization.
We have had
very good support from Insulectro and Isola
as we have moved forward with processing more designs on the ASTRA® MT77 and Tachyon® 100G. We see a continuing demand from our customer base for these materials as signal integrity becomes more and more critical in the 10+ gig range.”
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And Another FAB SHOUTOUT!
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Eric Matuska
Director of Quality and Engineering
All Flex
Northfield, Minnesota
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“
Insulectro
provides technical resources and solutions to tackle the most challenging problems.
Their knowledge base and support is critical to All Flex’s success
. Insulectro’s recent assistance in our drill room and with lam assist products is just another example of the value they bring.
LCOA and Pacothane products are best in the industry.
”
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Ken Parent Speaks Out!
Insulecto -
Enabling Future Circuits
Our vision at Insulectro is to help our customers, our suppliers and the OEMs to
build Future Circuits faster
. It is the
talent of our teammates
combined with the
resources from our world class suppliers
, supporting our
loyal and very successful customers
who fabricate these future circuits that drives a successful PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and PE (Printed Electronics) business.
Insulectro strives to
bring new solutions to the PCB and PE markets
through hiring great people, new materials, new technology and new services. Our most recent investment in hiring people was to make Insulectro the easiest distributor and supplier for you to do business with.
We have recently added the following industry achievers to our already ultra-strong bench of superstars:
Geraldine Arseneau
- Product Manager, Drill & Canadian Business Manager
Will Salameh
- Pricing & Sales Systems Manager
Kathy Linares
- VP of Information Technology
Michael Creeden
CID+ MIT - Technical Director, Design & Education
Scott Klingbeil
-
Supply Planning Manager
Also, we have promoted:
Geoffrey Leeds
to Product Manager - Flex
Jeff Johnson
to Product Manager - Dry Film/FAE
Megan Teta
to Product Manager - Design & Education/FAE
Our investment in better Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, Technical and Product Management, Operations and Design and Education are to
enable us to bring legacy and new products to you faster
. This enables future circuits in Military and Aerospace, Telecommunications, Automotive, Medical, Wearable Electronics and more.
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Why do I say "Future Circuits Faster, one program at a time?"
Because, because, because.
Ken Parent
VP of Sales & Product Management
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PRINTED ELECTRONICS (PE) SEMINAR IN LONDONDERRY, NH SEPTEMBER 17
Insulectro Printed Electronics held a full-day technical seminar on PE to a capacity crowd at its New Hampshire location
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
. The seminar was presented by key DuPont executives as well as Insulectro technical teammates who specialize in PE.
The program, which focused on
conductive inks and substrates
as well as Insulectro's newly rolled out
Design & Education Services
attracted OEMs and fabricators from as far away as the Northwestern US.
The next
Printed Electronics Technical Seminar will be held December 11, 2019, in Insulectro's Twin Cities branch office
. Contact Cheryl Woodbury -
cwoodbury@insulectro.com
- to get on the list.
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Insulectro's Design & Education Program Scores Big at
AltiumLive!
in San Diego Last Week!
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Insulectro rolled out its groundbreaking Design & Education Services to a special gathering of EEs and layout designers during
AltiumLive! 2019 in San Diego, October 9-11
at Loews Coronado Bay Resort.
Designers spent three days learning, connecting, and getting inspired at this event featuring live workshops, professional development courses, and exciting industry keynotes covering every angle of the PCB design process, from concept to finished product.
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Mike Creeden CID+ MIT, Insulectro's Technical Director for Design & Education presented a sold-out break-out session on
Next Generation Materials: The Building Blocks of High Speed Design and HDI
with able assists from Chris Hunrath CID+, VP of Technology, and Megan Teta CID+, Product Manager for Design & Education/FAE.
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As a sponsor of the
AltiumLive!
annual event, Insulectro presented information between sessions to designers eager to learn more about game-changing PCB materials from
DuPont, Isola, and EMD's Ormet
. Chris Hunrath swiped his way through informational media using new touchscreen technology.
The new Design & Education program
is
a chance for fabricators and OEMs to get acquainted with the program that connects shops that need design with Insulectro's consortium of
top-flight design houses -
San Diego PCB
Design
and
Freedom CAD
.
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The new program has been met with
enthusiastic response from both fabricators and OEMs
who recognize
materials matter
and importance of selecting products based on
performance, compatibility, availability, and handling.
Insulectro's Educational program provides:
- Material Recommendations
- Stack-up Suggestions for Flex, Rigid-Flex, HDI, RF, SI, & DFX
- Design Reviews
- Manufacturing Interface
- Design Layout Outsource
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Flexing their muscles at
AltiumLive!
are: Insulectro's
Megan Teta (L), Stephanie Harman (C),
Altium;
and Tara Dunn (R)
, founder and President of Omni PCB.
We are breaking through boundaries to ensure your success.
Megan Teta
Product Manager, Design & Education & FAE
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Pyralux® HT Heating Up the Market
New product designs are pushing the operating temperatures of traditional acrylic
Pyralux® Bondply
. Pyralux® HT bonding film offers a higher operating temperature (>225C) than the proven Pyralux® BondPly material sets. This material is
gaining traction with OEMs
looking to increase reliability and improve signal performance in temperature extreme environments. Insulectro offers a full stack support in lamination and processing of HT material.
Contact us today to help you enter this expanding market.
Pryalux® TK Stems Your Signal Loss
in
Flex-able
Applications
DuPont™ Pyralux® TK
is a unique construction of
Kapton®
and
Teflon®
to meet the
High Frequency (HF) and High-Speed Digital (HSD) flex circuit applications
. This material is the go-to material for constructions with microstrip and stripline structures. With minimal process considerations, circuits designers can push the superior Pyralux® TK material sets to the
emerging world of 5G and IOT applications
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Offered with either RA or ED copper constructions Pyralux® TK can be ordered to fit your shops processing capabilities.
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I've got a great message for you about DuPont
Flex-Able
materials.
Geoffrey Leeds
Product Manager - Flex
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Manufacturers are continuing to
drive phosphorus out
of their manufacturing process.
ILC-PF
allows you to get
excellent surface cleaning and chromate removal of your inner layers before dry film lamination while eliminating phosphoric acid
. The proprietary formulation also creates better adhesion between the dry film and the copper than typical cleaners. This can be very helpful especially on shinny foil product. This is not a micro-etch, so it is
ideal for maintaining a smooth copper surface
for high speed and RF applications.
I'm pretty serious about this. If you would like to see how we could improve your inner-layer pre-cleaning process, please contact me.
Jeff Johnson
Product Manager - Dry Film/Chemistry/Paste & FAE
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The People Behind the Puma
Meet Trey Adams
Insulectro VP Regional Sales and Strategic Accounts
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Personal Comment:
15 years ago, I was offered a career growth opportunity after spending a great 9 years in the Northwest. On one hand, it meant leaving the place my family now considered home, on the other it meant returning to many friends we left behind in Chicago.
Insulectro allowed me to get back to my roots and grow as we expanded sales and support throughout the Midwest. I was able to expand from Chicago to include Dallas, then Minneapolis, and then add the Eastern half of the US to my responsibilities.
My rule of thumb is that change is good and now change, today, has allowed me to just manage the Central US, but have other strategic account responsibilities around the country including my missed home of Portland, OR. Insulectro's solid foundation for more than 50 years, coupled with its many great teammates, keeps this a fun place to work and one that offers endless opportunity if you want to learn, grow, and never be bored.
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Dare to Know him better. . .
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If I weren’t in the PCB business, I’d be:
a chef in a restaurant.
Best career advice I’ve gotten:
"Follow your beliefs and instincts because I believe in you," said my Stepfather.
The three qualities that got me where I am today:
Remembering my manufacturing roots, desire to always try something new, and striving to help friends and acquaintances
Career moment I am the most proud of:
Gaining the dry film over liquid resist at Praegitzer Dallas Oregon.
What I like most about my job:
The people I am lucky enough to get to know
How did you make your first dollar:
As a kid mowing lawns. In early High School at 15, I was in a coop program and worked on the plaster bench at a Dental Lab making molds of peoples teeth that needed crowns and bridges. But selling women’s shoes at the mall during my last 2 years of High School was the most fun.
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Book that left a lasting impression on me:
Anthony Bourdain Kitchen Confidential
, not sure if it made me miss what I could have been doing or glad I changed paths.
Favorite song:
Cannot go wrong with
Back in Black.
Yes, I’m an 80’s rocker at heart.
Song I’d want played at my funeral:
I can make this answer easy by staying with ACDC and going with
Highway to Hell.
On my bucket list:
Visiting India with a group of my customers/great friends.
Food I’m not ashamed to admit I love
: My great Aunt was famous around the St Louis area for her
cow brain sandwiches
and I loved them growing up, too.
Cocktail of choice:
Bourbon in many forms
If I could live in a foreign country, it would be
: Anywhere in Europe because the countries are so close and accessible to each other, and I could learn more about my German roots.
My perfect day would begin:
Having coffee on the deck, staring out at the lake, listening to the birds, and acorns dropping while knowing my family was with me.
My perfect day would end:
Having a bourbon on the deck, staring out on the moonlight lake with my family while some blues or jazz plays on the Bluetooth speaker.
One thing I’m exceptionally good at:
making something good to eat out of whatever I find in the pantry.
One thing I’m exceptionally bad at:
making time for my family is always a struggle.
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Superhero power I’d want to have:
Who doesn’t want flight?
Something nice I did for myself because, hey, why not:
Instead of selling my mother’s lake house, I set it up on VRBO as a way for her to earn income and still be able to personally utilize the place where I spent so much of my youth. It was a place for mental escape for years to come, plus, my mom gets to keep using as an occasional escape from the senior complex where she lives near me. We both win at this game!
Advice to my younger self:
Self, listen more and take more time to make decisions.
The craziest thing I ever did:
I don’t think I can put anything down here worthwhile that would not get me into trouble legally.
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Consistency
is a critical factor in maximizing registration potential when making PCBs. A great way to add consistency to your process is by using an engineered solution rather than a random solution for Clutch applications.
PACO-CLUTCH™
is an
All-In-One
conformable release film package that can give more consistent results in Clutch applications over using a prepreg and release film clutch.
Consistency
from lot to lot
can be improved by up to 3X
over prepreg clutches and offers an
All-In-One
solution that is cleaner and easier to use (one component vs. 3 or 4). Call Insulectro to discuss the many ways we can help you add consistency in your process!
To learn more about Pacothane's exceptional line of lamination assist products, contact me! I'll be danged if I don't have a lot to tell you.
Joe Bevan
Product Manager, Pacothane Products
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Ormet® Paste for Z-Interconnects
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We are seeing a
rise in interest
in Ormet® for z-axis interconnects. This is being driven by the usual suspects including
aspect ratio, plating capacity as well as process time.
Being able to
electrically link layers during lamination
can be a game changer, not only in processing, but design. There are some things that are
difficult or impossible with traditional laminate and plate processes
.
As we work though the needs of a certain designs, we have found that
I-Tera® MT40 prepreg
has the right flow and fill characteristics for proper adhesion while tolerating the tacking process. (see picture below). I-Tera® MT40 has the added benefit of low signal loss, 10x lamination cycle capable and low moisture absorption.
We are looking forward to working though some of these new designs.
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Let's get you pasted!
Chris Hunrath
Vice President of Technology
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Insulectro Printed Electronics & LCOA Team Up
CAMX 2019 - the Composites & Advance Materials Expo
Insulectro Printed Electronics & LCOA attended and
showcased both our converting, lamination and material types
at this composite and advanced material expo. This show has become the
largest, most comprehensive composites and advanced material event in North America
for products, solutions, networking and advanced industrial thinking. Applications include transportation, aerospace, marine, wind energy, software, construction and infrastructure, medical, academics, sports and leisure markets.
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Many of our partners and suppliers were in attendance including
TCI, DuPont Tedlar, Saint Gobain and Norplex Micarta
. Great show that provided many opportunities!
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I gotta tell you - it was something else!
Kevin Miller
VP of Sales
Insulectro Printed Electronics
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Customers can incur significant handling, set up and rework times with panels experiencing excessive image transfer and burrs on exit side of panel.
CONFORMAT™, part of the LCOA line of back up and entry materials
, is an excellent product that will conform to low or thin areas on a panel,
eliminating costly rework and possible scrap
due to damage in the drilled hole. This conformal drill sheet can shape itself to various topographies that may be in present in a multilayer or rigid flex PCB.
These photographs
show a flex panel with excessive image transfer that would require special handling in drill, taking approximately 20 minutes per panel to set up:
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All the low or thin areas on panel will have significant burring on the exit side, requiring time consuming rework and possible scrap due to damage in the drilled hole.
Examples of above panel drilled with CONFORMAT™ (left) and without (right).
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The panel without CONFORMAT™
will require sanding and hand rework
. The panel drilled with CONFORMAT™ requires no rework and can
move directly to the next process.
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Build your boards one-time and on-time.
Geraldine Arseneau
Insulectro Product Manager - Drill
Paul St. John
LCOA Director of Sales
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Insulectro and Isola Participating Again at
PCB Carolina
November 13th! Located in Raleigh, near Research Triangle Park, makes this a prime area for this highly technical conference on electronics. There will be 16 technical sessions, a keynote address, a vendor exhibition with over 70 companies participating, food throughout the day, and best of all, this event is FREE to all attendees.
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Everyday Materials You Need, On Our Shelves Every Day
Insulectro recognizes the importance of maintaining adequate inventory to begin work.
Designers know when you need it, you need it.
Using the link
getpumafast.com
, you can see what PumaFast™ and standard materials we stock to get you up and running.
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PCB Manufacture:
From Outstanding Raw Materials to Amazing End Products
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The
DuPont Silicon Valley Technology Center
has been a highlight for many of our fabricator and OEM customers that have joined DuPont and Insulectro resources for
recent visits to this dynamic technology hub
. This facility showcases technical applications in 5G technology, consumer electronics, autonomous vehicles, smart materials, wearables, and more. The Application center is available
to support customer analysis, prototype designs, and education on the advances of DuPont materials
.
We are proud to represent the
DuPont Pyralux® Flex materials
and would love to coordinate a visit for you to this amazing facility.
I know people. I can get you in. Give me a call to arrange a visit.
Michelle Walsh
Director, Product Management
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We are taking our ACT!
to another level!
Insulectro and our partners are moving the chains to
help our customers exceed performance goals
. Our team of professional and technical resources are now offering our customers access to design and education services.
This is a Game Changer!
Our ACT! Initiatives combined with our design and education services provide our customers a
total solutions package with a one-stop-shop option
.
Our
customers now have total access
to not only our Insulectro foot print, best in class products, materials on the shelf when you need them; but also the expertise to
deliver solutions from design to delivery…FAST!
Come ACT! With us!
There's a reason I'm smiling.
Ron Murdock
ACT! Manager & Technical Account Manager
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To be the easiest company to do business with. . .
Insulectro has a program for
continual improvement
, all designed to make ourselves as
user-friendly as possible to our customers, their customers, and our suppliers
. Speed Matters, so we focus a lot of attention on getting you the materials you need as quickly as possible.
Our
PumaFast™ Program
lists current inventory of everyday materials you need every day.
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Best-in-Class Materials
from our Premier Suppliers
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