Overcoat Pen Can Lock Together Connector and Lock Out Moisture
By Edward J. Forrest, Jr., rMSâ„¢ Protection of high value connectors is far less expensive than replacement. At what point does fretting create signal loss? Best practice prevents it in the first place.
The electronics industry has long used...
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Ultimate Guide to “Canned Air” / Aerosol Dusters
Aerosol Duster, which is commonly referred to as “canned air”, “compressed air”, and “dusting gas” is used to dislodge dust and dirt with a pressurized blast. On a production line, it’s not unusual to...
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Ultimate Guide to Contact Cleaners
You're getting intermittent issues with your device, so you suspect there's contamination in the electrical contacts. Dust, dirt, grease, and oxidation contamination can increase electrical resistance in contact areas. That means the current...
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Ultimate Guide to Cleaning Electronics: Improve PCB Reliability Safely & Effectively
In the process of assembling, reworking or repairing printed circuit boards (PCB) for electronic devices, the discussion inevitably turns to whether or not to clean the PCB. Cleaning adds time and expense to the process and doing it wrong...
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ESD Safe Swabs Prevent Shocking PCB Failures
Swabs are useful precision tools for technicians and operators to perform delicate and meticulous tasks like precision cleaning, repair, and assembly. The types of swabs can range from low-cost cotton buds on a wooden stick to highly engineered...
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Introducing The Lean-Design Poly Wiper!
Just The Material You Need . . . Without All The Waste How do you reduce wiper cost without impacting quality? Cut 20-30% out of your wipe cost by changing from the standard 9”x9” (23cm x 23cm) size to 6”x9” (15cm x...
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Chemtronics Introduces an Expanded Line of Coventry ESD-Safe Swabs
Coventryâ„¢ Static Dissipative Swabs have been engineered to eliminate static electricity concerns when cleaning, reworking or repairing sensitive electronics. The swabs are cleanroom ready, so ideal in critical environments like aerospace and...
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Ultimate Guide to Benchtop PCB Rework & Repair
The reality is that no soldering operation produces perfect assemblies every time. Even the highest quality components fail from time-to-time. That’s why understanding the best rework and repair methods and materials is so important for...
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Using CircuitWorks® Conductive Paint to Maximize High Frequency EMI/RF Shielding
By Chris Perabo, guest contributor Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and Radio-Frequency (RF) interference are two types of interference that negatively affect electronics. In some cases, even low exposure to EMI/RFI could cause sensitive electronics...
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Keeping it Fresh - Acid Acceptance Testing for Vapor Degreasing Solvents
Vapor degreasers are very efficient at removing soils from a variety of surfaces, and can remain efficient relatively easily. But the solvent in the degreaser can become spent, which happens when either the solvent is saturated with soil, or...
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New Products
Electro-Wash Delta Cleaner Degreaser
Extra-strength, nonflammable electronic cleaner and degreaser
Coventry Poly Double-Onyx ESD Wipes
ESD safe, black polyester monofilament wipe