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DATE April 18th, 2002

AGENDA 6:00 PM, Social Hour

7:00 PM, Dinner/Presentation

MEETING FEES $20, Members

$25, Nonmembers

MENU Bar-B-Q Baby Back Ribs

LOCATION Embassy Suities

3100 East Frontera Anaheim, CA

(714) 632-1221

RESERVATIONS Call: MaskTek (714) 557-3383

NO SHOWS WILL BE INVOICED. If you can not attend, please cancel

your reservation by 12 Noon on Wednesday, prior to the meeting.

See you there!

April 2002 Dinner / Presentation

Software Technology to Improve Factory Productivity Presented by, Jason Spera, CEO, AEGIS Industrial Software Corporation

The Purpose of Manufacturing Software The rapid and controlled transformation of design data and parts lists into product is a process riddled with points of resistance, reducing factory productivity. Manufacturing software removes this resistance in the factory office, factory floor, and beyond to re-lease hidden sources of productivity and profit. The presentation explores how the de-ployment of a factory information platform addressing many productivity problems si-multaneously improves the way a factory operates at both process and business levels. Departmental Impact of Manufacturing Software The benefits of manufacturing software in several factory departments will be discussed. In the Factory Office, the speed and quality of BOM management, revision control, and process engineering are improved. When manufacturing data is prepared and a new product or engineering change is ready for release, the execution functions on the Fac-tory Floor are improved. Production runs smoothly through electronic paperless docu-mentation, product tracking, and quality collection and analysis. Even marketing and program management benefit from the improved communications of linking external parties into factory information via the web. Enabling Technology There will be a brief discussion of the underlying technology of modern manufacturing software. Systems offering the scope of manufacturing capability discussed in the pres-entation became viable only recently. The convergence of operating systems, networks, and Internet technology made these solutions possible.

Jason Spera is CEO and co-founder of AEGIS Industrial Software, a lead-ing supplier of manufacturing productivity software to the electronics in-dustry. Jason formed the company after working as a manufacturing engi-neer in a PCB design and assembly company. His experience with real-world productivity problems has shaped a suite of tools for improving ef-ficiency throughout a factory. Jason has contributed seven perspective and technical articles in the indus-try magazines in the last two years, regularly speaks at industry confer-ences, and he and his company supply software and engineering services to 22 of the industry's leading machine manufacturers.

APRIL 2002

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT By: Riki Brown

I was reading the business section in my local newspaper the other day and it said, “Recession is Now Officially Over” in the headlines. That is interesting as I guess the media officially controls it anyway and it always helps to start telling everyone it is over. That will defi-nitely speed up the recovery. I was reading an article in Global SMT and Packaging about the outlook for 2002 for EMS companies. They claim the outlook is bright and for 2003 and beyond electronic equip-ment sales will return to high single/low double-digit growth. Unfortu-nately it will remain rather sluggish for most of 2002. The good news is that they think it has finally bottomed out and growth will be mod-est in late winter and spring and will gradually pick up steam by the second half of the year. If you have any spare cash or good credit now is the time to get ready for the up turn as the used equipment market has unheard of deals right now and new equipment deals are almost as good with very heavy discounts.

I think the recession is weighing heavily on everybody’s mind at pre-sent but we want you to take a break and come to our next chapter meeting on April 18th when we host Jason Spera from Aegis Software. I have known Jason since he started his company and he is a great speaker. This is a must attend meeting if you are involved at all with manufacturing. He will help make all of our jobs easier.

We are doing away with the snail mail delivery of our newsletter due to costs. You will now receive a monthly e-mail with a link on it to our newsletter, which is posted on PA&LS’s web site. The link will take you directly to the newsletter where you can read it and print whatever portion you want of it. This should help those of you who have 56KB modems and don’t want to download a large file. We will eventually have our own web site to post it on. If we don’t have your e-mail send it to Kathy Palumbo at [email protected]. We welcome any feed-back you have regarding our newsletter or its delivery and we can at-tach it directly to your e-mail notice if you prefer. Let us hear from you.

Bill Messina is a Senior Statistician for Boeing in El Segundo. He has had 30 years experience implementing Quality Control for Hi Tech Companies. Bill is originally from PA. He spent 20 years in Arizona where he obtained a PhD in Industrial Engi-neering at Arizona State. Bill has 5 years experience in Surface Mount Technology. 3 years with Daimler Chrysler Electronics Plant, Huntsville, Ala-bama. He wrote the book “Statistical Process Control for Surface Mount Technology” and gives seminars. Bill lives in Marina Del Rey. His hobby is playing tennis. This year he plans on vacationing in France. He will be attending the Monaco Grand Prix and the French Tennis open.

Let’s all give Bill a warm “SMTA” welcome into the SMTA L.A. / O.C. Chapter!

Member Profile

CHAPTER OFFICERS

President Riki Brown

Golden West Technology Fullerton, CA

TEL: (714) 738-3775 FAX: (714) 738-7727

E-mail: [email protected]

Vice- President of Chapter Training Atul Mehta

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA

TEL: (818) 393-2962 FAX: (818) 393-5055


Vice-President of Chapter Education Scott Penin

APW Enclosures Irvine, CA

TEL: (949) 474-8998 FAX: (949) 474-1340


Vice-President of Membership Michelle Ogihara

Seika Machinery, Inc. 3528 Torrance Blvd., Suite 100

Torrance, CA TEL: (310) 540-7310


Secretary Kathy Palumbo

Production Analysis & Learning Services, LLC TEL: (949) 713-7229 FAX: (949) 713-7229


Treasurer Nat Longrose

Spec Elite, Inc. 2031 E. Cerritos Ave, Ste 7D

Anaheim, CA 92806 TEL: (714) 774-6500 FAX: (714) 774-6501


Vendor Advertisement Chairman Michelle Ogihara

Seika Machinery, Inc. 3528 Torrance Blvd., Suite 100

Torrance, CA TEL: (310) 540-7310


Bill Messina

Atul Mehta’s Meeting Review March 2002

LA/OC chapter SMTA meeting for the month of March was held on the 21st at the Embassy Suites in Anaheim.

The topic was one of the hottest in the industry

“Implementing Statistical Process Implementing Statistical Process Control and Automated Optical Inspection in Elec- and Automated Optical Inspection in Elec-tronic Manufacturing”tronic Manufacturing”

Arthur Schmidt with Machine Vision Products, Inc conducted presentation

Mr. Schmidt explained the Standard inspection capabilities of a typical machine vision sys-tem as including all SMT and PTH parts. It can verify the presence or absence of the com-ponents, and verify polarity and markings on the devices. It also checks the solder joint quality including bridging, opens, lifted leads, insufficient and excess solder. The AOI goal is to detect defects and provide measurement data for effective process control. The advantages of AOI were discussed. A few of them include increased yields at functional test, reduced inspection labor and improved process yields by SPC/SQC. In addition, the data generated by the AOI system is the same data that is required for PCBA repair and process control. Depending on where the AOI is placed it can provide invaluable information to control the manufacturing processes. Placing an AOI system after each and every SMT manufacturing operation is typically not economically feasible. Instead the AOI system is strategically placed in order to allow for the best control. Mr. Schmidt went on to explain how SPC methods have been successfully applied to control a few variables at the input stage. He also recommended that AOI SPC be used prior to re-flow if one wants to be the most effective. He stated that at this stage it is the least expen-sive to repair a board when errors or problems are found and the least number of false re-jects are reported from the AOI system. The chapter wishes to thank Mr. Schmidt for an excellent presentation and for his time in preparing for and attending our meeting. If you would like a more information on his presen-tation or a copy of it please contact Arthur Schmidt with MVP at (760-438-1138) or e-mail at [email protected].

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Help Wanted: Corporate Sponsors for the Big Event. Have your company name in lights, while supporting your local chapter! For more information Contact Frank Kurisu with SolderMask, Inc. at [email protected]

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SMTA / CCA Golf “Get Together”

Thursday August 8th, 2002

Shotgun Start 1pm

California Country Club 1509 South Workman Mill Road

Whittier, CA 90601

Contact Frank Kurisu with SolderMask, Inc. at

[email protected]

Cost is $95.00 per player, & includes, Green Fees, Shared Cart, Warm Up

Balls, & Awards Banquet. Awards Banquet Only is $35.00

Don't let this fun-filled event pass

you by!

Mark your

calendars now!

You won’t want to miss this event!

Whether you golf or not, it is fun for

everyone. Come join us…

don't miss the party at the 19th

hole!

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DATE & TIME EVENT & LOCATION April 18, 2002 L.A. / O.C. SMTA CHapter Dinner 6pm Embassy Suites, Anaheim, Ca. Contact: Kathy Palumbo − [email protected] Reservations: MaskTek / SHeema (714) 557−3383 May 8, 2002 IMAPS Southern California Technical Symposium To Be Announced Pasadena Convention Center Contact: Maurice Lowery − [email protected] May 16, 2002 L.A. / O.C. SMTA CHapter Dinner 6pm Embassy Suites, Anaheim, Ca. Contact: Kathy Palumbo − [email protected] Reservations: MaskTek / SHeema (714) 557−3383 June 20, 2002 L.A. / O.C. SMTA CHapter Dinner & Plant Tour 6pm Location To Be ANnounced Contact: Kathy Palumbo − [email protected] Reservations: MaskTek / SHeema (714) 557−3383 August 8, 2002 L.A. / O.C. SMTA Golf "Get Together" 1pm California Country Club, Whittier, Ca. Contact: Frank Kurisu − [email protected] September 19, 2002 L.A. / O.C. SMTA CHapter Dinner 6pm Embassy Suites, Anaheim, Ca. Contact: Kathy Palumbo − [email protected] Reservations: MaskTek / SHeema (714) 557−3383 October 17, 2002 L.A. / O.C. SMTA CHapter Training To be Announced Location To Be ANnounced Contact: Kathy Palumbo − [email protected] Reservations: MaskTek / SHeema (714) 557−3383 November 21, 2002 L.A. / O.C. SMTA CHapter Dinner 6pm Embassy Suites, Anaheim, Ca. Contact: Kathy Palumbo − [email protected] Reservations: MaskTek / SHeema (714) 557−3383 December 6, 2002 L.A. / O.C. SMTA CHapter Christmas Party 6pm Location To Be ANnounced Contact: Kathy Palumbo − [email protected] Reservations: MaskTek / SHeema (714) 557−3383

Lead or No-Lead…is that the Question? Many of us in the electronics-manufacturing industry are now (or will be) struggling with the question…”Lead or No-Lead”. There have been a lot of great articles written on no-lead reliability studies, but few have covered the real question, “is there really an issue with reflowed solder joints leaching into the soil and eventually contaminat-ing our water supplies?” I did read one article that stated that the outer valence electron of lead could eventually leach into the water supply, provided all of the conditions were right for the 300 years the lead was buried in the land fill. The author of the article went on to state that the chances of all of the conditions being right for the next 300 years is pretty much slim to none. I have also read that the no-lead formula that has to be used initially will require a much higher temperature to re-flow at, which means it will require more energy. Typically more energy consumption means more energy genera-tion, which means more ozone depleting pollutants. The higher temperature no-lead formulation apparently has to be used until all of the electronic device manufactur-ers have created devices with no-lead leads. This will require an extensive amount of analysis on their part due to the fact that they are also going to have to make sure that their devices can withstand higher reflow temperatures for longer durations of time. There is a lower temperature melting no-lead formulation, but it cannot have any lead contamination. If it does it will drastically lower the melting point of the solder to the extent that the solder will almost reflow during operation of the circuitry. Now if all this was not enough, guess what? The no-lead solder formulations will cost at least two times that what we currently pay for our trusty Sn63Pb37 formulation. Okay, so those are the ‘cons’, now for the ‘pros’. You get to continue doing business with European based compa-nies. So, where do we go from here you ask? I suppose an ROI would be the next most logically step. If the ROI shows a poor return on your investment, then it may not be worth it. I know, as if you didn’t have enough to do already. So, what can we do here in the United States? I think the question we should be posing to everyone is “Recycle or Not…that is the Question”. The benefits of recycling far out way spending billions of dollars to convert everything over to a no-lead process. As someone with direct experience in setting up a recycling program, I know it can gen-erate a positive cash flow for your company too. Say what? Yes, that’s right a positive cash flow in the tune of about $13K/year for us. The recycling company’s we used did all of the work too. They supplied all of the con-tainers, all of the transportation, all of the waste manifestations, and all of the labels. All we had to do was make sure we put all of the waste in the correct containers. We recycled everything under the sun. PCB’s, PCB scrap/rails, components, CCA’s, lead trimmings, solder paste waste, solder paste wipes, solder paste jars (empty or full), basically anything that came in contact with solder was recycled. In addition to recycling all of our hazardous waste, we also recycled all of our plastic as well. DIP tubes, tape and reel, reels, trays. Basically anything that closely resembled plastic was recycled. Our marketing department loved it, because we were able to claim we were truly a “Green & Clean” company. Our CEO loved it too. Instead of a $10K/year waste pick-up, we had a $13K/year income…and once again the M.E. group were the unsung Hero’s netting the company a $23K/year sav-ings. So, if you want to be the unsung hero and save your company thousands of dollars…”Recycle or Not…that is the Question”.

Written by, Kathy Palumbo CEO & Founder Production Analysis & Learning Services, LLC (PA&LS)

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SMTA Chapter Meeting April 18, 2002 Embassy Suites

Anaheim, Ca.

“MES” Manufacturing Execution Software

Presented By, Jason Spera, with AEGIS

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