Product category: PCB Assembly Equipment and Tools
News Release from: AccuPlace | Subject: HAF placement solutions
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 21 March 2006
Hot designs need a stronger bond
Heat-activated film answers many of the bonding challenges posed by design miniaturisation, but its efficient placement is a further challenge in itself.
The success of today's consumer electronics stands and falls with its design and functionality Handheld devices increasingly include more features such as hard drives, radios, and digital cameras, with fancier designs incorporating mirrors, aluminium bezels, or steel name plates on the plastic housings
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Fastening, for example, is traditionally accomplished using mechanical means such rivets, welding, screws, clips etc, as well as liquid, hot-melt, and pressure-sensitive adhesives.