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When plating through holes in a printed circuit board, sometimes vias are filled irregularly. The result is raised bumps along surface of board. There was a time where this was not a problem, but in the age of surface mount components, surface planarity is critical. This is because adjacent, low-profile components may be affected by…

If you’re a fan of good TV commercials you’ve probably been enjoying AT&T’s most recent campaign “Just OK is not OK”. As a product designer, researcher, engineer, product manager, or production manager, you can surely relate. Perhaps you’ve received a response back from less experienced laser job shops like: “Just send us your specs. We’ll…

Sometimes it’s a challenge to deal with projects that require welding design. You will often see statements like “send us your design specifications, and we will produce the best welding for your project quickly.” Even for highly competent product designers and materials researchers, ensuring the most effect welding design specification can be quite complex. Industrial…

Introduction In part 1 of this 2-part blog series on laser welding hermetic seals, we presented insight on understanding the materials that are ideally suited for packages, lids, and seals, which laser technology is right for the job, and which laser welded joint types are to best to use. IV. Consider Final Testing and Potential…

Hermetic seals are used throughout the high-tech industry to provide maximum packaged protection from environmental elements that can reduce the reliability and required lifetime of critical electronics. Laser welded (or laser fusion welded) hermetic seals are the certified method governed by many military and aerospace quality and reliability standards (MIL-STDs). Devices designed to (or near…

Some might suggest the word “partner” is often tossed out a bit too liberally by service providers in business-to-business oriented circles. So, when trying to separate the “bull from the herd”, when it comes to choosing, or partnering with, an outsource for your machined and laser processed materials and components, we offer these 3 keys to look…