In recent episodes, we’ve covered high-level issues, such as hiring best practices, novel, training, methods, design for manufacturing, highly accelerated, life, testing, and more. On this episode, we’re going to go back to the basics. What common problems are assemblers experiencing today? What are the basics of assembly best practices? Which problems seem to live in perpetuity?
To answer these and other questions, I’ve invited two of my favorite experts on to the show. If you’ve been in the electronics assembly industry for some amount of time, there’s little doubt you’ve heard of Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall. Phil has been involved with PCB fabrication and assembly for more than 36 years.
He is president and principal consultant of ITM Consulting. Jim Hall has been involved in the electronics assembly industry for the past 27 years. He’s a principal consultant and resident Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with ITM Consulting. He’s also an instructor in the Lean Six Sigma programs offered at Dartmouth College. Together with Dr. Ron Lasky, Phil and Jim designed the SMTA’s SMT Processes Certification Course. A couple of years ago, Phil and Jim published a book titled “Troubleshooting Electronic Assemblies, Tales from the Board-Talk Crypt.”
Mike Konrad talks to them more about that book later in this broadcast. Phil and Jim host the popular audio series “Board Talk,” a question-and-answer show hosted on the Circuit-Insight website. On their show, you’ll hear serious questions, and often comical but real answers.
RM 94: Dr. Ron Lasky on His Many Books
RM 93: Dr. Kunal Shah on Ni-Less ENIG
PCB Chat 96: The Latest HDP Initiatives with Jack Fisher and Madan Jagernauth
PCB Chat 95: Latest PCB ECAD Market Data with Wally Rhines
RM 92: IPC Apex Expo Conversations: Reflow Thermal Control / Automated Device Programming
RM 91: Conversations from IPC APEX Expo - Inspection Systems - Contract Assembly - and Pirates!
PCB Chat 94: Michael Kirschner on Sustainability Standards
RM 90: Mike Adamson on Component Storage
PCB Chat 93: Mack Technologies on EMS Manufacturing in Mexico
RM 89: Tombstoning Mitigation with Tony Lentz
PCB Chat 92: Dr. James Lee and Chris Banton on RIT’s PCB Design Curriculum
RM 88: Indium’s Brian O’Leary on Electric Vehicles
PCB Chat 91: Wally Rhines on the Latest ECAD Software Trends
PCB Chat 90: Travis Kelly on the PCBAA
RM 84: Christopher Frederickson on Solder Paste Inspection
PCB Chat 89: College Training Programs for Electronics
PCB Chat 88: HDP Users Group Update
C2C 12: Smart Splice Cofounder Larry Welk
RM 83: Thermal Management Expert Miles Moreau
PCB Chat 87: Jorge Cardona on EMS in Colombia
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