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Next Meeting, September 27th:  

Topic: Understanding Flexible Circuits – Products, Materials and Assembly

Meeting Announcement (PDF): Heartland SMTA Sep 27 Meeting
When: 5:00PM-8:30PM
Where: Haywards BBQ
11051 S Antioch
Overland Park, KS 66210
(Click HERE for directions)  :

Speaker: Mike Nytes, Sales and Application Engineer,  All Flex Flexible Circuits, Northfield, Minnesota

Mike will discuss the materials used in flexible circuitry as it is somewhat different then the standard hardboards.  He will then discuss how to assemble components to flexible circuitry product, and the unique differences in assembly of flex versus hardboard product.

Door opens at 4:30 – come early and network!

Do you want to pay for your meeting fees by Credit Card? If so you can now pay using the form below (no PayPal account is required).

SMTA Member Status

SMTA Member $20.00 Non-Member $30.00 Full Time Student $10.00

List name of attendee(s)

Meeting Results: The meeting was a terrific success thanks to a great speaker, topic and turnout.  Thank you all for attending and a special thank you to Robert Dervaes of FCT Assembly, Colorado Springs.   There were 31 in attendance and it was great to see so many new faces in the group.  Please feel free to download the presentation below while the topics are still fresh in your memory. 

Our September 20th meeting anouncement will be posted soon, so please check back in the next few weeks.  The topic will be Flex Circuits (more details to come).

Presentation:  SMTA_KS_8-17-2011_Handout

Topic: SMT Assembly Challenges and Proven Solutions for Increasing Yields

Meeting Announcement (PDF): Heartland_SMTA_Aug_17.pdf
When: 5:00PM-8:30PM
Where: Haywards BBQ
11051 S Antioch
Overland Park, KS 66210
(Click HERE for directions) :

Speaker: Robert Dervaes, V.P. Technology, FCT Assembly, Colorado Springs, CO

Technological advancements in the areas of stencil lasers, materials, nano-coatings, and aperture registration accuracies will be presented, along with a discussion of how these new technologies can improve process yields.

Door opens at 4:30 – come early and network!

Do you want to pay for your meeting fees by Credit Card? If so you can now pay using the form below (no PayPal account is required).

SMTA Member Status

SMTA Member $20.00 Non-Member $30.00 Full Time Student $10.00

List name of attendee(s)

Topic: When A Six Sigma Process Is Not Sufficient To Achieve A High Yielding Manufacturing Process, by Dale Lee, Plexus Corporation, Neenah, WI.

We had a great meeting on November 9th with 29 persons attending.  Please extend a special thank you to Dale Lee of Plexus for his very informative presentation and taking so much of his time with us.  He was kind enough to provide his presentation for us to download at the link below. 

DFX-Six_Sigma

We received serveral responses from the feedback forms for future topic ideas including cleaning, process characterization, chip scale assembly, regulatory requirements and more.  If you have additional ideas please contact any of the chapter officers.

Thank you again for your support of the Heartland SMTA Chapter and we look forward to meeting again soon in 2011. 

Happy Holidays!