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!

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SMTA Member Status

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

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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)

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!

Mark Marshall presented a fantastic presentation and we think it was very informative to all and opened a lot of eyes on the topic of Counterfeit Components. 

Here is a link to the presentation below in case you missed it
Mark Marshall – Integra (Counterfeit Components) - PDF File

Here are some other relevant links on the topic we thought you might find interesting to read 
IDEA-STD-1010-A (idofea.org)
Linkedin Defense And Aerospace Procurement (slideshare.net)
Fighting a Flood of Counterfeit Tech Products (businessweek.com)

Check back again soon for updates on our next meeting!

- Heartland SMTA Chapter officers

Speaker: Mark Marshall, VP of Engineering at Integra

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).

Contact any Heartland SMTA officer for additional information

Click HERE (pdf) for Dr. Brooks Stencil Design Guideline and Technology Review proceedings!

Attendance:  31

Comments were positive and everyone seemed to enjoy the information and networking.  Thank you all.

Contact any Heartland SMTA officer for additional information