What's New at Triangle Circuits
Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing News - Updated July 22, 2010
Triangle Circuits has been the preferred supplier of printed circuit boards to industry leading OEMs and ECMs serving the Industrial, Medical, and Instrumentation markets since 1979.
Many things are going on at Triangle Circuits, we have created this news section to highlight our accomplishments and inform our customers of new capabilities, products and awards. We are also including our press releases for you to view.
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New Article: Change in China's Workforce July 2010
In a recent article written by an operations manager visiting China he pondered the question: How could a land of well over one billion people lack the workers to fill positions in its manufacturing sector?
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New Article: Immersion silver storage and handling of PCB's June 2010
PCB's coated with immersion silver must be handled with care and stored properly. The shelf life of immersion silver is typical 12 months. But, the following conditions must be taken into account in order to preserve the solderability of the finish..
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New Article: Ionic Testing of Bare Printed Circuit Boards April 2010
It is well known in the electronics manufacturing industry that cleanliness of a Printed Wiring Board (PWB) is crucial to the assembly's performance and reliability. Monitoring and quantifying the degree of cleanliness is necessary in order to ensure that the final cleanliness of an assembly is acceptable.
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Article: Medical PCBs March 2010
Many critical factors must be taken into account when designing a PCB for the medical field. Most prominent are checks and balances, split planes, component selection and cross referencing when applicable, fabrication and assembly drawings, and test coverage.
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Article: The Right Final Finish January 2010
Selecting the right final finish should not be a puzzle, but it can seem like one. Often, there is conflicting information about different finishes and their intended applications. The best surface finish meets the needs of the board design and the assembly process.
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Article: PCB Surface finishes & Solder Mask Issues October 2009
The RoHS environment today, immersion silver and ENIG replaces tin-lead. When tin-lead finishes were the norm, most solder mask clearances associated with the surface mount devices were “gang relieved,” which is to say there were no webs of solder mask material between the mounts. This tended to create situations where solder wicking occurred, shorting the mounts together.
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Important IPC Article: August 2009
IPC-1601 Baking Guidlines: Removing mositure from circuit boards becomes a hot issue. Click here to read the PDF
Capabilities Data Sheet (Updated August 2009) :
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Triangle Circuits of Pittsburgh, Inc. ISO 9001:2008
August 2009 : — Triangle Circuits of Pittsburgh, Inc., has been ISO 9001:2008 Certified upgrading the organization from ISO 9000-2000.
Triangle Circuits of Pittsburgh, Inc. Receives ITAR Registration
February 27, 2008: — Triangle Circuits of Pittsburgh, Inc., a leading printed circuit board manufacturer, today announced the completion of registration under the US Department of State’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
Administered by the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), under authority established by the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), ITAR regulates the manufacture, export and transfer of defense articles, information and services.
"As a supplier of raw printed circuit boards to commercial business sectors, Triangle Circuits of Pittsburgh fully recognizes the critical importance of securing proprietary, classified or confidential information and objects from foreign interests," said Michael D’Ambrosio, Sr., Triangle Circuits’ chairman and CEO. "We're pleased that our ITAR registration now ensures our Homeland Security and Defense industry clients that any components and services we supply have been produced and processed in compliance with the ITAR guidelines.”
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