Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing Electronic Chip Manufacturing

There are a number of challenges facing manufacturers today—particularly in the rapidly-evolving field of electronic chip production. These hurdles include: Finicky consumers. People don’t want one-size-fits-all output. They want personalized products, preferably from...

Why Choose an American Manufacturer?

“Made in USA” is a popular theme with political undertones as people seek to improve the economy by bringing jobs back to American soil. Politics aside, though, American manufacturing is an idea that makes good economic sense. It used to be that the chosen way was to...

Technologies that are Transforming the Manufacturing Business

Technology affects many industries, but its impact is especially profound in the manufacturing sector. In the last two decades, production output has risen by nearly 50 percent, largely because of technological advances that have allowed the industry to work faster,...

Demand for Electronics Components Outpaces Supply

For the past several years, the electronics industry has been struggling to keep up with the increasing demand for components of electronic devices. It’s a delicate balance between supply and demand, but the current climate has tipped the scales in favor of supply....

A Closer Look at Jump Scoring

V-scoring, also called V-groove scoring, involves the cutting of a V-shaped groove on a printed circuit board’s top and bottom while leaving a certain amount of material in place to keep the PCBs together. V-scoring saves manufacturers time and money. V-scoring is...

Halogen-free Printed Circuit Boards

Manufacturers used to use toxic compounds in the production of early printed circuit boards in order to save money. Later, manufacturers caught onto the dangers that these compounds posed. As workers pressed for greater safety practices on the job, the electronics...