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If tomorrow never comes
Financial gurus, more often giving contradictory advice than the other way around. Meteorologists, telling us very vague and disclaimed weather forecasts. NCAB Group Sweden future study in 2014 not even considering 3D printing as an important factor within the nearest 5 years. So how can future studies be of any use at all if it’s […]
Is size important?
When all this is in place customers can focus more on factors such as; problems solving, detect mistakes in Gerber files, design support, 8D reports, response time, product mix, (to shrink no of suppliers) and sustainable business. The list can be long and it will grow as time goes by. So the question is, can […]
More design tips - get it right from the start
COMMON DESIGN PROBLEMS REGARDING HDI PRODUCTION PROBLEMS DEPENDING ON THIS BEST SOLUTION Too tight demands on the thickness of overplating of plugged vias. (POFV or VIPPO) Affects the flow of the process, at a reasonable thickness of the overplating all the vias can be drilled in the same operation, which makes the process much […]
What´s on 2015?
Rikard Wallin, MD of NCAB Group Sweden and International Certified Future Strategist, attended the seminar and this is his summary of the main findings: According to Kairos Future many trends and events seems to be ”Heaven or Hell” choices, meaning that the trends looks like they will develop heavily in one direction OR the other. […]
High-tech PCBs - design tips to get it right from the start
In issue no 3 of In Focus – NCAB Group´s newsletter, we dig deeper into high-tech PCBs. As an appetizer, we will already now give you some useful designtips regarding HDIs. COMMON DESIGN PROBLEMS REGARDING HDI PRODUCTION PROBLEMS DEPENDING ON THIS BEST SOLUTION Dielectric too thick for laser vias Increased time for laser drilling, lower […]
High demands always gets us to strive for PCB perfection
From my perspective he had already done a great job, the car looked new both on the in- and outside, but the owner still believed it could be better. Good is not enough, there are always improvements to be made. Somehow this is something I see very often in our office. We sometimes have hard […]
PCB design tips: Via-in-pad
The benefits of via-in-pad designs are well documented. From reduction of inductance to increased density, via-in-pad has become an essential tool for designers when navigating the routing challenges of fine pitch array packages that have become mainstays in today’s BOMs but there are trade-offs that must be considered. The basic concept is elegant. The via-in-pad […]
Innovation and growth - what's in it for the customer?
We are all aware that if we don’t innovate and grow, our competitors will easily catch up and eventually pass us. The key success factors to growth are to keep focus on the targets, continuous improvement, innovation and value based leadership. If we don’t have these factors the success will be limited. Innovation is the […]
The benefits of multi-sourcing of PCB factories compared to single sourcing
They had to have audit staff, technicians, quality-, logistic- and purchase staff to be able to get the correct boards. They have to use 6-7 factories to get the absolutely best offer. This was fairly easy to handle when the factories was in the vicinity and price wasn’t such a big issue. Then transition started […]
Close cooperation - a source of inspiration
The main task this time is to perform an audit, a very good tool for checking the status of the factory, finding improvement areas and go to action. I’m travelling together with two PCB experts, our Group Quality & Technical Manager and our Technical Manager in Sweden. I’m very proud having this strong team when […]
How can you predict the future for the PCB market?
Some key barometers that have, and are going to influence the PCB market moving through Q1 and into Q2 include positive GDP expectations for the US (2.8%) and China (7.2-7.5%) with Europe posting a return to positive number (1% overall), but whilst this sounds optimistic this is not a walk in the park and growth […]
The world is running faster, or is it really?
We know for sure that information is travelling faster, and thanks to this, the world has become a little smaller. We can communicate with all different parts of the world in real-time and we can send goods pretty quick between regions. But looking in a longer perspective – is it really that much faster today, […]
PCB DfM – a pathway to lower overall cost
It’s all about connections, not simply those that the designers make to define the circuit or the ones that circuit board manufacturers create to fab the PCB. It’s about connecting the design intent with PCB manufacturing capabilities and assembly requirements. Without these connections, the PCBA will not have the manufacturing robustness or process yield needed […]
CSR - an important issue for the future
Still there are differences between the environments our future generations grow up in – with our well appointed NCAB UK offices & warehousing based here in Wiltshire, in open countryside – it is a stark contrast to the industrial zones of southern China where many of the PCBs consumed by global electronics markets are made. […]
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