Computer Integrated Electronics Manufacturing and Testing

This informative book describes the computer integrated manufacturing and testing process as it relates to the electronics industry-focusing on such important areas as printed wiring boards, networking, automatic assembly, surface mount technology, tape automated bonding, bar coding, and electro-static discharge. Treating both basic and advanced topics, Computer Integrated Electronics Manufacturing and Testing covers specialized manufacturing processes ... examines the life cycle of a product, from concept and design to manufacturing and testing through maintenance and field service ... studies the effects of group work ethics as a factor in the success equation ... considers the importance of product quality . . . discusses Computer Integrated Manufacturing ... explores Artificial Intelligence and its relation to manufacturing ... contains end-of-chapter references, charts, over 100 photographs, and detailed appendixes that list definitions, abbreviations, and industry buzz words ... plus more. Timely, comprehensive, and highly practical, the volume is an ideal resource for all engineers involved in computer integrated electronics manufacturing and testing.

Jack Arabian is Manager of Process Technology Assessment at Digital Equipment Corporation in Andover, Massachusetts. Previously he has worked as an electronics designer, systems designer, manufacturing engineer, and test engineer at such corporations as Westinghouse, MIT Instrumentation Laboratories (now called C.S. Draper Labs), Polaroid, Northrop, and Foxboro. Mr. Arabian has written many papers for test and design conferences in the U.S. and abroad, has received awards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the British Society of Test Engineers, of which he is a member, and is an editorial board member of the Journal of Electronics Testing: Theory and Applications and Design and Test of Computers. Among the numerous professional societies he belongs to are the Institute of Quality Assurance and IEEE. Mr. Arabian received the A.B. degree (1951) in engineering sciences and applied physics from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and M.S. degree (1970) in aeronautical and astronautical sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Introduction 1 the printed wiring board open brackets PWB close brackets in electronics manufacturing 2 Solder and Automated Soldering Processes 3 Automated Assembly Techniques 4 ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) 5 Bar Coding and Other Marking Systems 6 Manufacturing test 7 computer assisted relay 8 Networking for electronics manufacturing 9 Surface mount technology [SMT] and take automated 10 Artificial intelligence and expert systems in manufacturing 11 Kaisha and electronics manufacturing 12 Waves of opportunity