GreenData Manager is a desktop application that can be used to manage green compliance data and documents. It helps collect and manage the full range of green compliance data such as RoHS compliance status and certificates from suppliers, material composition substance data, MSL and peak temperature data for Pb-free manufacturing, and tin-whisker mitigation strategies. GreenData Manager will validate compliance information against EU RoHS, China RoHS, Korea RoHS, Halogen-Free, and even the recent Norwegian PoHS. It can report the compliance status on all parts or BOMs. It will provide validation on the required material composition substances for each component and aggregate the status to products or BOMs. It can determine if test reports or certificates need to be recollected.

The ST10-LC909 polyimide product is a claimed price competitive replacement for Thermount and Copper Invar Copper, and is used to control the thermal expansion of PCBs.

According to the company, the product closely matches ceramic and flip-chip type low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) components, and that a multi-layer board manufactured using polyimide and Copper Invar Copper or Thermount materials can be duplicated using layers of standard polyimide and ST10-LC909 embedded into the PCB. The process will reportedly match the CTE of an existing design, targeting a range from 9ppm/°C to 12ppm/°C, with a low Z-axis expansion.

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Christopher Associates Inc. has announced its introduction of the Machvision Hole Doctor verification system for printed circuit fabrication applications. The company states that the product is an in line conveyor system for the inspection and verification of hole count, hole diameter, location accuracy and hole quality on rigid, microvia/HDI, and flexible PCBs, and can be used after drilling, desmearing and plating or for final inspection or QC.

The company states the system can be programmed using a “golden board” or drill files to inspect hole diameters from .006” - .400” and up to 16:1 aspect ratios on panels from .010” to .400” thick. Claimed defect inspections include plugged holes, improper hole diameters, poor drilling accuracy, and other critical parameters using an XP-based SPC software package.