Nolan Johnson speaks with KIC’s Miles Moreau to get his perspective on topics such as wave process inspection (WPI), wave solder, and vacuum reflow, and how they will fit into Industry 4.0 and smart factories.

Nolan Johnson: Miles, as general manager for EMEA, Americas, and Australia, you’re watching what’s going on in business around the globe. What are the general market trends?

Moreau: The market trends I’m seeing—and it’s been interesting the way some of this has progressed—is a change of what makes the most sense to effectively, from a global economy standpoint, produce and deliver product for the OEMs... More >

Chapter 3: Putting Data to Work in the Factory to Improve Business
There are many different and valid perspectives on the performance of a factory. For instance, the fact that the factory is on shutdown may be significant to a planner who is concerned with overall factory capacity. However, the shutdown is less significant to the production manager, who simply wants to know if the machines will run efficiently when they are scheduled to run... More >

Wire—we cannot do without it.

Every cable has one thing in common—wire—the conductive metal strands that carry the signals and power between connectors. One would think that wire is but a simple part of a successful cable design. However, it would be a mistake to simplify the importance of correct wire design.

Wire is sized from the smallest single strand of #40 to a half-inch flexible power cable for welding with 6,000 strands of #40 copper... More >