Prize winning partner - traceability in electronics

We always like to celebrate when one of our Sales Partners is a winner - and so we did at the Productronica show in Munich last month, when Practical Components won a Global Technology Award in the category of Components for the Aegis Traceability and Control Validation Kit.

Aegis Industrial Software Corp, the leader in manufacturing information management systems, and Practical Components, the leading supplier of dummy components, have partnered to offer a traceability and control kit that validates manufacturing processes and provides detailed product and process traceability. The kit provides the physical materials and procedural guide to determine a factory’s traceability and control capability, and rates the results in a formalized matrix. These ratings demonstrate manufacturers’ capabilities, communicate these capabilities to customers or auditors, and provide a starting point for improving capabilities.

We would be pleased to send you a copy of Practical’s free catalog, which is organized by package type/category with each product accompanied by drawings, description, and part number with special attention to lead-free availability and formulations. You'll find details of the award-winning kit on page 52.

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Little news for dummies

We are now able to supply Practical Components dummy resistors in metric 0402 size for your process development and planning.

Just when you thought chip components of 0201 (.6mm x.3mm) were small, the next wave of miniaturization is upon us.

The smaller a piece of electronic equipment becomes and the more complex its functions, the more extensive are the integration of its circuits. This integration of capacitors and other components into chips stimulates and supports progress in the miniaturization of equipment. For example 200 to 300 chip capacitors are used in a single mobile phone.

These new components are approximately half the size of 0201's. Standard 0201's are .6mm x .3mm while the new metric 0402's are .4 x .2 mm. 0402 Metric components come standard on paper tape and reels 1,000 components. Reel quantity is based on engineering sample quantities. These SMD components, along with advances in mounting technology continue to push the development of more compact components with increasingly advanced functions.

You can download a copy of the latest Practical Components catalogue from our website, or request a printed copy through the mail.

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