Category: surface mount

The latest September 2020 issue of Global SMT & Packaging (The Global Assembly Journal for SMT & Advanced Packaging Professionals) contains an article from us entitled Cold Plasma in Electronics Industry. Adhesion plays a decisive role for product quality and process stability in many areas of the electronics industry. These include bonding and marking of […]

Polytec PU 1000 is a single part adhesive which cures quickly at room temperature to a flexible, electrically conductive polymer. It can replace traditional epoxies which are typically rigid and require high temperature cure, giving production efficiencies and enabling new applications where pliability and conductivity is important. Polytec PU 1000 addresses applications in die attach, bonding of […]

The new Practical Components Catalogue is now available, bursting with updated dummy components, test boards and solder training kits. These are valued by engineers and technicians who use them to develop production processes, train colleagues and to evaluate equipment and materials. The Practical Components Catalogue contains a selection of solder training kits in both Lead-Free […]

The CircuitWorks range of pcb rework, repair and prototyping materials, which come in very convenient and easy to use formats, are now readily available from us ex stock. The easy-to-use valved pen and syringe delivery systems enable developers, technicians, installers and servicing engineers to carry out small area electronics repair. This includes cleaning, protection, bonding […]

Head-in-Pillow (HiP) soldering defects are common with modern SMT component placement. As a result, Practical Components has introduced the PBGA 928-HiP, a component that is designed specifically to be susceptible to HiP defects. It features a large 4×4 body size, 928 balls and a single small die that has a propensity toward the ball-in-socket HiP […]

Practical Components announces that its dummy components have been invited to be part of the Future Proof Assembly Line at the upcoming National Electronics Week exhibition, which is scheduled to take place April 12-13, 2011 at NEC Birmingham. Practical Components will supply the new Amkor TMV PoP (Package on Package) dummy component to the Future […]

Congratulations to old friends and sales partners Techspray, who have a new website. We have been successfully working with them for many years selling both Techspray and Plato products. These include the best quality desoldering braid, freezers and dusters, wipes, swabs, brushes, conformal coatings, temporary masks and cleaning chemistries. The Plato range includes solder pots […]

The 01005 (or metric 0402) measures just 0.1″ x 0.05″, half the width and half the length of the previous smallest component, the 0201. The placement of 01005s presents challenges in nearly every aspect of the assembly process. Can you pick up, center and place accurately and reliably? With Practical Dummy 01005 resistors and caps […]

Electronics Production World has an interview with Kevin Laphen, President of our sales partners, Practical Components Inc. Practical Dummy Components is the exclusive distributor of mechanical samples for Amkor Technology as well as distributing components from most other leading SMD manufacturers. Practical has a worldwide distribution network (including us in the UK) and in-stock availability […]

If you store your solder paste in the fridge, then you need a process for getting it onto the production line and ready to use – which means it must be at room temperature and correctly mixed. The THINKY SR-500 Solder Paste Mixer and Conditioning Machine makes this process quick and foolproof. It is quick, […]

We have started to integrate into our website some new catalogue sheets from sales partner Techspray. There are seven of them, which you can download here: Conformal Coatings & Temporary Solder Masks Rework & Desoldering Braid  

The new Practical Components catalogue is available on-line. It is full of the latest technology in dummy electronic components and mechanical samples as well as the “old standbys”. Look at our Pack on Package offerings starting on page 5 or the FusionQuad® on page 4, or check out our Pac Tech Flip Chips on page […]

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 […]

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 […]