CHINA LAKE'S 21st ANNUAL ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING SEMINAR

19-21 February 1997

The upcoming 20th Annual Seminar is sponsored by the Manufacturing
Technology Training Center Inc. (MTTC) Ridgecrest, California in association
with the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS), China Lake,
California. The Seminar will take place in Ridgecrest, California on 19-21
February 1997. The Electronics Manufacturing Seminar has for twenty years
now been a well attended event providing an excellent forum for discussion,
as well as serving as a valuable information exchange by industry and
government researchers. The purpose of the Seminar is to promote the free
exchange of electronics manufacturing information between Private Industry,
Academia, and the U.S. Government. The Seminar provides an environment that
promotes discussion and disemination of information between these
representatives.

The Keynote Speaker at the Seminar evening banquet will be Dieter W.
Bergman, former Technical Director for The Institute for Interconnecting and
Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC). Bergman is presently Director
Technology Transfer for IPC.

Among the topics to be covered at the Seminar are Conducting Polymers as
Replacement For Metals; Multi-Organizational Evaluation of Confomal Coating
Applications and Alternative Surface Finishes; and Lessons Learned in the
Use of Low Residue Soldering. Additional topics are Quality and Reliability
of BGA and SMT Components; Enhancing Interconnect Reliability of BGA
Components in Harsh Environments; Environmental Stress Testing for Improved
Reliability and Defect Reduction in Microwave Communications Products. 

Other papers to be presented are SMT Processing Problems-Filled Vias.
Qualification of AK-225 and AK-225T for Cleaning Electronics for Spacecraft
Application; It's Time for Thermal Profile of Rework to Begin to Look Like
Those of Production; Impact of Measurement Capability on Performance and
Industry Training Trends. Other subjects includeThe Non-MIL-Standard World;
Electrostatic Discharge Control; Acquisition Reform: and Hazardous Materials
and Precious Metal Recycling

Further information contact Mel Parrish MTTC or Jerry Maurice NAWCWPNS.
We can be reached at:            e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Manufacturing Technology Training Center (MTTC), Inc
543 Graaf Street                     Phone 619 446-5571 
Ridgecrest CA 93555              Fax  619 446-4337
Web Site: http://www1.ridgecrest.ca.us/~mttc/mttc.htm 
We sponsor The 21st Annual Electronics Manufacturing Seminar
 to be held 19-21 Feb 1997. Contact us for further information.

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