TY - JOUR AU - Hartley, John AB - Over the past year, the pattern in assembly of electronics components to printed circuit boards PCBs has changed dramatically, with far greater use of surface mounted devices SMDs in place of throughhole insertion of leaded devices. Therefore, most of the established makers of machinery have introduced special placement equipment. However, the Japanese were slow to introduce the vapour phase soldering needed for surface mounting, but now equipment, claimed to overcome the weaknesses of the early machines, is available. TI - Surface mounting spurs automation JF - Assembly Automation DO - 10.1108/eb004213 DA - 1987-02-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/surface-mounting-spurs-automation-td5iA6P8JC SP - 85 EP - 88 VL - 7 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -