Fico Besi Solves Dust Contamination Problem in PCB Depaneling System

Fico, member of the Besi Group, manufactures a large range of chip packaging systems. Shortly after designing one of their new machines, the team noticed a problem. The dust created as a result of the cutting process seemed to contaminate the glass and reflect/absorb the laser light after 15 minutes. Since cleaning the glass required machine downtime and loss of productivity, the engineering team at Fico had an interesting challenge.

JAZO Optimizes Pressure Drop in Naturally Ventilated Protective Housings

JAZO Zevenaar B.V. is widely known for its expertise in manufacturing protective housings for electricity, gas, telecommunications and boilers. The housings need to permit maximum airflow while fulfilling stringent requirements for fire, rain, dust and intruder protection. As these housings rely on natural ventilation, minimizing pressure loss is a major design challenge -- the higher the pressure loss the less air flows into the housing. Therefore, engineers at JAZO needed to minimize pressure loss.

Discovering How Fins Work

How do dolphins maintain a swimming speed of up to 10 meters per second? Research scientist V.V. Pavlov at the Crimean State Medical University in the Ukraine used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to investigate this question, which has been known for 70 years as "Gray's Paradox" after Sir James Gray who first pointed it out.