Jul
26
Iridology: Another Alternative Medicine Scam
Remember that prank where you would tell someone that you could tell if someone had cancer if their hand was
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Tyler Hardy
Jul
26
Laser Stereolithography
Stereo-lithography was one of the first additive manufacturing systems developed. In 1986, Charles Hull patented the first additive manufacturing device.
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Jul
25
Printed Circuit Board Testing (PCBs Part 4)
Testing is performed after all assembly actions onboard that PCB have been completed. The PCB is placed in a test
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Jul
25
Printed Circuit Board Finishing (PCBs Part 3)
After the components on the PCB have been soldered in place, optical inspection must occur. Automated optical inspection is typically
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Jul
25
Printed Circuit Board Soldering (PCBs Part 2)
The first major step of PCB assembly is the application of the solder paste. Solder paste is a mixture of
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Jul
25
Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing (PCBs Part 1)
Product development is the art of reducing the number of unexpected surprised to a minimum during the conversion of a
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Jul
25
Orgone Energy: Some People Still Believe In It
Entropy is the tendency towards disorder within our universe. According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, the entropy of a
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Jul
25
What are binary and hexadecimal number systems?
What is binary? Well, that's easy. It's a base-2 number system. We use decimal which is
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Jul
25
What is a House of Quality for Manufacturing?
Hauser and Clausing wrote about the concept of a "House of Quality" customer requirements elaborating and ranking methodology
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Jul
25
The Role of Product Architecture in the Manufacturing Firm
When considering a product, it is important first to consider the overall architecture of the product to end up with
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