01005 production goes industry wide

The introduction of the 01005 chip components in 2004 was a challenge to the whole electronics equipment assembly industry. The components’ miniature size made them difficult to see, let alone place reliably with high accuracy. Designers were reluctant to design them in – even for cellphones and PDAs where space is critical. Even now, ‘mainstream’ mass production has avoided them as being too challenging.

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Authors: Satoshi Kataoka, Production Manager, Assembléon Asia Pacific Region and
Eric Klaver, Commercial Product Manager, Assembléon, The Netherlands