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SGIA Archived Documents for the Printed Electronics & Membrane Switch Community

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	Adhesives	Die-cutting	Photo stencils
	Adhesives, conductive	Die-cutting, laser	Printed RFID labels
	Adhesives, UV curable	Die-cutting, steel rule	Plastic films
	Adhesives, printable	Doming	Plastics printing
	Chemicals	Doming, membrane	Pad-printed electronics
	Electrochemical	Electronics, printed	Digitally industrial printing
	Chemical machining	Electronics, screen printed	Resist inks
	Chemical Etching	Electronics, inkjet printed	Screen making
	Circuit boards, printed	Film, capillary	Industrial screen printing
	Circuit boards, screen printed	Frit, silver	Stainless steel screens
	Conductive film	Inkjet printed, membrane switches	Static control
	Conductive ink	In-mold labeling	Ultraviolet curing
	Coatings, conductive	Ink, screen print	U.V. chemistry
	Coatings, thermal	Ink adhesion	U.V. Curing
	Display, EL	Metalized Plastic film
	Display, flexible	Mold making

Adhesives

•	Surface mount 101, Process and design considerations for membrane switches part 1	•	A guideline to wet/dry ink deposit measurements #2
•	Surface mount 101, Process and design considerations for membrane switches part 2	•	A guideline to wet/dry ink deposit measurements #3
•	Pressure sensitive adhesives, a visual quality control	•	Physical changes in Polyester mesh during tensioning
•	Flip chip assembly with conductive adhesives	•	High tech materials deposition: The New frontier for piezoelectric drop-on-demand inkjet technology
•	Regulation for reducing VOC compound emissions from consumer products (article)	•	Polyester mesh capability study with UV inks
•	PPS overlay/Panel standards and inspection procedure	•	A guide for designing forming and molding with screenprinted LEXAN films
•	Surface energies, adhesion and process color	•	Polyolefin’s and surface energy: what you can do about adhesion failure
•	Glossary of finishing terms	•	Test procedures for tape adhesion and scratch resistance
•	Thermoforming material characteristics	•	Polyester thick film conductors and dielectrics for membrane switches and flexible circuitry
•	Solder paste printing components	•	Polyolefin’s and surface energy
•	A guideline to wet/dry ink deposit measurements #1

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Adhesives, conductive

•	Membrane switch interconnect using anisotropic conductive adhesives	•	Effects of Drying Temperature on Screen Tension
•	Surface mount 101: Processing and design considerations for membrane switches	•	Silver Migration in Polymer Thick Film
•	Flip chip assembly with conductive adhesives	•	Effects of Water Pressure and Chemical Treatment Combinations on Screen Reclaiming
•	Understanding and measuring electrical resistivity in conductive inks and adhesives	•	Rapid Tensioning of Polyester Screen Fabrics
•	Are polymer solders real?	•	How To Optimize Print Quality Through Stencil Testing
•	The art of design and manufacture of polymer thick film circuits	•	Using Electronic Coating Thickness Gauges Effectively in the Screen Printing Process
•	Polymer Thick Film Conductors and Dielectrics for Membrane Switches and Flexible Circuitry	•	Effects of Drying Temperature on Screen Tension Part 2
•	Materials and Parameters of Film Insert Molding	•	Effects of Drying Temperature on Screen Tension part 1
•	Metalized Plastic Film Manufacturing

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Adhesives, UV curable

•	Applying UV-Curable PSAs with Printing Technologies	•	Adhesion Testing Format for UV Curable Inks
•	Inks as Applied to Close Tolerance	•	UV Curing Inkjet Raw Materials
•	A Primer on UV-Curable Inkjet Inks	•	The Economics of “True” 100% UV Curable Solids Electronic and Graphic Inks
•	The ‘Process Window’ of UV-Cured Inkjet Printing	•	Ultraviolet Screen Printing: from Backyard to Molecules
•	UV Chemistry & Controls	•	Screen Printing Ultraviolet Inks

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Adhesives, printable

•	The Film Lamination of Thermal Inkjet Media: Effects and Compatibilities	•	A Case For Industrial Web Processing
•	Durability Characteristics of Screen Printing Inks	•	Hard Coated Plastic Films
•	Pressure Sensitive Adhesives — A Visual Quality Control	•	Controlling Off-Contact
•	Surface Energies, Adhesion and Process Color	•	A Call for Standard Membrane Switch Construction Terminology
•	An Alternative to Pressure-Sensitive Tapes	•	From Screen Print to Final Cut: Digital All the Way
•	Adhesive spacers Surface Mount 101: A Primer For Applying LEDs And Other Components To Membrane Switches	•	Profit with 3-D Doming

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Chemicals

•	Hazardous Industrial Chemicals – Precautionary Labeling	•	Employee Right-To-Know Standards – The Hazard Communication Standard & Other Right-To-Know Laws
•	Effects of Water Pressure and Chemical Treatment Combinations on Screen Reclaiming	•	The New Wave of Chemical Regulation: Green Chemistry Initiatives
•	A Practical Guide to Plant Safety for Screen Printing & Graphic Imaging Facilities	•	UV Curing Safety Manual
•	Navigating the Chemical Maze of the Screen Printing Process

Electrochemical

•	Chemical Machining	•	How to Anodize Aluminum
•	Limits of Fine Conductor Line Width	•	Controlling the Variables with Motson Graphics

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Chemical machining

•	2004 A GUIDEBOOK FOR FIRST RESPONDERS DURING THE INITIAL PHASE OF A DANGEROUS GOODS/HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT Emergency Response Guidebook	•	Polycarbonate (PC): Know Your Substrate
•	Hazard Analysis By Process	•	Plastics: Understanding and identifying them
•	Thermoforming Material Characteristics	•	Single-Pass Printing: Implications & Possibilities
•	New Technologies, New Concerns: Safety & Health Implications of Digital Imaging Procedures

Chemical Etching

•	All-Metal Printing Screens	•	The Printing of Circuit Boards
•	Glass Imaging	•	Printed Electronics — Introduction
•	An Overview of Specialty Screen Printing Inks	•	A Reflection of the Future: RFID Today

Circuit boards, printed

•	Screenable LPI (Liquid Photo image) Solder Mask System	•	The Multi-Material Analyzer: A New Opportunity for Process Measurement and Control
•	Polymer Thick Film: The Quiet Revolution	•	The Printing of Circuit Boards
•	Tolerances & Tolerancing	•	Understanding the On-Press “Distortion Factors”
•	Screen Printing of PTF Materials—Process and Controls	•	SGIA Interview – High-Production & Industrial Inkjet Printing
•	How to Improve the Quality of Screen Printing and Reduce Errors	•	Inks as Applied to Close Tolerance

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Circuit boards, screen printed

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A Practical Guide to Plant Safety for Screen Printing & Graphic Imaging Facilities

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Conductive film

•	Flip Chip Assembly with Conductive Adhesives	•	Materials and Parameters of Film Insert Molding
•	PTF Electroluminescent Lighting Print In Place	•	Using Electronic Coating Thickness Gauges Effectively in the Screen Printing Process
•	A Guideline to Wet and Dry Ink Deposit Measurement Methods part 3

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Conductive ink

•	Surface Mount 101: A Primer For Applying LEDs And Other Components To Membrane Switches	•	A Comparison of Conveyorized Drying Systems
•	Start the Presses RFID printing	•	Influence of Squeegee an Floodbar Lengths: Friend or Foe?
•	A Reflection of the Future: RFID Today	•	Factors Which Influence Fine-Line Screen Printing
•	Screen Printing with Thermoplastic (Hot-Melt Inks) on Glass and Ceramics	•	Rotary Screen Printing The Productive Solution for HF/UHF RFID Labels

Coatings, conductive

•	Proper Techniques and Process Control for Printing Overlay Front Panels	•	Guideline for Uniform Ink Sample Preparation and Opacity Measurement
•	Metalized Plastic Film Manufacturing	•	Controlling static electricity

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Coatings, thermal

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Applying UV Inks & Coatings to Paper

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Solder Paste Printing Components

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Display, EL

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Electroluminescent Film Promotes Thinking Outside the Box

Display, flexible

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PPS Overlay/Panel Standards and Inspection Procedure

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An Overview of Electronic Ink, Electronic Paper and other electronic displays

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Die-cutting

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Kiss Cutting with Steel Rule Dies

Die-cutting, laser

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Laser Integration: A high speed productivity boom for the screen printing industry

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Seizing the Digital Die Cutting Advantage

Die-cutting, steel rule

•	Tooling for the screen printing industry	•	No More Make-Ready! Using Bearer Bars to Cut Set-Up Times on Clamshell Presses
•	For Screen Printers Who Die Cut, Make or Buy Steel Rule Cutting Dies: A Management Decision Process

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Doming

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The Three Things You Need To Know About Doming

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Profit with 3-D Doming

Domes, membrane

•	A Call for Standard Membrane Switch Construction Terminology	•	The Battle of the Switch Overlay Films
•	Factors In The Choice of Overlay Substrate Materials For Membrane Switches

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Electronics, printed

•	Bolt-to-Bolt Mesh Variation	•	Precision Process Tools for Screen Printers - Part One
•	Estimating Ink Deposit in Screen Printing: Improving Your Accuracy	•	Precision Process Tools for Screen Printers — Part Two
•	Estimating Ink... The SPTF Way	•	Energy Curing In Inkjet Digital Production Printing
•	U.S. Bureau of Census - Industrial Classification Systems for U.S. Facilities	•	Getting the Most from your Direct Emulsions
•	Troubleshooting Chart for UV Curing	•	PAD PRINTING 101: The History, The Machines, Their Drive Systems and Accessories

Electronics, screen printed

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CD-Recordable: Digital Labeling Options

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Influencing Variables on the Thickness of Ink and Paste Deposit and Printing Behavior in Screen Printing

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Electronics, inkjet printed

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Single-Pass Digital Production Printing and Deposition

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Film, capillary

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Capillary Film Troubleshooting

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Frit, silver

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Image Evaluation in Screen Printing— a Technique for Acutance Measurement

Inkjet printed, membrane switches

•	Necessity or Luxury? Fade-Resistant Inkjet Prints	•	A Primer on the Practical Physics of Inkjet Print Heads
•	The Evolution of Inkjet Media	•	The Growth of UV Curable Inkjet

In-mold labeling

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Film Insert Molding

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Ink, screen print

•	Printing Inks and Quality: The Principles of Ink Selection	•	Rheology and Its Shear Benefits
•	Influencing Variables on the Thickness of Ink and Paste Deposit and Printing Behavior in Screen Printing	•	Understanding Your Choices for Ink Selection

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Ink adhesion

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Paper, Plastics & Metal Part 2

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Metalized plastic film

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Metalized Plastic Film Manufacturing

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Mold making

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Mold Making

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Photo Stencils

•	History of Screen Making & Quality Inkjet Film Making Simplified	•	Mesh Pretreatment & Degreasing
•	Exposure of Photostencils (Indirect and Direct/Indirect)	•	Process Control or Product Control
•	Computer-to-Screen & Film Technologies for Screen Printing	•	Copy Preparation for Screen Printing: Small Shop
•	Screenable LPI (Liquid Photoimage)	•	Screen Distortion/Image Distortion Calculation
•	Stencil Systems Review

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Printed RFID labels

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Working with Polyolefin Plastic

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Polyester (UP) - Know Your Substrate

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Plastic films

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Hard Coated Plastic Films

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Plastics printing

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Identification of Common Plastic Substrates

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Pad-printed electronics

•	Getting the Best Results from Pad Printing Inks	•	Pad Printing Primer
•	The Facts About Clichés

Digitally industrial printing

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Plant layout reference guide

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Resist inks

•	Chemical Machining	•	Squeegees
•	Selecting and Maintaining UV Ink and Coating Transfer Pumps	•	Screen Printed Resists on Metals
•	How Print Quality is Affected by Stencil Physical Properties

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Screen making

•	How Not to Kill a Screen	•	Screen Stretching Troubleshooting Guidelines
•	How Print Quality is Affected by Stencil Physical Properties	•	Mesh Pretreatment & Degreasing
•	Rotary Screen Coating Machines	•	Drying, Blockout & Retouching
•	Effects of Water Pressure and Chemical Treatment Combinations on Screen Reclaiming	•	Causes of Serration Phenomena in the Contours of Direct Emulsion Stencils & Edge Definition of the Print
•	Rapid Tensioning of Polyester Screen Fabrics	•	UV Curing and Radiometers: How it all Works
•	How To Optimize Print Quality Through Stencil Testing	•	High Tension Screens and the Quality of the Printed Image
•	Using Electronic Coating Thickness Gauges Effectively in the Screen Printing Process	•	An Updated View on Screen Fabric Handling for Quality Screen Printing
•	Effects of Drying Temperature on Screen Tension Part 2	•	Screen Mesh: Do You Know What You're Buying?
•	Effects of Drying Temperature on Screen Tension Part 1	•	The Influence of Relatively High Tension to Synthetic Mesh: Technical Points

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Industrial screen printing

•	A Case For Industrial Web Processing	•	Dynamic Troubleshooting 240 “On-Press” Print Problems for High-Definition Screen Printing: Part V
•	Principles of Quality Control	•	Dynamic Troubleshooting 240 ‘On-Press’ Print Problems for High-Definition Screen Printing: Part I
•	The Theory and Practice of UV Screen Printing	•	Various Ink Systems for Metals
•	Formulation Factors and Functional Characteristics of Screen Printing Inks	•	Screen Printed Resists on Metals
•	Plant Layout reference guide Ventilation	•	Surface Treatments of Polyethylene and Polypropylene for Decorating
•	Plant Layout reference guide Floor plan	•	Screen Printing by Vacuum & Atmospheric Pressure
•	Personal Protection for Solvent Vapor Exposure

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Stainless steel screens

•	All-Metal Printing Screens	•	The Ultimate Screen for close Tolerance Screen Printing
•	Tolerances & Tolerancing

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Static control

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Tools to Control Static

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Ultraviolet curing

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UV Curing and Radiometers: How it all Works

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Data Collection for Troubleshooting UV Problems

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U.V. chemistry

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UV Chemistry & Controls

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U.V. curing

•	UV CURING SAFETY MANUAL	•	Setting a Safe UV Curing Operating Window for Production
•	Drying or curing: a choice of application	•	Ultraviolet (UV) Curing Systems Checklist/Guide
•	Maintenance of UV Curing Equipment	•	Handling without Hazard A guide to graphics ink safety
•	Bright Idea: UV-LED Inkjet Curing	•	How Can I Tell When my UV Ink Print is Properly Cured?
•	Advances in Process Control for UV Curing.	•	Parameters for UV Curing in the Commercial Shop
•	Production Parameters for UV Decal Screen Printing	•	UV Curing for the Screen Printing Industry
•	Radiometers — The Best of Intentions	•	Water Based or UV—Why Not Both?
•	UV Cure Reactors for Screen Printing	•	Comparison of Methods for Generating UV Radiation
•	Care and Feeding of Your UV Reactor	•	UV Curing: Effective Use of Radiometers in Quality Control — The Thin Red Line
•	The ‘Process Window’ of UV-Cured Inkjet Printing	•	Procedures for the Safe Use of UV-Curable Inks
•	A Primer on UV-Curable Inkjet Inks	•	UVacise-Hands-On Exercises to Better Understand Your UV System, UV Measuring Instruments and UV Process
•	Troubleshooting Chart for UV Curing	•	Printing with UV-Curable Materials