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News Release from: Minco | Subject: Design kits
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 20 May 2008
Design kits aid engineering
self-education
Kits for flexible heaters, flex circuits and noninvasive sensors meet a growing need from engineers to "self educate" early in the product development process.
Minco is responding to many engineers' need to "self-educate" early in the product development process with the launch of three new educational design kits Minco has released three design kits, one for flexible heaters, one for flex circuits and one for noninvasive sensors, to meet a growing need from engineers to "self educate" early in the product development process
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 13 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Minco created the design kits to act as an instructional tutorial to provide engineers with a structured way to experiment, prototype and learn about Minco's technology and benefits.
"Minco is focused on providing design engineers with solutions, not just products".
"These kits act as a first step for design engineers to test Minco heaters, flex circuits and sensors and ultimately find a solution to their application or problem", says Brian Williams, Heaters Product Manager, Minco.
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The Flexible Heaters Prototype Design Kit includes flexible heaters of various shapes and sizes in polyimide and silicone rubber insulation.
The heater kit also comes with 100ohm platinum RTD (resistance temperature detector) sensors, PSA (pressure sensitive adhesive) and silicone RTV adhesive.
Just as valuable is the design guide booklet that features a startup guide, many pages of technical specifications and applications ideas, and whitepapers for education and prototyping techniques.
The Flex Circuits Design Kit provides tools and information to help engineers go from inception to physical mockup, while gaining the knowledge needed to successfully integrate different types of flex circuits into the application.
The startup guide provides details of the flex circuit process including design guidelines, specifications and manufacturing.
Two sheets of 0.254mm polyester film are included to make a mockup.
The sample case contains over 25 actual pieces of raw material and finished flex circuits to help understand how pieces interact when stacked up.
The nonInvasive Sensors Design Kit comes with five thermal-ribbon, thermal-tab, and bolt-on RTD sensors that allow engineers to accurately sense temperature in places where they otherwise would have to drill or tap a sensor.
The kit also includes a miniature TempTran temperature transmitter with 4-20mA output, and silicone stretch tape.
The design guide booklet also contains a startup guide, technical specifications and whitepapers.
"Minco realises that OEM engineers possess a need to teach themselves about technology and address product design concerns in the research and specification phases of the buying process", says Glenn Bergum, Sensors Product Manager, Minco.
"The Flexible Heaters, Flex Circuits and nonInvasive Sensors Design Kits demonstrate Minco's anticipation of that need".
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