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Interact with Minco at the Virtual PCB West Exhibition
Like other trade shows in the time of COVID-19, the PCB West exhibition will be different this year. We’ll be gathering virtually September 9-10 to showcase our latest flex circuit capabilities and technology advancements.
Announcing Minco’s 2020 Interns
Last year Minco had nine interns; this year we’re excited to announce that we have over doubled that number, with 19 interns representing nearly every
Job Seekers: Navigating Your Career Search During COVID-19
Looking for work during these unprecedented times of COVID-19 can be challenging. How do you find a good company that continues to operate and even grow throughout the pandemic?
Temperature Sensor Applications for Aerospace
Minco has supplied temperature sensors for aerospace applications for over 50 years. During this long history, the ultra-high reliability needs of the aerospace market have become engrained in our methods and processes.
Minco Announces Tri-Certified Miniature Temperature Sensors for Hazardous Area Applications
Minco’s new line of miniature bearing embedment temperature sensors are tri-certified to increased safety and intrinsically safe requirements for IECEx, ATEX and North America (CSA USA and CSA Canada). This allows users to have world-wide certification acceptance and to cover multiple certification requirements with one sensor product.
The Power of Collaboration & Integrated Thinking
We’re proud to announce the release of our new ebook, The Power of Collaboration & Integrated Thinking, a piece that explores how companies benefit from collaborating with Minco by embracing the unique benefits we bring to the table: our ability to integrate heaters, sensors, and flex circuits into a single assembly and our uniquely collaborative engineer-to-engineer (E2E) program both help customers achieve total-cost-of-ownership advantages and speed time to market.
Learn About Minco’s Rigid Flex Capabilities
Minco’s Rigid Flex assemblies offer the advantages of both flexible cables and conventional PCBs. The rigid portions allow you to have surface mount SMT components down to 0201 on both top and bottom surfaces within the same region.
Learn About Minco’s Medical Applications
Minco’s heaters, sensors, and flex circuits are designed for critical applications where failure would endanger lives or be costly. In the field of medical analysis, Minco’s components have become the de facto standard for blood analysis, PCR, DNA sequencing, and immunochemistry.
Supply Chain Insights During COVID-19
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has created unavoidable challenges for nearly every industry—halting supply chains and forcing companies to modify workflows.
Case Study: Catheter-Wound Cauterizing Element
A medical device company approached Minco with a flex circuit need. They were looking to connect a heated portion of their device to their power supply.
Interact with Minco at the Virtual PCB West Exhibition
Like other trade shows in the time of COVID-19, the PCB West exhibition will be different this year. We’ll be gathering virtually September 9-10 to showcase our latest flex circuit capabilities and technology advancements.
Announcing Minco’s 2020 Interns
Last year Minco had nine interns; this year we’re excited to announce that we have over doubled that number, with 19 interns representing nearly every
Job Seekers: Navigating Your Career Search During COVID-19
Looking for work during these unprecedented times of COVID-19 can be challenging. How do you find a good company that continues to operate and even grow throughout the pandemic?
Temperature Sensor Applications for Aerospace
Minco has supplied temperature sensors for aerospace applications for over 50 years. During this long history, the ultra-high reliability needs of the aerospace market have become engrained in our methods and processes.
Minco Announces Tri-Certified Miniature Temperature Sensors for Hazardous Area Applications
Minco’s new line of miniature bearing embedment temperature sensors are tri-certified to increased safety and intrinsically safe requirements for IECEx, ATEX and North America (CSA USA and CSA Canada). This allows users to have world-wide certification acceptance and to cover multiple certification requirements with one sensor product.
The Power of Collaboration & Integrated Thinking
We’re proud to announce the release of our new ebook, The Power of Collaboration & Integrated Thinking, a piece that explores how companies benefit from collaborating with Minco by embracing the unique benefits we bring to the table: our ability to integrate heaters, sensors, and flex circuits into a single assembly and our uniquely collaborative engineer-to-engineer (E2E) program both help customers achieve total-cost-of-ownership advantages and speed time to market.
Learn About Minco’s Rigid Flex Capabilities
Minco’s Rigid Flex assemblies offer the advantages of both flexible cables and conventional PCBs. The rigid portions allow you to have surface mount SMT components down to 0201 on both top and bottom surfaces within the same region.
Learn About Minco’s Medical Applications
Minco’s heaters, sensors, and flex circuits are designed for critical applications where failure would endanger lives or be costly. In the field of medical analysis, Minco’s components have become the de facto standard for blood analysis, PCR, DNA sequencing, and immunochemistry.
Supply Chain Insights During COVID-19
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has created unavoidable challenges for nearly every industry—halting supply chains and forcing companies to modify workflows.
Case Study: Catheter-Wound Cauterizing Element
A medical device company approached Minco with a flex circuit need. They were looking to connect a heated portion of their device to their power supply.
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Stator Temperature Sensors with wide Hazardous Area Certifications
Minco’s S1 stator temperature sensors have broken barriers with their wide range of hazardous area certifications.
Introducing Minco’s New X-Ray Drill
Minco’s recent acquisition of a new x-ray drill improves our ability to create smaller feature sizes while demonstrating our commitment to expanding our multi-layer flex and rigid-flex capabilities.
Standard or Custom Temperature Sensors: Which are Best?
As with most difficult questions, it depends. Fortunately, Minco has you covered in either case with a wide range of sensor options including RTDs, thermocouples, thermistors, and digital IC sensors.
Monitor Temperature in Ultra-Low Freezer Applications
Temperature measurement in applications as low as -120°F presents challenges on multiple fronts. With Minco’s extensive experience using our wire-wound platinum RTD (resistance temperature detector) technology, paired with 4-20mA transmitters for simple and reliable signal transmittal, the following challenges of low temperature measurement can be overcome.
Improving Downstream Supply Chain Flexibility
When used in hazardous locations, equipment must incorporate certified temperature sensors which are tested and approved to operate safely within, and not introduce an ignition source into, hazardous environments. The challenge in specifying certified sensors is the wide range of certifications needed for different world areas.
World of Wheels: Social Distanced Fun at Minco Products
Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, Minco still finds a way to put on fun events for its employees. On September 24th Minco’s “party squad” put on the event titled “World of Wheels, which allows employees to bring in and display any sort of machine as long as it is on wheels.
Russian Certification Requirements for Temperature Sensors
Certification requirements for Russia can be confusing to the uninitiated. Fortunately, Minco has the necessary experience and certifications to understand and provide TR CU certification (EAC mark), Metrology (= Pattern Approval) certification, Technical Passports and Poverka part verification certificates.
Minco’s Bolt-On Sensors Offer Expanded Options
Bolt-on temperature sensors are designed for easy installation in industrial and commercial environments. The sensors can be mounted on machines, against process pipes, or embedded directly into a machined part.
Minco’s 2020 Intern Video
This year, Minco decided to not only continue our internship program, but expand it as well. Every intern has a pivotal part in their department, having a hands-on experience that helps our business processes.
Engineer’s Corner Podcast #6: Integrated Solutions
Minco Products consists of three product groups demanding separate areas of expertise and differently equipped factories. However, when we have an opportunity to create solutions that combine heaters, sensors, and flex circuits, we’re able to help our customers simplify assembly and speed time to market.
Interact with Minco at the Virtual PCB West Exhibition
Like other trade shows in the time of COVID-19, the PCB West exhibition will be different this year. We’ll be gathering virtually September 9-10 to showcase our latest flex circuit capabilities and technology advancements.
Announcing Minco’s 2020 Interns
Last year Minco had nine interns; this year we’re excited to announce that we have over doubled that number, with 19 interns representing nearly every
