DTK Mike Konrad Business Leader

Tim Rodgers interviews Mike about circuit board cleaning systems.

Mike Konrad is an industry expert on the removal of contamination from circuit assemblies. He s been part of the electronic assembly cleaning industry for the past 33 years. Mike designed several automated cleaning and cleanliness testing machines, he s published scores of technical articles on the subject of cleaning and cleanliness assessment, and he s been a member of editorial boards for several industry publications.

Mike served on the US Navy s EMPF manufacturer s committee and is a featured speaker at industry events and technical workshops worldwide. Mike was honored with Distinguished Speaker status from the Surface Mount Technology Association in 2017.

Mike has also served as a court-appointed expert witness in civil litigation matters concerning post-reflow cleanliness assessment and contamination related failure mechanisms. He s the founder of Aqueous Technologies, a manufacturer of automated cleaning and cleanliness testing systems designed for the electronic assembly industry and has served as the CEO/CTO since 1992. Mike is also the host of the Reliability Matters podcast available on iTunes, Spotify, Spreaker.com and reliability.fm.

In this episode, Mike and Tim discuss:

• A little history of circuit card cleaning
• Failures that may occur due to improper board cleaning
• A discussion on the balance of cost and cleanliness
• and, more

Recorded May 2019.

Show Notes

Learn more about Aqueous Technologies.

Check out Mike’s podcast, Reliability Matters

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