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Enhancing safety systems through thoughtful material choice - Assembly materials for enhanced reliability

Watch MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions's webinar on 'Enhancing safety systems through thoughtful material choice - Assembly materials for enhanced reliability'
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Enhancing safety systems through thoughtful material choice - Conductive die attach

Watch MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions's webinar on 'Enhancing safety systems through thoughtful material choice - Conductive die attach'
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Early movers in hardware safety design

How does an automotive engineer become an early mover in hardware safety system design? Written by Sharan Aiyappa - Director of automotive new business development, India I read a quote recently “The brake on the mind is the best brake" from an article on tatamotors.com. The author, S J R Kutty, used this phrase to reinforce his message that automakers should "think safety before the sta
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When it comes to achieving vehicle safety gains, does size really matter?

In nature, there is a common view that bigger always equates to better. What you might not know, however, is that there is significant evidence that human brains have been shrinking gradually over the course of the past several thousand years. Far from becoming less intelligent, human ingenuity and creativity have been the driving force behind the dawn of civilization, transforming every facet of
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MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions achieves 84 % power density increase in EV efficiency

[Waterbury, CT, USA, December 16, 2021] The untapped potential of implementing vehicle efficiency improvements spearheaded by a systems-level approach to vehicle design have been further proven. The research, which was carried out by MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions and engineers of its customers, involved a series of real-world electric
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Introducing new electric vehicles

As part of the launch of MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, we spoke to Chris Klok, director – vehicle electrification technology, to find out more about their involvement with electric vehicles (EVs), and what customers can expect from the offering of MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions. Can you summarize MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions’s offering in EVs? We produce material
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Automotive OEMs urged to reduce supply chain risk in light of semiconductor shortage

  [Waterbury, CT, USA, August 16, 2021] Automotive OEMs are being advised to take a systems-level look at their supply chains and take immediate action to minimize the risk of over-reliance, as the global semiconductor shortage continues to cripple global production schedules.  The message comes from MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions; a major innovation provider
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Material choices to deliver enhanced reliability, performance, and differentiation

Available on demand Control in transportation is changing on multiple fronts. Advances in vehicle safety systems are transferring operating responsibility from the human driver to the machine. We also can see changes to the electronic hardware and overall vehicle architecture—including a move from electronic control units to domain control units—precipitated by the volume of electronics require
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When it comes to advanced vehicle safety, can nervousness ever be a good thing?

Written by Steve Brown - Global Director at MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions             It is commonly said that ignorance is bliss. But is it really better to be blissfully unaware of risks or armed with knowledge, yet fearful of every potential pitfall in life? As always, context is everything, and rather than engaging in a philosophic
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Can autonomous vehicle designs stand the heat?

Temperatures soared across much of Europe and the rest of the world this summer and keeping cool quickly became an essential staple of everyone’s routine. The human body is amazing in this respect; before you become too hot, the brain instinctively employs thermoregulation. This delicate process maintains the body’s core internal temperature to ensure organs remain in a state of homeostasis