Delco Electronics

A.W. Magnison, Measurements of Underwater Explosive Source Levels for Yields of 0.0012 to 126 Pounds , TR 73-02, Delco Electronics Div, General Motors Corp, Santa Barbara (1971) 103) R.K. McGrath, Dynamic Response of Concrete Arch Bunkers Event Dial Pack, Project LN 314A , AEWES-TR-N-71-8 (1971), Army Engineer Waterways Exptl Sta, Vicksburg... 

In 1984, Delco Electronics, which was a division of GM, faced a problem. Three component plants, in Matamoros, Mexico, Milwaukee, WI, and Kokomo, IN, supplied radios, heater controls, electronic modules... 

Figure 2.1 The Delco Electronics supply chain subset...

Figure 2.2 Seven possible solutions for the Delco Electronics supply chain...

Engine control unit. (Courtesy of Delphi Delco Electronics. IXiPont Application Note Reference H-73162.)... 

The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) backed by a consortium of North American industrial corporations, national laboratories, and academic institutions conducted an evaluation of alternatives to eutectic Sn-Pb solder between 1992 and 1996. Corporate participants included ATT-Lucent, Ford Motor Company, GM-Delco Electronics, GM-Hughes Aircraft, Hamilton Standard, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), Rensse-lear Polytechnic Institute, Rockwell International, Sandia National Laboratories, Texas Instruments, and the U.S. Navy s Electronics Manufacturing Productivity Facility. The goal of the project was to determine whether safe, cost-effective, nontoxic, reliable lead solder alternatives could be identified. With over 79 alloys examined, the study results indicated that while a number of possible lead-free solders were functionally possible, there was no universal drop-in replacement for lead-based solders in electronics applications. This study is discussed in detail in Chap. 17. 

Delphi Delco Electronics Systems Jerry Badgett, Gordon Whitten, and Yun Zhu... 

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