Safety Net
It’s always good to be cautious when dealing with high-reliability devices. No-clean ball attach and package-on-package fluxes are usually desig...
It’s always good to be cautious when dealing with high-reliability devices. No-clean ball attach and package-on-package fluxes are usually desig...
Ninja are known for their ability to combine two very different properties – power and stealth. Flux was never very good at this though, we usua...
It’s great when you find that perfect product, the product that makes life easy. Sometimes that perfect material has already been formulated &nd...
When considering the choice of flux for preforms, in addition to factoring in the amount of flux required on a preform, the type of flux is also impor...
The picture doesn’t do it justice, the real wall chart is around 23” x 33” and it contains a periodic table, list of popular alloys ...
There is a significant push in the electronics industry to produce “halogen-free” products in order to be more environmentally friendly. ...
It seems that the topic of Halogen-Free Solder Paste has grown by another leap and bound. The big confusion is what are the definitions of Halogen-Fre...
Today I had a chance to catch up with the guys from Sikama at their booth. Pictured here from left to right are: Sigurd Wathne (President and Founder...
Today I was able to attend a professional development course related to Package-on-Package technology and trends. While the session was very informat...
Please don’t be fooled by misconceptions like the following: 1) Lead is bad 2) Soldering is simple 3) Soldering is complex 4) Changing a S...
In a perfect world, materials printed through a circular stencil aperture would be column-like with a flat top. When you look closely at a printed fl...
Why doesn’t my solder flow? The most common issue preventing good solder wetting on a substrate is oxidation. All metals are prone to some level...