What is the best way to solder to Nitinol?
Nitinol (a nickel titanium alloy) has become a very important material, especially in the medical world. It is often necessary to “attach”...
Nitinol (a nickel titanium alloy) has become a very important material, especially in the medical world. It is often necessary to “attach”...
It was a pleasure interviewing Pat Gallagher, who developed the first automated photovoltaic solar cell tabbing and stringing machine back in......
Folks, I thought I would take a stab at listing the minuses, pluses, and “it’s a wash” aspects of assembling with lead-free (LF) sol...
Folks, Back in October, I posted comments on lead-free reliability. In this post, I mentioned that I chaired a session at SMTAI on “...
A quick trip to discuss roadmapping with one of the world’s top processor manufacturers, and a visit to discuss Pb-free power die-attach materia...
Although most scientists today feel that alchemy has been widely discredited, and I have been taught to agree, the idea of it is whimsical and exhilar...
Folks, I was at SMTAI (Surface Mount Technology Association International) from September 24 and 27, 2010. As I mentioned, I cha...
I’m really excited about a new option for those of us who are prototyping solar assemblies or evaluating new tabbing ribbon materials. I’v...
I mentioned in a previous a blog posting that the primary driver for halogen-free electronics is ostensibly environmental, but that the confusion abou...
The most common melting temperature range for standard solders (like SnPb or SnPbAg) is in the 180°C to 190°C range, and the mo...
I work for a company that manufactures solder, so I have a pretty keen eye for it. Even so, it’s still hard to tell......