Patty and The Professor Searching for Lost Profit
After just finishing her department’s monthly activity report, Patty took a break to stare out of her window, admiring the beauty of last night&...
RoHS to Ban All Halogens?
There is a proposal into the EU to add to the RoHS legislation by restricting all halogenated flame retardants. You can find that proposal...
Understanding Gold on Nickel
The use of gold layers deposited onto nickel is standard in many industries, from DRAM memory module edge connectors, to electrical test probe co...
An Interview with Patty
Folks, While at SMTAI a few weeks ago, I ran into Patty. She agreed to sit down for an interview. Here it......
Halogen-free Fluxes: Standards Status Report
As a supplier of electronics materials, Indium Corporation is constantly faced with customer requests for “halogen-free” (HF) soldering fl...
Anxiously Awaiting TMV™ (Through Mold Via) PoP Dummy Components
Source: Amkor The new TVM™ PoP components......
A Clean Laboratory
If you’re a reader of this blog, you most likely deal with solder paste, flux, or some other messy material. How can you keep these materi...
NanoFoil(R) - Nanotech comes to Indium Corporation
I just sat down to talk to Tommy Acchione (pronounced “akki-OWN”) Applications Engineer with Indium Corporation’s new product ...
Connected Preforms Used to Streamline Soldering
Soldering through-hole connectors can be a tedious task. Connector Specifier recently highlighted an article by principal engineer, Paul Socha d...
Why use flux?
Flux & Substrate Compatibility Flux is a liquid, solid or gaseous material which, when heated, speeds up and/or promotes wetting of th...