Best of 2013: NanoFoil®, Tabbing Ribbon, Metals & Compounds, and Great People
Thank you to all of the readers who have followed Indium Corporation’s blog posts this year, and a special “thank you” to all the re...
Thank you to all of the readers who have followed Indium Corporation’s blog posts this year, and a special “thank you” to all the re...
This year I had the pleasure of working with a circuit board company in Central New York called Standard Printed Circuits, Inc. From personal experien...
Folks, Some years ago, a leading IC manufacturer decided that their R&D effort could benefit if analyzed for possible improvement – by hirin...
Indium metal powder is mixed with flux for application by dispensing or printing equipment. This mixture is referred to as solder paste. Lucky fo...
Indium preforms offer very precise volumes of solder, and are cut to fit some very interesting bond-line shapes. Some examples of preform applications...
Indium wire is very different than the solder wire you find in hardware stores. To me, it’s like comparing a sports car and a go-kart. Each perf...
Ronnie Spraker is the supervisor of our NanoFoil® production department. Everyday, Ronnie and his team make reactive foils that are used all over ...
Spheres are the form of indium I use the most for testing solder wetting properties, because they have a precise volume. (As opposed to shot, which do...
Interesting question from a Chinese die-attach customer this week asking about volume resistivity of solder. My friend, Eric Bastow, suggested that In...
People use indium in many forms – to create many different products. Certain forms fit various applications. Here are some of the many forms of ...
Eric is a Senior Tech Support Engineer, and he’s one of the guys I turn to when I receive really tricky questions. He has a great deal of experi...
Let’s quickly review the advantages of Bi/Sn/Ag alloy tabbing ribbon coating before we discuss them further: Low temperature melting point Pb-fr...