Gallium: An Interesting, Versatile Material

Folks, It is natural to expect that Indium Corporation is the premiere supplier of indium metal, solder pastes, preforms, compounds, and chemistry sol...

Posted On: May 3rd, 2021 | By: Robert McKerrow

Automated Soldering Methods: What’s the Difference Between Robotic Soldering and Laser Soldering?

Laser soldering is making its way into the market and onto electronics assembly lines. What's the difference between this method and iron-tip robo...

Posted On: April 30th, 2021 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Answers to SMT Quiz

A few weeks ago, I posted an SMT quiz on my blog. We received 178 responses, which seemed very good to me. Working with my Indium Corpo...

Posted On: April 27th, 2021 | By: Claire Hotvedt

Bringing Solder Paste Reliability to E-Mobility

The next generation of vehicles have power inverters and battery management systems that demand incredible reliability......

Posted On: April 26th, 2021 | By: Jenny Gallery

Solder in Medical Devices: That Solder’s Going Where?

Cardiac pacemakers generally use 99.99% Au preforms as the solder material in the assembly. Pure gold is highly pure, inert, biocompatible, has a high...

Posted On: April 13th, 2021 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Take the SMT Quiz and Perhaps Win a Prize

Folks: Do you know how much copper is in SAC305 solder? What about the most typical solder paste powder diameter? These questions, and eight others, a...

Posted On: April 11th, 2021 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Solution to Moore's Law

Folks, In a recent post, I discussed Moore’s Law. I challenged readers to solve for "a" and "b", from the equation a*2^(b*(y...

Posted On: March 29th, 2021 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Still Much Hype Around AI and Industry 4.0

Folks, I recently read an article about “Lighthouse Factories” which appear to be implementations of Industry 4.0. It is encouraging that ...

Posted On: March 18th, 2021 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Tin: The Foundation Metal of Soldering

Folks, The vast majority of solders used in electronic assembly have, as their base metal, tin. There are some specialty gold solders, like gold-co...