That's a 'Fine' Ribbon You Got There!

Indium Corporation has developed 80Au20Sn < 0.1” wide fine-grade precision ribbon, for high volume, fully automated laser diode assembly proc...

Posted On: May 29th, 2020 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Stencil Aperture Design for the Pin in Paste (PIP) Process

Peter writes, Dear Dr. Ron, I am trying to implement the Pin-in-Paste (PIP) process. The PWB is 63 mils thick, the component pin diameter is 47 mils, ...

Posted On: May 16th, 2020 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

The Area Ratio for Odd Shaped Stencil Apertures

Joey writes: Dear Dr. Ron, I have a stencil aperture with an unusual shape. See Figure 1. How do I calculate the area ratio? The stencil thickness is ...

Posted On: May 6th, 2020 | By: Robert Ploessl

An introduction to Indium Tri-Chloride

Indium chloride, indium tri-chloride, indium(III)chloride is the most versatile compound in the indium compounds family. It is used in many industries...

Posted On: May 5th, 2020 | By: Claire Hotvedt

Step Soldering Opportunities with Durafuse™ LT

The Durafuse™ LT temperature range (200-210℃) is interesting because it provides new opportunities for step soldering....

Posted On: May 4th, 2020 | By: Jim Hisert

Indium Plating – DIY Deposition at Your Facility

Do you need a layer of indium deposited onto your parts, but don’t know where to get started?...

Posted On: April 30th, 2020 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Autonomous Vehicles Even Farther Out in Time

Folks, Readers of this blog will remember that I have been a skeptic of self-driving cars emerging in the near term. I am even less sanguine today. A ...

Posted On: April 28th, 2020 | By: Meagan Sloan

Metal Loading: Powder Size for Printing and Dispensing

At Indium Corporation, we get a lot of questions about solder paste - its composition, its application, and best practice advice. Many of those q...

Posted On: April 23rd, 2020 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Thixotropy: An Important Solder Paste Property

Folks, To the SMT process engineer, the second most important thixotropic material in their lives is solder paste. If solder paste was not thixotropic...

Posted On: April 21st, 2020 | By: Kim Flanagan

Best Practices for Attaching Thermocouples to a PCB for Reflow Profiling: Part III

Previously in this blog series, we discussed some of the best practices for attaching thermocouples to a printed circuit board (PCB) for reflow p...

Posted On: April 20th, 2020 | By: Jim Hisert

Indium Atoms in Superfluid Helium

Researchers at Graz University of Technology in Austria have been experimenting with intermolecular vibrations of indium atoms by trapping them in sup...

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