Phil Zarrow Weighs in on Productivity
Folks, I ran into good friend Phil Zarrow the other day. Phil, Jim Hall, and I developed the SMTA Certification Prog...
Gallium: Discovered too Late to Make Mendeleev's First Periodic Table
Folks, it has been a while. Let’s look in on Patty…. Patty stared at her new Apple® Watch and was pleased. What was most pleasi...
Estimating the Per Cent Gold In An Alloy: "Wet Gold Technique" Only Works with One Alloying Element… and You Must Know What That Element Is
Folks, The Wet Gold Technique is a simple way to estimate the percentage of gold in a gold alloy. This technique indirectly measures the density...
Graphene: An Unlikely Candidate to Replace ITO in Flat Panel Displays
Folks, Let’s check in on Rob, while Patty is away…… Rob waved good bye to Patty as she drove away to the airport to attend a one w...
Lead Free 2015
Folks, It is hard to believe that in July we will celebrate the 9th anniversary of the advent of RoHS. So the timing seemed right when I was recently ...
Pareto Chart Your Data to Help in Continuous Improvement
After a delightful lunch with Rob, Pete, and the Professor, Patty settled into her office to prepare a lecture on statistics. She was still enjo...
Alloy Melting
Folks, Richard asks: Dear Dr. Ron, Recently we had a solderability problem with tin-finished component leads and SAC305 solder paste. One of our...
Wave Soldering is Here to Stay
Patty was just getting ready to leave her office for a bi-weekly luncheon with the Professor, Pete, and Rob. They had regular meetings like this...
Electronics Assembly Process Optimization Using AuditCoach™
Let’s check in on Patty: Mike Madigan was not used to feeling intimidated. After all, as the CEO of ACME, a multi-billion US dollar...
What is Cicret and why is it important?
Folks, Let’s check in on Patty…… Patty had to admit that she was getting annoyed. Two of the female engineering students were alwa...
Indium and Gallium: Playing Important Roles in LED Lighting and the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
Folks, An important element of US energy independence is the reduction of energy use for lighting. While, in its day, the incandescent light was...
Outsourcing Manufacturing is not Part of DFM
Folks, Looks like Patty has been busy….. Patty couldn’t remember having a busier week. She just got back on Friday from serving on ...