Halogen Free
Recent Electronics Assembly Trends
I love watching a good basketball game, and one of my favorite local teams is the Syracuse Orangemen. If you go to a Syracuse home game, notice.....
What's Happening in the Technical Service Department
After a quick survey of a few of the technical service personnel in the office today, I put together a little snapshot of what is happening rig...
Indium to Discuss Green Electronics Manufacturing
Register at GlobalSpec to see Andy Mackie, Jim Hisert and me discuss various aspects of Green Electronics Manufacturing. This live ev...
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...
The Best Flux For Hand Soldering and Rework
Solder Basics… If I needed to pick my favorite flux for hand soldering, it would easily be PoP Flux 030B. I know it’s probably...
Canada Considers Banning Resins/Rosins
Got contacted last week by Tony Hilvers of the IPC (Association Connecting Electronics Industries). Tony tells me that the Canadian Government is...
What is Astatine?
In many halogen-free discussions, the primary emphasis is on Bromine (Br) and Chlorine(Cl). However, the halogens also include Fluorine(F), Iodi...
Greenpeace vs. HP
Greenpeace continues to take unusual steps to push electronics companies to produce halogen-free products. On Tuesday July 28th, Greenpeace acti...
Halogen-Free: For the Environment or for Money?
The humerous Dilbert cartoon reiterates an important fact about companies “going green.” While there are probably individual e...
Join Me at SMTAI
Folks, I will be speaking at SMTA’s 25th anniversary dinner at SMTAI on Monday, October 5 at 6:30 PM. Come and join me......