Going Green By Recycling
As many other companies are “going green” so can you with the right thermal interface material. Are you using indium materials now and col...
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Corrosion - Part 3, Sources and Prevention
Corrosion is caused by an electrochemical reaction between two dissimilar metals, one acting as an anode – one as a cathode. Halide ions, such a...
Thermal Certified Support
You may have noticed that the appearance of Indium’s thermal website has changed and now includes a list of thermal certified Indium empl...
Corrosion - Part 2, How It Affects Us
Corrosion leads to field failures. I could probably stop right there – that’s bad enough. To flesh that out a little more, corrosion can l...
Corrosion - Part 1, What It Is
This is the first of a 4 part series on corrosion to cover: 1) What corrosion is, 2) How it affects us, 3) Sources of corrosion and prevention, and 4)...
InTEGRATED Solder Preforms
Have you ever had to hand-place solder washer preforms on the pins of a connector and found it to be very labor intensive? Indium Corporation has a pr...
Cross Sectioning With Robert Belvick of ORS
Recently, I asked Robert Belvick from Onieda Research Services to share some of his experience cross sectioning microelectronic components. Robert: Ev...
Economic Stimulus
Soon, many of us in the US will be receiving a check from Uncle Sam to spend – thus stimulating the economy. While awaiting this somewhat unplan...
Halogen-Free Fluxes for Preforms
A recent topic which has come up in the soldering world has been the push for halogen-free or halide-free fluxes. There are many reasons customers are...
Selection of the Optimum Lead-Free Solder for Solar Tabbing Ribbon
Tabbing Ribbon Solar tabbing ribbon typical consists of 10-15 micrometers of solder alloy coated on OFHC or ETP copper strip. SN60, (60% tin and 40% l...
Gage R&R – An Interview With Mario Scalzo
You may know Mario from his “Tech Support Blog” on our web site. Today we chatted about the importance of gage R&R. Jim: We know measu...
Open Invitation
As an open invitation, feel free to send me your thoughts / ideas / concerns for future entries. From anonymous opinions to a full scale DoE, we will....