Handbook of Electronic Assembly Now Available
Folks, It is hard to imagine, but it has been just a little short of 13 years ago that Jim Hall, Phil Zarrow and I approached SMTA’s JoAnn Strom...
Indium Corporation
Interns at Indium Corporation
As summer comes to an end, we are reluctantly saying “Goodbye” (for now) to our latest group of interns. At Indium we have fully embraced ...
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...
What is an Intern to Do?
The Indium Corporation has many summer interns this year. The technical support group was fortunate enough to hire Sarah Bjornland (pictured). She is ...
Solder Reflow Equipment Options
Most of our customers use whatever heating method they already have, unless they are starting from scratch or unless there is a reason their existing ...
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...
Solder Technology Inside A Hot Car On A Sunny Summer Day
Here’s a true story regarding the service temperature of solder joints. Yesterday, as I left work, I noticed that it felt really hot outside. I ...
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...
Preheating Part VII - Lamp-Type Infrared and Ceramic Plate
Lamp style preheaters have the fastest response time of any of the previous preheaters mentioned in other posts. The lamp filament is practicall...
Preheaters Part VI - Quartz Tube
As a follow up to my post on quartz plate preheaters for wave soldering, this post is dedicated to the very similar quartz tube preheater. If you...
Applying Solder Preforms - Testing the Assembly
Finally – the fun part! After all of your work specifying the right materials and applying them, at last we can test all of the assumptions we h...