Hard Work, Experience, and Dedication
Overcoming the challenges we face in a production environment is accomplished in many ways. Ideas may be generated during a high-level brainstorming e...
Square Solder Wire - A New "Twist" on an Old Product?????
Round solder wire, especially flux-cored, has been a mainstay of the electronics industry ever since electronics came into existence. Round solde...
Does Lead-Free Assembly Use a Lot More Electricity and High Melt Lead-Free Solders?
Folks, An obvious disadvantage of lead-free assembly is that the oven must be hotter and therefore will use more electricity. But is the extra ...
Donuts and Solder Preforms – Seriously?
I just can’t get enough of a good thing. My last post mentioned donuts – one of my favorite treats. Allow me to continue reveling in...
A New Focus for 2014
The beginning of 2014 brought an interesting opportunity for me, the availability of a position as a Manufacturing Engineer at Indium Corporation (at ...
Effect of Package and Die Size on Dipping and Pick-up
While in South East Asia last summer, Indium’s technical team and I had a chance to discuss flip-chip dipping processes with a major equipment v...
Have You Ever Heard of Indium?
Dave Letterman, of late night talk show host fame, has made the Top Ten List a popular vehicle for comedy, but it is also often used to convey useful ...
Best of 2013: NanoFoil®, Tabbing Ribbon, Metals & Compounds, and Great People
Thank you to all of the readers who have followed Indium Corporation’s blog posts this year, and a special “thank you” to all the re...
Microwave Activation for NanoFoil®?
We recently worked with a company called Lambda Technologies who has helped by providing a new solution to activating NanoFoil®: microwaves. ...
Dartmouth Student Asks Questions About SACm® Solder Alloy
Folks, Some years ago, a leading IC manufacturer decided that their R&D effort could benefit if analyzed for possible improvement – by hirin...