Fluxers Part II - Wave: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #4
When the wave soldering machine was developed, the early flux application method was the same as the solder application method – a wave. While t...
Lead Free Solder
Specifying Solder Preforms - The Perfect Alloy
I’ve always been a strong believer that a customer should not get a solder alloy that just “works” for their application, they shoul...
Who Makes Your Solder Preforms?
This year I’ve had the chance to work, and become friends, with Bryan Dygert, one of our solder preform manufacturing work cell operators at the...
ELV 2014: High-Lead (Pb) in Automotive Electronics is Good until at Least 2023
Those of you who have been watching this blog for a while - waiting for updates on the European ELV (End of Life Vehicle) legislation - wait no m...
Soldering to Magnet Wires with 50In50Pb Alloy
The Indium Corporation recently had a customer contact us looking for 50In50Pb solder wire. We manufacture large amounts of this indium-lead mat...
Partially Cleaning No-Clean Solder Paste - the Godzilla effect
The other day I was watching the classic film “King Kong vs Godzilla” with my son. At one point, I believe related to some prequel t...
SMTA International 2014 in Retrospect
The plane landed, I got my bags, and I drove home. What a great show. The SMTA International show took place September 28 to October 2 this year in Ro...
Low Temperature Solders Slated to Leave Niche Status by 2017
Folks, It surprises many people that the foundation metal of almost all solder alloys is tin. Alloy elements such as lead, silver, copper, indi...
Low-Temperature Solders: Important, Valuable
New developments are happening almost daily in the electronics device world: phones that do much more than just convey voice, clothing that monitors a...
Viscosity And The Printable Nature of Solder Paste
Let’s talk viscosity. Most of us are experienced with paint. Paint is a thick liquid that is applied to a surface and then, for the most p...
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 ...
The Importance of Oxygen Barrier in Solder Pastes
Folks, Pity the solder scientists of the late 1970s and early 1980s. SMT was an emerging technology and the world wanted to buy solder paste.&nb...