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I wanted to talk a little bit about our indium sulfamate plating bath. One of the biggest questions is what can you plate to? Plating is like soldering in that typically what is easy to solder to is

This is part three in my series on semiconductor fluxes. As someone new to learning about semiconductor fluxes, these posts will help others to better understand how fluxes work. The most important

In today's manufacturing, you need to be versatile and be able to scale up for high volumes quickly. One of the ways to do that is with 80Au20Sn solder paste. For example, in high power LED

Today’s electronics continue to get smaller and smaller, so the traditional type 3 (-200/+325) mesh size might be too large for new scale-ups. It is not uncommon for AuSn solder paste to be

This is the second part of my series on semiconductor fluxes. If you haven't seen my first blog poston this topic, you may want to read it now. So let's start by goinga little deeper into

Another common question about the indium sulfamate plating bath is what should be tested? One thing that needs to be tested regularly is the pH of the bath. Keeping the pH of a plating bath within

A lot of people who arenot familiar with semiconductor products find themintimidating. I was one of those who found them daunting, but now I realize that semiconductor fluxes should not be

Folks, I was recently asked, to be the host professor on a Dartmouth Alumni Cruise to the Adriatic Sea. Someone has to be willing to take these tough assignments! It was a great experience. We flew

Folks, This coming February will be my third SMTA PanPac. PanPac is a very enjoyable and rewarding conference. It is small enough that you can get to know all of the speakers, yet large enough that

Folks, A short time ago, I posted on how to size a reflow oven. I mentioned that I had developed a spreadsheet to perform the calculations. There seemed to be some interest in the spreadsheet, so I

Indium Corporation’s Dr. Andy Mackie, Senior Product Manager, Semiconductor and Advanced Assembly Materials, and Sze Pei Lim, Regional Manager, Semiconductor, discuss when to make the move from

We have all ordered something in the wrong size – it’s frustrating. In most cases the width and length of the solder preform are dictated by the component

Folks, A good solder paste should be able to remain in a paused position (i.e. not being printed) on the stencil, for more than an hour, without significantly affecting its print performance. Pause

This is the third post in my series of blog posts on pure indium preforms. This post talks about how to specify the purity level for your pure indium preforms. For general use, many customers order

In our personal lives, tension is typically something to be avoided. However, when using robotic soldering equipment with a fine diameter wire, consistent tension is good. In fact, tension could be

Indium Corporation’s Dr. Andy Mackie, Senior Product Manager, Semiconductor and Advanced Assembly Materials, and Sze Pei Lim, Regional Manager, Semiconductor, discuss how different reliability

This isPart 1in my series on pure indium solder preforms. Later this year we'll also be talking aboutmaking pure indium preforms, and applying pure indium

All metals can be cold welded, but need significant shear between the two pieces. Indium ("the easiest material in the world to cold weld*") is unique in that it can cold weld to itself at

Aren’t interns supposed to make coffee and copies? That might be the case at some other places, or be a movie cliché, but it is definitely not true for interns at Indium Corporation.

It’s been a while since I’ve written a comprehensive series, but they have always been well received. In the past, I’ve covered topics such as Tips and Tricks for NanoFoil® and

There are several questions that come up when learning about soldering fluxes like, what does a flux do? How does a flux work? Why do I need a flux? This post explores these