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Folks, It is hard to believe that in July we will celebrate the 9th anniversary of the advent of RoHS. So the timing seemed right when I was recently asked to speak at the Boston SMTA Chapter on

There are many more ways to cut a solder preform than most customers realize. We use each of these methods depending on the volume, precision, or complexity of the solder preform. Whichever method we

My most recent blog topics have had to do withWave Soldering Machine Components, butstatistics is also something that interests

After a delightful lunch with Rob, Pete, and the Professor, Patty settled into her office to prepare a lecture on statistics. She was still enjoying the academic environment and this weekly lunch was

OK! We’ve discussed specifying solder preforms and making solder preforms, although none of that is important until we actually use the preforms for something. Solder preforms can be used as a

Have you ever had to choose something (a new computer, kitchen cabinets, eyeglasses) and had so many choices that you became overwhelmed and got analysis paralysis? You might feel that way when

My last post was about the benefits and disadvantages of using aplaten or hot plate preheater in wave soldering. There are many different kinds of preheating, (I mentioned some here). Calrod®

Most people think of our alloys only in the ‘soldering’ sense. However, these same materials may be used in applications where they aren’t designed to melt and attach

The previous post introduced all of the different type of preheaters. The Hot Plate or Platen preheater will be the first type I will discuss. If you are looking for a low-cost option for preheating,

Interested in the effect your reflow profile can have on solder preforms? Check out my guestpost on Jim Hisert's blog! Applying Solder Preforms – Heating (with Guest Star Brandon

For this week’s World of Solder Preforms series installment, Brandon Judd explains the importance of reflow profiling: Solder preforms are a very common method of reducing voiding in a soldered

I mentioned, in my last post, that preheating is needed to decrease wave soldering cost. With trying to decrease the cost of the wave soldering process there have been many different types of

It sounds bad for me to say this, but I have a lot of SMT magazines cross my desk and, honestly, the solder paste articles rarely draw my interest. I work in a world of solder preforms and

In addition to being a Technical Support Engineer for Indium Corporation, I also work as the Student Chapter Liaison for the Empire State iMAPS chapter. This iMAPS chapter has an Advanced Technology

Many of my posts have been discussing the different types of wave soldering fluxers: their capabilities and their shortcomings. This section will be similar, except preheaters will be discussed. But

Folks, Richard asks: Dear Dr. Ron, Recently we had a solderability problem with tin-finished component leads and SAC305 solder paste. One of our engineers claimed that the problem was that the tin

Once an order is placed for the solder preforms that you have specified, Indium Corporation begins the manufacturing process promptly; we have a lot of steps to go through and want to get you the

My last two posts (1) (2) have been about the different facets of spray fluxing and the systems that are used. In this post, we are moving on from spray fluxing and discussing the final type of

As more and more of the electronics industry moves toward (SMA) Subaquatic Microelectronics Assembly, questions have arisen regarding safety aspects, solder joint quality, and reflow profiling. We

Today’s technology simplifies the translation of an idea into a design. A drawing can be dimensioned in an instant. Thermal models and strength of materials calculations predict the reliability

No matter how accurate the spray fluxer is there will at least be some flux that is not deposited on the board that needs to be removed from the system. I mentioned in my previous post that all spray