Status of Lead-Free Solder Joint Reliability in Thermal Cycle Testing
Folks, Back in October, I posted comments on lead-free reliability. In this post, I mentioned that I chaired a session at SMTAI on “...
SAC Solder
Lead-Free Solder Thermal Cycling & Drop Shock Reliability is Looking Good
Folks, I was at SMTAI (Surface Mount Technology Association International) from September 24 and 27, 2010. As I mentioned, I cha...
Bismuth: My New Friend
Lately I have been researching a bunch of things, one of my favorite topics being soldering alloys. For a long time most solder (nearly all) was compr...
Answers to The SMT Process Quiz
Folks, Answers to the quiz of a few weeks back…... Phil and Rob had agreed to ask the GM if it was OK to ask the tech and engineers at some of...
An SMT PCB Assembly Competency Screening Quiz
Folks, Patty and Rob return from their honeymoon….... Patty had just finished some emails and was ready to head off to meet Rob and some of the...
Pb-Free Bar Solder Dilemma: Price vs. Performance
Many consumer electronics transitioned to Pb-Free 4-5 years ago. However, there are still a substantial number of electronics being built with S...
Solder Paste – Alloys
Much to the surprise of the SnPb and SAC alloy consuming world, there are a number of alloys available in solder paste, each with their own unique mel...
Has RoHS Really Been Successful?
In a recent blog entry titled RoHS: 3 Years Later, Dr. Lasky comments on the overall success of the RoHS legislation. Before imp...