In SMT Statistical Process Control, Cpk is King
In SMT Statistical Process Control, the bottom line is that Cpk is king. Here's the proof....
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Handbook of Electronic Assembly Now Available
Folks, It is hard to imagine, but it has been just a little short of 13 years ago that Jim Hall, Phil Zarrow and I approached SMTA’s JoAnn Strom...
Jumping into JMP- ANOVA Analysis
My most recent blog topics have had to do with Wave Soldering Machine Components, but statistics is also something that interests me. Have y...
Reflow Profiling, Electrical Reliability, No-Clean Solder Paste Flux Residues
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 ...
Preheating - An Introduction: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #9
Many of my posts have been discussing the different types of wave soldering fluxers: th...
Fluxers Part IV - Brush: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #8
My last two posts (1) (2) have been about the different facets of spray fluxing and the systems......
Wave Soldering is Here to Stay
Patty was just getting ready to leave her office for a bi-weekly luncheon with the Professor, Pete, and Rob. They had regular meetings like this...
Growing Interest in Bi-Containing Solder Alloys: Bismuth Rocks!
If you haven’t heard about Bi-containing (bismuth) solder alloys recently, that may change in the near future. Low-melting Bi-containing solders...
Fluxers Part III - Spray: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #5
Spray Fluxing is the most common way to flux a printed circuit board today. When spray fluxers were first developed they were clumsy, inefficient......
Specifying Solder Preforms – Packaging
Packaging is an extremely important part of specifying solder preforms. Not only does packaging affect the price of the order, it also effects how the...
The Largest Trade-off in Printing UltraFine Solder Pastes is in Reflow
In a six-part SMT assembly series, we discussed the advantages of using fine powder solder pastes to improve process yields for stencil printing, espe...
A Look Inside SMTA Certification with Tim Hults
Indium Corporation’s newest Global Accounts technical service engineer, Tim Hults, recently earned his SMTA Process Certification. Indium Corpor...