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...
Solar
Solar Grade Solder Paste Choices
I had a call with a few engineers today who wanted me to answer a question, “Which solder paste do I pick for my application.” Sure there ...
My Journey to Become an Expert in PCB Assembly Materials
Welcome! I am a chemical engineer experienced in an R&D setting and jumping into a new position in marketing here at Indium Corpora...
Utility Grade Panel Specifications
Some people collect stamps, or coins, or baseball cards – my father collects hardware. Almost every time I go to my parent’s house I notic...
East Coast IC Fab Course / Photovoltaic Technology Course
As many of you know, I’m focused on applications for the solar industry and the semiconductor industry. In fact, many of the readers of this blo...
Selling Your Booth
I’ve been pulling some products together for the InterSolar tradeshow in July, and a thought occurred to me: “these tabbing ribbon kits fo...
Finally - Tabbing Ribbon Kits for Soldering Solar Cells!
I’m really excited about a new option for those of us who are prototyping solar assemblies or evaluating new tabbing ribbon materials. I’v...
Indium 101 - Earth Abundant Material or Rare?
Wandering through the references to indium metal on the internet, I sometimes see it referred to as, “that ‘rare’ metal.“...
The Same-Day Solar Tabbing Ribbon Order
I should take a minute a publicly thank our solar tabbing ribbon engineers for doing an excellent job today. We needed 6 different tabbing ribbon...
SVC in Orlando
The Society of Vacuum Coaters 2010 technical conference took place last week, so this week I’ve been rounding up the display sputtering tar...
Halogen-free High-Lead(Pb) Die-Attach Solder Paste: Not an Oxymoron
I mentioned in a previous a blog posting that the primary driver for halogen-free electronics is ostensibly environmental, but that the confusion abou...