Why Solder To Steel When You Can Solder To Copper?
Okay, this has no use for semiconductor packaging that I know of, but it is a neat trick that I discovered in the lab a couple days ago. ......
Okay, this has no use for semiconductor packaging that I know of, but it is a neat trick that I discovered in the lab a couple days ago. ......
Package-on-Package (PoP) use in the SMT process is slowly creeping from a niche application into mainstream use. From experience, I know that s...
Head-in-pillow defects related to solder paste or flux performance are classified as Materials Issues. These include poor transfer efficiency on stand...
Head-in-pillow defects caused by on-line processing issues are categorized under Process Issues. These include printing, placement and reflow. Printin...
I know it’s been a while since my last post, but we’ve been so busy. In fact, one such incident was yesterday. One of our VP’s came....
Have you ever had to hand-place solder washer preforms on the pins of a connector and found it to be very labor intensive? Indium Corporation has a pr...
A recent topic which has come up in the soldering world has been the push for halogen-free or halide-free fluxes. There are many reasons customers are...
If you are new to Package-on-Package solder paste, expect the material to be lower viscosity then you are used to for printing or even dispensing appl...
When considering the choice of flux for preforms, in addition to factoring in the amount of flux required on a preform, the type of flux is also impor...
There is a significant push in the electronics industry to produce “halogen-free” products in order to be more environmentally friendly. ...
It seems that the topic of Halogen-Free Solder Paste has grown by another leap and bound. The big confusion is what are the definitions of Halogen-Fre...
Please don’t be fooled by misconceptions like the following: 1) Lead is bad 2) Soldering is simple 3) Soldering is complex 4) Changing a S...