Where is Tin Silver Solder, Now That You Need It?
Over the years, solder alloy choices have been pretty stable. In the last century, SN63 and SN62 could be found at any company making any k...
Solder Flux
How to Solder a Wire to a Pad
It seems like a fairly simple thing to do. What could be difficult about soldering a wire to a pad? Well, I hear three common complaints a...
Choosing the Best Metallization for your NanoBond® Application
Since the NanoBond® process is almost instantaneous, fluxes are not used. (They just don’t have enough time to heat up to their activation t...
First Visible Light LED Turns 50!
It is hard to believe, but 50 years ago, on October 9th, the first visible light LED was demonstrated by Nick Holonyak, Jr. of GE Advanced......
Preparing Surfaces for a NanoBond®
The first time I was taught how to solder (as a child), I was told: “All the surfaces need to be mechanically cleaned and chemically cleaned.&rd...
Ball-Attach Flux WS-446-NRD for Poor Quality OSP-wetting
While on a recent trip to Malaysia, I interviewed two colleagues regarding trends in semiconductor assembly. My previously-published interview with Sz...
Solder Paste/Preform Bond Line Thickness
When helping customers with the optimization of their soldering process, the question often comes up; “What will my solder bond line thickn...
Productivity Always Pays
Folks, Let’s see how Patty and Pete are making out on their latest adventure…. “Here is the ProfitPro™ output,” Dave...
A Look Inside the Solder Flux Pen
Here is a picture of an Indium Corporation solder flux pen, sectioned to show you the internals. Who DOESN’T want to see THAT, right?!? Fl...
High Melting Point Flux Core Wire Solder
It won’t be long until we in the northern hemisphere are complaining about the snow and the cold, but right now, it is all about the heat! ...
Improved Solder Density and Solder Paste Volume Fraction Tool
Folks, It is hard to believe that I have been blogging for over 7 years now. In all this time it has surprised me how much interest there has be...