People Still Not Getting the Purpose of RoHS
Folks, People in the solder and leadfree world still do not understand the prime reason for RoHS: To make recycling easier. A recent article about Swa...
Solder Reliability
Missing the Point About WEEE and RoHS
Folks, My Indium colleague Jim Slattery, pointed out an interesting article in Electronic Design. After the article, some people sent in responses. A ...
Mixed Lead-free and Leaded Reliability: A Hot Technical Topic at APEX
Folks, My friend and colleague Jim Hall of ITM pointed out that the reliability of “mixed” (i.e. lead free and leaded solder and fi...
Trends Observed at Workshops and IPC's Leadfree Electronics Assembly Forum
Folks, In the last 3 weeks I have given “Lead-Free” (Really WEEE/RoHS Compliant Assembly) workshops at Toronto, Salt Lake City, Manchester...
SAC Alloy for RoHS Compliant Solder Paste: Still on Target
Folks, I read with dismay this week, an advertisement in an electronic assembly trade journal touting a “drop in” solder paste. The solder...
High Lead Solders Exempt from RoHS
Eric writes: Dr. Ron, I have an application that uses a high melting point solder. The solder has more than 85% lead. Is it exempt from RoHS? Eri...
RoHS Exemption for Military Applications
At Indium’s Quickstart seminar at Motorola, Plantation, Fl (February 8, 9, 2005) Ed asked: We make electronics that go on ships that are used by...