Project 99: Combating Icicles in SMT Wave Soldering
They sound pretty but icicles can wreak havoc on electrical and solder reliability. Indium Corporation’s Project 99 wave soldering fluxes help d...
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Solder Redefined : The InFORM® for IGBT Assembly
Soldering IGBTs: Focus on the direct-bond copper substrate level of the stack-up....
The Versatile Solder Preform (VIDEO)
A preform is a piece of solder (available in a wide variety of shapes)....
The 6 Alloy Families: Lead
Eric Bastow discusses the physical properties and applications of lead as a solder ingredient. ...
SMT Line Balancing using LineCoach® Software
This video is for electronics assemblers that are seeking the correct wave soldering profile, as well as optimal line balancing. This includes real-wo...
Improve SMT Stencil Printing using StencilCoach®
This video is for electronics assembly engineers, technicians, and managers that are seeking to improve SMT stencil printing. It includes details abou...
80Au20Sn: Superior Physical Properties
In my previous post we saw that 80Au/20Sn eutectic alloy performs as both a solder or a braze. This is due to its unique and valuable properties. Let&...
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...
Achieving Uniform Solder Bondline Control Between Substrate and Baseplate in IGBTs: Part I
The next few posts come to us from my colleagues Karthik Vijay, Indium Corporation’s Technical Manager for Europe and Liam Mills of TT Electroni...
What is an Intern to Do?
The Indium Corporation has many summer interns this year. The technical support group was fortunate enough to hire Sarah Bjornland (pictured). She is ...
Solder Reflow Equipment Options
Most of our customers use whatever heating method they already have, unless they are starting from scratch or unless there is a reason their existing ...
Estimating the Per Cent Gold In An Alloy: "Wet Gold Technique" Only Works with One Alloying Element… and You Must Know What That Element Is
Folks, The Wet Gold Technique is a simple way to estimate the percentage of gold in a gold alloy. This technique indirectly measures the density...