Changing the Composition of Your Tin-Lead Solder Pot
In today’s electronics manufacturing industry, many companies are using lead-free solder alloys. However, there are a few sectors in the industr...
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Making Solder Preforms – Fluxing
Just as with cutting solder preforms, there are many different ways to apply flux to solder preforms. At your facility you might use a liquid or tacky...
Preheating Part IV - Hot Air
My last post talked about the pros and cons of CalRod® style preheaters. This post will be devoted to hot air style preheaters. It makes sense t...
Preheating Part V - Quartz Plate
We continue our discussion of solder reflow methods. As the name suggests, quartz plate preheaters have thick quartz plates in which the heating eleme...
Tim Jensen Discusses Becoming Co-Editor with Maria Durham for Advancing Electronics Magazine
Recently I heard about two of my friends (and co-workers) taking on an additional responsibility in the electronics industry. Tim Jensen (Senior Produ...
Making Solder Preforms – Cutting
There are many more ways to cut a solder preform than most customers realize. We use each of these methods depending on the volume, precision, or comp...
Lead Free 2015
Folks, It is hard to believe that in July we will celebrate the 9th anniversary of the advent of RoHS. So the timing seemed right when I was recently ...
Jumping into JMP- ANOVA Analysis
My most recent blog topics have had to do with Wave Soldering Machine Components, but statistics is also something that interests me. Have y...
Pareto Chart Your Data to Help in Continuous Improvement
After a delightful lunch with Rob, Pete, and the Professor, Patty settled into her office to prepare a lecture on statistics. She was still enjo...
Applying Solder Preforms
OK! We’ve discussed specifying solder preforms and making solder preforms, although none of that is important until we actually use the preforms...
Solder Alloy Families
Have you ever had to choose something (a new computer, kitchen cabinets, eyeglasses) and had so many choices that you became overwhelmed and got analy...
Applying Solder Preforms – Compression
Most people think of our alloys only in the ‘soldering’ sense. However, these same materials may be used in applications where they aren&r...