Posted On: December 17th, 2014 | By: Adam Murling

A Look Inside SMTA Certification with Tim Hults

Indium Corporation’s newest Global Accounts technical service engineer, Tim Hults, recently earned his SMTA Process Certification. Indium Corpor...

Posted On: November 26th, 2014 | By: Dr. Andy Mackie

ELV 2014: High-Lead (Pb) in Automotive Electronics is Good until at Least 2023

Those of you who have been watching this blog for a while - waiting for updates on the European ELV (End of Life Vehicle) legislation - wait no m...

Posted On: November 24th, 2014 | By: Adam Murling

To the Windy City and Back Again

This is an account of my trip to Indium’s Chicago facility. If you didn’t get a chance to read my previous post, the link is right he...

Posted On: November 21st, 2014 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

A 10 Sigma Solder Paste Printing Process?

Folks, Let’s check in on Patty as she is about to wrestle with claims of a 10 Sigma Solder Paste Printing Process involving the world’s sm...

Posted On: November 12th, 2014 | By: Adam Murling

"It's 106 miles to Chicago..."

This title is appropriate because I am going to one of Indium Corporation’s solder manufacturing facilities, in Chicago, and because it is the s...

Posted On: October 20th, 2014 | By: Ed Briggs

SMT Optimization For Success - Part 6: The Effect of Solder Particle Size on Printing Using Ultrafine Stencil Apertures

SMT Optimization for Success Part 6: Solder Paste Particle Size and Its Effect on Stencil Printing Ultra-fine Solder Paste Deposits This final post...

Posted On: October 20th, 2014 | By: Indium Corporation®

Soldering to Magnet Wires with 50In50Pb Alloy

The Indium Corporation recently had a customer contact us looking for 50In50Pb solder wire. We manufacture large amounts of this indium-lead mat...

Posted On: October 13th, 2014 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Pin-in-Paste Aperture Calculations Using Solder Preforms with StencilCoach

Folks, As mentioned in the last post, it is a common problem with the PIP (pin-in-paste) process to struggle to get adequate solder volume. If ...

Posted On: October 6th, 2014 | By: Adam Murling

SMTA International 2014 in Retrospect

The plane landed, I got my bags, and I drove home. What a great show. The SMTA International show took place September 28 to October 2 this year in Ro...