Another Nitinol Soldering Flux Option
Indalloy Flux #2 is not the only option for soldering to Nitinol. There is also Indalloy Flux #3. Both fluxes are strong enough to clean the......
Soldering Materials
The Miracle of Soldering
Folks, Pity the copper age smelter of 3000BC. He had to get his wood fire to 1085°C to smelt or melt copper, sometimes he couldn’t get...
Indium-Lead (In/Pb) Solder Alloys for Reliable Gold Interconnects in Semiconductor Assembly
Maria Durham, Indium’s new Technical Specialist in Semiconductor and Advanced Assembly Materials, has been doing some research on indium lead (I...
Musings on Metals: Copper
Musings on Metals: Copper It could be argued that civilization began with the smelting of copper. Although thousands of years before, humans fir...
The Interesting Physical Properties of Indium Metal
Solders, as a class, are “interesting” metals. And the properties of indium-containing solders are exceptionally interesting. ...
Cost of Ownership vs Profit Potential In Electronics Assembly
Folks, Let’s look in on Patty and Pete and see how they are handling Rex “The Torrent.” Patty wanted to give Pete a little more ...
Happy Birthday Indium Corporation!
March 13th is the 78th anniversary of the founding of Indium Corporation. Dr. William S. Murray, J. Robert Dyer JR, and Daniel Gray combined to ...
Soldering Nitinol: The Oxides Are Reduced, Now What?
Reducing the surface oxides of Nitinol is just the first step in getting a good solder joint with this versatile medical assembly material. Next you h...
Patty Presents Her Electronics Assembly Copy Exactly Strategy
Folks, Patty is getting ready for her meeting on “Copy Exactly” with Mike Madigan….... It was after 6:30 PM and Patty was just arri...
Indium Supply Will Satisfy Demand For 75 Years
As reported in Metals Bulletin, Malcolm Harrower of Indium Corporation recently addressed the topic of indium availability and supply as he told the d...
The Right Flux for Soldering to Nitinol
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Is Lowest "Cost of Ownership" the Best Electronics Assembly Manufacturing Metric?
Folks, Let’s look in on Patty and her colleagues…... Sam Watkins, ACME New Hampshire site GM, had just finished meeting with his boss, A...