Join Me at SMTA Pan Pac Feb 11-14, 2019 in Kauai, Hawaii
I am presenting a paper on Tin Whiskers 101: 2019 at SMTA’s Pan Pacific Conference 2019. You can see the paper at https://www.indium.com/technic...
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IATF 16949:2016 = Quality, Quality, Quality
Quality is where it's at. Indium Corporation earns IATF 16949:2016 management system certificates for two manfacturing facilities and their corpor...
It's Official! Indium Corporation Earns IATF-16949:2016 Recognition
Indium Corporation is one of the first soldering materials suppliers to earn IATF-16949:2106 management system certificates for our Utica and Clinton ...
Use FMEA to Manage Tin Whisker Risk
Failure modes and effects analysis is a good strategy to assess tin whisker risk, and the risk priority number plays a crucial role in this analysis, ...
Patty and the Professor Flashback: Uptime Part 4
Folks, the adventures of The Professor continue. This blog post is a must-read if you are concerned about improving electronics assembly line pro...
The Professor's second visit to ACME..... continued
The Professor shows Acme how to increase profitability even with a $5.00 increase in pay by keeping their electronics assembly line running throu...
The Return of Patty and the Professor: Uptime Part 2
Although the first episodes of Patty and the Professor were published several years ago, the lessons they taught us are still as vital as ev...
The Return of Patty and the Professor
I'm dusting off some previous posts from the book, “The Adventures of Patty and the Professor" to invigorate discussions of process exc...
A Two Day Workshop on SMT Topics in Penang Malaysia
I recently gave a two-day workshop on Issues to be Resolved in SMT Assembly in Malaysia. It covered many topics related to lead-free SMT assembly....
Soldering 101: The Simplicity of Soldering - The Complexity of Solder Paste
Solder paste is a candidate to be the most highly engineered material in the world... and it is certainly NOT a commodity. It must print well, possess...
Soldering 101: II: The Miracle of Soldering
Learn about the true miracle of soldering and how this feature of solder has enabled the electronics industry....
Soldering 101: The First Copper Smelting
The process of smelting copper, the first metal liberated from its ore, is quite complex and led to experimentation resulting in iron and steel, and e...