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
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...
Use an SMT Pre-Test Before Presenting a Soldering Workshop
Folks, Let’s see how Patty is doing, it’s been a very, very long time…….. Even though Patty and her husband Rob both worked ...
Robotic Soldering I
Clearly robots will take away many jobs, just as power looms in the early 1800s or the assembly line of 100 years ago. But, in soldering?...
Avoid the Void®: High-Temperature Soldering with Semiconductor-Grade Preforms
Voiding is a major problem in electronics assembly, especially in high-temp applications ...
Avoid the Void®: Voiding in High-Temperature Soldering
Gold-tin eutectic solder can be used as the second-step solder, after the initial die-attach step. ...
Best and Worst Times to Use Robotic Soldering
When are the most and least appropriate situations to use robotic soldering, versus other soldering techniques?...
Solder Fortification for Edge Connectors
Adding Indium Corporation's Solder Fortification to edge connectors within mobile devices improves reliability by strengthening the solder joint....
Bottom Termination Components Design Panel at ICSR 2017
Brook Sandy-Smith will be moderating the Bottom Termination Components Design Panel at ICSR 2017....
The New Generation of Soldering
The word ‘robot’ has acquired somewhat of a bad reputation in the manufacturing industry, just as the word 'automobile' was terrif...
Project 99 Wave Solder Flux Performance Proof: Probe Testability
Probe testability measures the nature of the flux residue to determine whether it interferes with the post-soldering electronic probe testing of the c...
Project 99 Wave Solder Flux Performance Proof: SIR Testing
Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) tests measure the post soldering effect on the electrical integrity of the circuit boards. This post explores the ...