LIVE@APEX Solder Fortification® Preforms
LIVE@APEX features Solder Fortification® Preforms. This blog posts tells you how they can be used to resolve assembly issues such as solder starva...
LIVE@APEX features Solder Fortification® Preforms. This blog posts tells you how they can be used to resolve assembly issues such as solder starva...
Solder preforms are the most versatile form of solder used in the widest variety of applications. They come in over 250 different alloys and countless...
Kim Flanagan, Technical Support Engineer, and Phil Zarrow overview the attributes and applications of InTEGRATED® solder preforms—a manufact...
Specifying solder preform requirements is a critical part of any electronics assembly design process....
Apply Solder Fortification preforms to strengthen solder joints and improve reliability....
This video is for people considering engineered solder fabrications. It discusses how to specify a solder alloy, solder preform tooling considerations...
Why use solder preforms? SMT industry expert Phil Zarrrow finds out from Jim Hisert, Indium Corporation Manufacturing Engineer. ...
Phil Zarrow interviewed Derrick Herron, a technical support at The Indium Corporation. PZ: With the advent of bottom-terminating components, one of...
Finally – the fun part! After all of your work specifying the right materials and applying them, at last we can test all of the assumptions we h...
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...
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...
OK! We’ve discussed specifying solder preforms and making solder preforms, although none of that is important until we actually use the preforms...
Most people think of our alloys only in the ‘soldering’ sense. However, these same materials may be used in applications where they aren&r...
Interested in the effect your reflow profile can have on solder preforms? Check out my guest post on Jim Hisert’s blog! Applying Sold...
For this week’s World of Solder Preforms series installment, Brandon Judd explains the importance of reflow profiling: Solder preforms are a ver...
Once an order is placed for the solder preforms that you have specified, Indium Corporation begins the manufacturing process promptly; we have a lot o...
So by now in our process we have a form of metal that should have exactly the alloy you have requested, but a large piece of solder isn’t going ...
When it comes to manufacturing solder preforms, alloying solder is an important first step in providing consistent final parts. This is the step where...
Many of us technical type people bypass asking for help if we can get along without it. Regarding the cliché of the person who keeps traveling ...
Previously we discussed the importance of dimensions and tolerances in the specification of solder preforms, however these data points are best expres...
Flux... It would be great to live in a world where we didn’t need it. Unfortunately, that same oxygen that keeps us alive slowly erodes the sold...
Have you ever ordered something in the wrong size? It’s frustrating. Whether it’s a jacket that’s too tight or a refrigerator that i...
One of the best parts of working with Indium Corporation is the application assistance you will get as a customer. Most people wouldn’t think mu...
For a solder supplier, the value of knowing the potential demand volume for a part is more important than just to gauge future sales – it is imp...
I’ve always been a strong believer that a customer should not get a solder alloy that just “works” for their application, they shoul...
Here at Indium Corporation we produce many forms of solder. With products like solder ingots, solder paste, and solder wire, we supply the alloys our ...
This is arguably the greatest time in history to be a consumer. A quick trip to the grocery store for something as simple as milk becomes a series of ...
This year I’ve had the chance to work, and become friends, with Bryan Dygert, one of our solder preform manufacturing work cell operators at the...
The telecom industry relies heavily on Telcordia (Bellcore) testing to determine the electrical reliability of no-clean solder flux residues. There ar...
I just can’t get enough of a good thing. My last post mentioned donuts – one of my favorite treats. Allow me to continue reveling in...
Have you ever found yourself knowing where you want to go, but not sure how to get there? This can be frustrating and time......
A Solder Alternative Utilizing Integrated Solder Preforms. Printed circuit boards containing both surface mounted and through-hole components are comm...
Folks, We tend to think of mixing as something that can completely even out those things being mixed. As an example, let’s assume you are ...
Engineered solders are solders that can make a HUGE difference with your thermal management, IGBT, die-attach, medical device, hermetic sealing, or co...
Attaining consistent and accurate solder (and flux) volume uniformity in hand soldering has long been a critical quality and performance issue. ...
When helping customers with the optimization of their soldering process, the question often comes up; “What will my solder bond line thickn...
Have you ever found yourself knowing where you want to go, but not sure how to get there? This can be frustrating and time consuming......
Folks, Rob heads to Guadalajara to solve the QFN voiding problem...... As Rob sat on the airplane, he was excited to go to GDL (Guadalajara, Mexi...