The Pin-in-Paste Process with Donut-Shaped Preforms
Folks, some years ago I created a software tool, StencilCoach™, to calculate the stencil parameters to provide for an adequate amount of so...
Solder Preforms
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...
What are solder preforms?
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...
An Introduction to InTEGRATED® Solder Preforms
Kim Flanagan, Technical Support Engineer, and Phil Zarrow overview the attributes and applications of InTEGRATED® solder preforms—a manufact...
Specifying Solder Preform Requirements
Specifying solder preform requirements is a critical part of any electronics assembly design process....
Create Healthier & Stronger…Solder Joints
Apply Solder Fortification preforms to strengthen solder joints and improve reliability....
Design Solutions for Engineered Solders
This video is for people considering engineered solder fabrications. It discusses how to specify a solder alloy, solder preform tooling considerations...
Using and Specifying Solder Preforms
Why use solder preforms? SMT industry expert Phil Zarrrow finds out from Jim Hisert, Indium Corporation Manufacturing Engineer. ...
Voiding in the Thermal Ground Pad of BTC Components
Phil Zarrow interviewed Derrick Herron, a technical support at The Indium Corporation. PZ: With the advent of bottom-terminating components, one of...
Applying Solder Preforms - Testing the Assembly
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...
Making Solder Preforms – Fluxing
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...
Making Solder Preforms – Cutting
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...
Applying Solder Preforms
OK! We’ve discussed specifying solder preforms and making solder preforms, although none of that is important until we actually use the preforms...
Applying Solder Preforms – Compression
Most people think of our alloys only in the ‘soldering’ sense. However, these same materials may be used in applications where they aren&r...
Reflow of Solder Preforms
Interested in the effect your reflow profile can have on solder preforms? Check out my guest post on Jim Hisert’s blog! Applying Sold...
Applying Solder Preforms – Heating (with Guest Star Brandon Judd)
For this week’s World of Solder Preforms series installment, Brandon Judd explains the importance of reflow profiling: Solder preforms are a ver...
Making Solder Preforms
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...
Making Solder Preforms - Secondary Processing
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 ...
Making Solder Preforms: Alloying
When it comes to manufacturing solder preforms, alloying solder is an important first step in providing consistent final parts. This is the step where...
Specifying Solder Preforms - Getting an Indium Corporation Applications Engineer Involved
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 ...
Specifying Solder Preforms - Engineering Drawing/Specification
Previously we discussed the importance of dimensions and tolerances in the specification of solder preforms, however these data points are best expres...
Specifying Solder Preforms – Flux
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...
Specifying Solder Preforms – Dimensions
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...
Applying Solder Preforms – Regional Tech Support On Site
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...
Specifying Solder Preforms - The Effect of Quantity
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...
Specifying Solder Preforms - The Perfect Alloy
I’ve always been a strong believer that a customer should not get a solder alloy that just “works” for their application, they shoul...
The World of Solder Preforms
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 ...
Specifying Solder Preforms
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 ...
Who Makes Your Solder Preforms?
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...
High Reliability Solder Preform Flux Coating for the Telecom Industry
The telecom industry relies heavily on Telcordia (Bellcore) testing to determine the electrical reliability of no-clean solder flux residues. There ar...
Donuts and Solder Preforms – Seriously?
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...
Practical suggestions for solder preform design
Have you ever found yourself knowing where you want to go, but not sure how to get there? This can be frustrating and time......
Mixed Technology Boards Utilizing InTEGRATED® Solder Preforms
A Solder Alternative Utilizing Integrated Solder Preforms. Printed circuit boards containing both surface mounted and through-hole components are comm...
The Limits of Mixing: A Chocolate Chip Example
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 ...
The Magic of Engineered Solders
Engineered solders are solders that can make a HUGE difference with your thermal management, IGBT, die-attach, medical device, hermetic sealing, or co...
Solder Preforms Deliver Uniformity of Solder Volume in a Joint
Attaining consistent and accurate solder (and flux) volume uniformity in hand soldering has long been a critical quality and performance issue. ...
Solder Paste/Preform Bond Line Thickness
When helping customers with the optimization of their soldering process, the question often comes up; “What will my solder bond line thickn...
Practical Suggestions for Solder Preform Design and Implementation
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......
Solving the QFN Voiding Problem With Solder Preforms
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...