Using FMEA to Determine Your Tin Whisker Mitigation Strategy
Folks, In our last post, we discussed techniques to mitigate tin whiskers. To help determine what your tin whisker mitigation strategy should be, cons...
Tin Whiskers
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...
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, ...
Lack of Concern for Tin Pest as a Reliability Issue in Mission Critical Products Still Hard to Understand
Folks, My recent post on tin whiskers sparked the memory of tin pest in my mind. I have to admit, that with all of the legitimate reliability co...
IPC Tin Whisker Conference Sheds New Light
Folks, I just returned from SMTA/INEMI’s Medical Conference in Milpitas (near San Jose/San Fransisco), where I spoke on Tin Whiskers. I the...
Tin Wiskers, Solder Alloy Density, Safety: Sharing a Few Comments
Folks, Some time ago I wrote a post, “In Search of Tin Whiskers,” Michael responds below. He makes some good points. Dr. Ron, ...
Tin Whiskers Found in Toyota Brake Assemblies
Folks, You may remember that more than a year ago there was much speculation that tin whiskers may be......