Fluxers Part II - Wave: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #4
When the wave soldering machine was developed, the early flux application method was the same as the solder application method – a wave. While t...
Wave Solder
Fluxers Part I - Foam: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #3
A wave solder machine’s foam fluxer is a device in which compressed air is fed through a porous tube (commonly referred......
Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis): Post #1
There are many types of wave solder machines, each with their own quirks, characteristics, and personalities. The good news is, each has the same core...
Fluxers - An Introduction: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #2
Flux is an essential component in the creation of a solder joint. For the sake of this post, I will be referencing flux as it is used in wave sol...
Outsourcing Manufacturing is not Part of DFM
Folks, Looks like Patty has been busy….. Patty couldn’t remember having a busier week. She just got back on Friday from serving on ...
A Look Inside SMTA Certification with Tim Hults
Indium Corporation’s newest Global Accounts technical service engineer, Tim Hults, recently earned his SMTA Process Certification. Indium Corpor...
To the Windy City and Back Again
This is an account of my trip to Indium’s Chicago facility. If you didn’t get a chance to read my previous post, the link is right he...
Pin-in-Paste Aperture Calculations Using Solder Preforms with StencilCoach
Folks, As mentioned in the last post, it is a common problem with the PIP (pin-in-paste) process to struggle to get adequate solder volume. If ...
How to Evaluate a Wave Solder Flux
The title of this blog is a little misleading because it is actually going to focus on an inappropriate method that is sometimes used in wav...
The Importance of Oxygen Barrier in Solder Pastes
Folks, Pity the solder scientists of the late 1970s and early 1980s. SMT was an emerging technology and the world wanted to buy solder paste.&nb...
Wet Gold II: Measuring Gold Content in an Ore With Only a Scale
Folks, In my last post we saw how you could measure density with only a scale. In this post, we will expand on that technique and learn h...
Interpreting Weibull Plots: I
Folks, A while ago I discussed the Weibull Distribution and its importance in electronics reliability analysis. This distribution has been use...