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(continued from previous post) “Fred break, Bob break?” Phil asked. Folks, The "Fred and Bob Breaks"saga continues, “Fred is the tech responsible for the stencil printer

Folks, Dr. Phil James, a former student of “The Professor”, gets a phone call, let’s listen in…… Phil James was staring out the window of his office in Exeter, NH.Fall

I just visited a customer that was converting from water soluble solder paste to no-clean. Not exactly a slam dunk transition as this customer found out. During my visit, solder balls and solder

Sebbene la maggior parte degli scienziati oggi ritenga che l'alchimia sia stata ampiamente screditata, e a me è stato insegnato a essere d'accordo, l'idea di essa è stravagante e

Ultimamente mi sono dedicato a diverse ricerche e uno dei miei argomenti preferiti sono le leghe per saldatura. Per molto tempo la maggior parte delle saldature (quasi tutte) è stata composta da stagno-piombo eutettico.

I have previously discussed various reasons why thermal considerations in a device cannot be an afterthought.There are various methods for handling the thermal needs of a device before it becomes a

I’ve received numerous questions about using gallium liquid metal alloys, so thought I’d present some of my answers for all. The customerquestions are in black, and my responses in red.

... e torniamo alla domanda: "Quanto è piccola la particella di polvere di saldatura di cui ho bisogno per ottenere una certa altezza o una certa protuberanza?

L'argomento di questa settimana riguarda sia il bumping dei wafer che quello dei substrati con la pasta saldante e il problema della polvere.

Solder paste is made to be reflowed in the SMT process. Exactly HOW that is done is critical to your success. Included in the Product Data Sheet, among other things, are parameters which guide the

The Northeast USA (as well as other parts of the country) have been experiencing quite a warm summer. And, if walking out into the humidity wasn't clue enough, I would just have to test the fit

Folks, The adventures of Patty and Rob continue……. Rob bolted upright in bed. He had that terrible feeling that he had overslept for an important appointment. His eyes quickly found the

Folks, The adventuresofPatty and Rob continue…….. “No way Rob. I can’t buy this one,” shouted Phil. “I’m telling you I did all of the calculations. I know it

Folks, Patty and Rob return from their honeymoon……. Patty had just finished some emails and was ready to head off to meet Rob and some of their buddies for

My friend and colleague, Eric Bastow, got back last month from an IPC standards meeting with some interesting news for those of us who supply and use solder

Wandering through the references to indium metalon the internet, I sometimes see it referred to as, "that 'rare'

Folks, After a bit of a break, the adventures of Patty, Rob, and The Professor continue: The plane droned on as it made its slow march from Detroit to Tokyo. Patty looked down at Rob as he slumbered

Sfere di saldatura o sfere di saldatura, o anche palline di saldatura: comunque le si chiami, Indium Corporation le produce da anni e ha giustamente acquisito la reputazione di fare tutto il necessario per

I mentioned in a previous a blog posting that the primary driver for halogen-free electronics is ostensibly environmental, but that the confusion about “which halogens and which molecules and

Folks, After my recent post on the fact that there was no data linking tin whiskers to the Toyota sudden acceleration issues, there continue to be more posts saying things like “Tin Whiskers

Graping is a phenomenon which appears as un-reflowed solder particles, typically seen on the surface of the solder joint. The graping phenomena has become more common due to some of the following