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Solder Fortification for Edge Connectors

Mobile phones.Tablets. Laptops. There is a good chance that you have one of these (how else could you be reading this?) and still a good chance you have at least two of

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The Impact Social Media Can Have On Your “Brand”

For this week’s lunch and learn presentation, we were joined by Cat Manion of The Paige Group. Cat focused her presentation on personal branding, and how to make your first impression count. We

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The Importance of Personal Branding

How's it going guys? For this Wednesday's Lunch-n-Learn, the other interns and I were spoken to by Cat Manion of The Paige Group about personal branding, and why it is important. We first

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80Au20Sn Solder Applications: When to choose Preform or Paste

On a daily basis, Indium’s tech support receives calls and emails about soldering with the 80Au20Sn alloy. We sell both 80Au20Sn solder paste and preforms because both have particular

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Building a Positive Work Environment

Indium Corporation is an international community of professionals striving to achieve and deliver respect, appreciation, and achievement. Communication is a critical element to every international

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Indium Alloy for use in Control Rods for Nuclear Reactors

I’d like to talk about how indium is used in many nuclear power plants to regulate the reaction which occurs. (If you need a quick primer on how nuclear power plants work, this is an

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Importance of Profiling a Reflow Oven

Trying to select and develop the proper reflow profile? This video explores the differences between the three main profile

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The Old Ball Game: Sponsored by Indium Corporation

During my first day at Indium Corporation, we were told about many things the company does to pull employees together in ways other companies do not. One way, is that tickets are raffled off for

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AnswerMan

Hello again, Last week I attended my first AnswerMan meeting. I didn’t really know what it was, but I was told to go, so I did. I figured, at worst, it was an hour break, and likely a blog

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Why I Chose Communications

My decision to pursue a degree in communications was influenced by my love of writing, and by my family members' career paths as

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Is a Difference in a Metric Practically Significant if it is Statistically Significant?

Folks, With the advent of modern imaging devices it is now possible to measure the transfer efficiency (TE) of thousands of SMT solder paste stencil prints. This situation makes the concept of being

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Goals

Magical Messi. There’s a reason why they call the best goal scorer in the world "magical," and it’s not because of the acutely annoying alliteration. He does things with the

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Chemical Engineering; Not What I Expected

I grew up with two brothers, me being the middle child. Out of the three of us it was always me who was fixing things. I was always on the lookout for the next thing to improve or rig up. I’ve

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The Time Value of Money

One of the core principles of finance that is taught in every university, is the impact time has on the value of money; both for one’s personal finances and the finances of a

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The Importance of Handwriting

This week I learned a simple thing that I believe everyone can do to help improve their image. One of the projects that I am working on requires me to go through a coworker's notebook and record

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Always Take Care of the Team

One of the biggest things that I stressed about myself when I was first applying for this internship was that I am a team player. When I say this, I mean that I’m willing to do whatever it

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Tax Extensions and Payment

Over the past week, my work within the finance department at Indium Corporation has spanned a variety of tasks necessary to our organization. One of the most interesting and unique discussions was

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Exploring the Wet Gold Technique to Measure Precious Metal Content

Phil Zarrow: Ron, in the past, we chatted about the interest in your blog postings on alloy density calculations. I saw in your blog that you used this technique that you've mastered to help a

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Calculating Confidence Intervals of Cpk in Stencil Printing

Phil Zarrow: Ron, when we talk about stencil printing, the basic foundation is transfer efficiency. Tell us about it. Dr. Ronald C. Lasky: Well, Phil, you know about two-thirds of all end-of-line

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Maximizing Uptime in Electronics Assembly

Dr. Ronald C. Lasky: Phil, you and I have been in what, got to be, hundreds of factories over the years, right? Most of the time, we ask people in the factories, what is their

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The Correct Formula for Solder Alloy Density

Phil Zarrow: Ron, your career has taken you down some very interesting paths. I remember one of your more popular blogs was the result of you becoming the oldest senior longbow puller. You got a new

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