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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

솔더스피어, 솔더스피어, 솔더볼 등 명칭이 무엇이든, Indium Corporation은 수년 동안 솔더스피어를 만들어 왔으며, 다음과 같은 명성을 얻었습니다.

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

At the heart of it, NanoFoil ® is simply the aluminum and nickel chemical reaction just waiting to happen. A lot of energy and a lot of heat strapped into thousands of alternating layers of

Patty was checking her email. She noticed a note from someone who had attended last night’s SMTA meeting. Patty had just been elected chapter president, after giving a talk on the head-in-pillow

Reflow profiling can be broken down into several phases. I generally use the following; Preheat Pre-reflow Reflow Cooling Preheat Phase preconditions the PCB assembly prior to actual reflow, removes

Folks, Every so often a new electronics assembly technology comes along, and I am asked my opinion about it. The latest “new” technology for assembly is RF Activated “Green” Nano

Patty, Pete, and John prepare to do battle with "The Big O." Patty and Pete were able to squeeze in 9 holes of golf, though it was really stressful for Patty.Pete was a good golfer, but not

Shelf life of solder is a concern that is raised by customers on a somewhat regular basis. Solder pastes typically have a well defined shelf life, however the useable life of a solid form of solder

Many consumer electronics transitioned to Pb-Free 4-5 years ago. However, there are still a substantial number of electronics being built with Sn/Pb solder. As some of these products begin to

Folks, Patty was eating her lunch at her desk while reading Golf Digest. She had been training with weights, performing stretches, and getting lessons from a long drive pro in Grantham, NH. It was a

포밍 가스는 복잡한 주제이므로 이 섹션에서는 몇 가지 사전 배경 지식을 제공하고 다음 번에 납땜 부분에 대해 설명하겠습니다. 포름성 가스라고 하지 않나요? 포밍 가스는

저는 금속 간의 갈바닉 부식 가능성을 계산해 달라는 요청을 여러 번 받았는데, 대부분의 경우 이 문제에 접근할 때 우려되는 것은 다음과 같은 애플리케이션에서 비롯됩니다.