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Here is another bit from Eric, explaining issues that might arise while cleaning water soluble solder paste: (You can Click hereif you missedPart 1) “It is important to note that assemblers may

One of the fun things about tradeshows is that you have a chance to see products that you would not normally see otherwise. Similarly, it is always interesting to see a wide variety of products

Two years ago, electronics companies were talking about China RoHS becoming the next big set of legislation affecting the assembly of their products. It was supposed to restrict all the materials

This week Eric Bastow offers a series of 3 entries to explain the basics of water soluble solder paste: “All these product names generally refer to a type of solder paste that leaves behind a

It's about time! Recently the IPC has proposed the following subcommittees for solar standardization: Acceptability Guidelines for Solar Panel Lamination Specification for Materials Used in

Folks, The adventoures of The Professor continue: In contemplating the events that transpired in the 9 months since The Professor's last visit, Patty had to chuckle.John, her boss, received

Ever since RoHS was implemented in 2006, people have been wondering what happens to the company that gets caught with Pb, Cadmium, Chromium, or certain halogens. In the UK, they use the National

If you've checked out our data sheets lately, you may notice that they look a bit different. We've updated and provided more data and images for sputtering targets, chemicals, PV interconnect

In order to achieve optimal performance, it is important to allow a refrigerated flux to warm to room temperature for an adequate amount of time before

Folks, There is still considerable interest in the alloy density calculation and the related software I developed. Here is a post on this topic on my Circuits Assembly blog. Using the software is

Pin-in-paste is the technique of intrusive soldering through-hole components to a circuit board using reflow soldering. Typically, solder paste can be printed and this will provide enough solder for

Concentrator Image Source: Meta Efficient Honestly, the solar business unit here at Indium is growing tremendously, and I'm proud to say that it looks like it is attracting the most interest out

I was asked by a customer (who I consider a friend), if I had any information about formic

A well-respected colleague asked this week if the metal loading of type '4' solder powder in a paste was lower than that for type '3' because the particles were smaller. The

Greenpeace continues to take unusual steps to push electronics companies to produce halogen-free products. On Tuesday July 28th, Greenpeace activists climbed onto the roof of one of the HP buildings

“I recently read an article in the April, 2009, edition of Sun & Wind Energy magazine, titled “Barrier and Benefit” by Ina

Folks, Amid predictions of disaster RoHS was enacted 3 years ago on 1 July 2006. The sky was going to fall…….it never did. Since then, much more than $1 trillion dollars worth of RoHS

I am flattered to be included inBernie Borges' new book, titled, "MARKETING 2.0, Bridging The Gap Between Seller And Buyer Through Social Media Marketing." I have not yet read the

The humerous Dilbert cartoon reiterates an important fact about companies "going green." While there are probably individual employees at the company who are passionate about helping the

The assembly materials and assembly techniques used in semiconductor packaging have been adopted for solar assembly, especially back end assembly. This is a new revelation to

To clarify the differences between high temperature glass/Ag bassed metallization pastes and low temperature metallization pastes used for thin film "shingle" assembly, our own Jim Slattery