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Military/Aerospace Lead-Free Solder Reliability Still Unproven
Folks, I’m taking a few moments from Wassail Weekend , held annually in my village, Woodstock VT, “The prettiest small town in Americ...
LT-918 Low-Temp Metallization Paste Keeps Getting Better
Recently I was testing the resistance......
Cold Welding Indium Metal
Indium metal has the unique ability to cold weld (bond) to itself at room temperature. Though this is, technically, not soldering, this property makes...
Indium Alloys for Soldering to Gold
Here is a question that was received and answered on our website almost a decade ago – but it is still quite relevant: p......
Tombstoning: The Death of a PCBA
Tombstoning (also known as the Manhattan effect, drawbridge effect, or Stonehenge effect) is described (in the simplest, and most common, sense) as oc...
Peel Testing Adhesion of Metallization Paste
This is a short video demonstrating how easy it is for you to perform a quick peel test on a metallization and demonstrate its adhesion to a thin-film...
Hand Soldering Recommendations for Solar Module Assembly
Here is a list of tricks to help you overcome the issues that can arise while hand soldering silicon-based solar cells (and other applications as well...
Patty Seeks the Ultimate Electronics Assembly Productivity Metric
Folks, Let’s look in on Patty…... Patty was just finishing a report on work that she and Pete had performed with a team of her ACME colle...
Statistics: How Unusual is the New Orleans 0-11 Coin Toss Loss?
Folks, In addition to electronics assembly productivity, solder paste and solder preform applications, and other electronics assembly concerns, many o...
Solder Paste Expiration / Shelf Life
Solder paste is comprised of powdered solder alloy suspended in a flux vehicle. There is a group of flux ingredients that is generically identified as...