Patty Tackles Graping in China
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...
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Indium 101 - Sealing
The week before Mothers Day…an excellent time to talk about bonding! Indium metal really shines when it comes to bonding a wide variety of...
Tommy Acchione at the 2010 SVC
Okay, I admit it, I was sneaky and grabbed a photo of Tommy Acchione during his presentation of “Measuring the Performance of Low Melting Point ...
Align Your B2B Marcom Claims With Your Performance
It is critical for your B2B Marcom materials to align with the performance and capabilities of your products and services - as well as with the e...
SVC in Orlando
The Society of Vacuum Coaters 2010 technical conference took place last week, so this week I’ve been rounding up the display sputtering tar...
Assembled Cost of an iPad
Folks, I think the analysis is a little off in a recent posting by Dominique Numakura Re the cost of a product like the iPad. Numakura states: Co...
Unique Solderspheres
Solderspheres or solder spheres, or even solder balls: whatever you call them, Indium Corporation has been making them for years and has rightly acqui...
Halogen-free High-Lead(Pb) Die-Attach Solder Paste: Not an Oxymoron
I mentioned in a previous a blog posting that the primary driver for halogen-free electronics is ostensibly environmental, but that the confusion abou...
Solderless Technology Meeting at APEX
Folks, APEX 2010 appeared to be a great success. Attendance was high and my “Lead-Free Assembly” workshop broke a personal record of ...