What ever happened to China RoHS
Two years ago, electronics companies were talking about China RoHS becoming the next big set of legislation affecting the assembly of their prod...
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Water “Soluble”, Water “Washable”, Water “Cleanable” Solder Paste (Part 1 - Definition)
This week Eric Bastow offers a series of 3 entries to explain the basics of water soluble solder paste:br......
Standards for Solar Panel Manufacturing
It’s about time! Recently the IPC has proposed the following subcommittees for solar standardization: ul style="margin-top:......
Aftermath of The Professor's Visits to ACME
Folks, The adventoures of The Professor continue: In contemplating the events that transpired in the 9 months since The Professor’s last visit, ...
CAUGHT! You Don't Comply With RoHS
Ever since RoHS was implemented in 2006, people have been wondering what happens to the company that gets caught with Pb, Cadmium, Chromium, or certai...
Solar Product Data Sheets
If you’ve checked out our data sheets lately, you may notice that they look a bit different. We’ve......
Thawing Flux Before Use
In order to achieve optimal performance, it is important to allow a refrigerated flux to warm to room temperature for......
Alloy Density Calculation
Folks, There is still considerable interest in the alloy density calculation and the related software I developed. Here is a post on this t...
Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems - Will they reach 50% Efficiency?
Concentrator Image Source: Meta Efficient Honestly, the solar business unit here at Indium is growing tremendously, and......
Should I be Afraid of Formic Acid?
I was asked by a customer (who I consider a friend), if I had any information about formic acid.span style="mso-spacerun:......
Pin in Paste using Solder Preforms
0402 or 0603 solder preforms deposited in paste for pin in paste assembly meta......
Effect of Particle Size on Solder Paste (Part I)
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...