Lead Free 2015
Folks, It is hard to believe that in July we will celebrate the 9th anniversary of the advent of RoHS. So the timing seemed right when I was recently ...
Folks, It is hard to believe that in July we will celebrate the 9th anniversary of the advent of RoHS. So the timing seemed right when I was recently ...
There are many more ways to cut a solder preform than most customers realize. We use each of these methods depending on the volume, precision, or comp...
My most recent blog topics have had to do with Wave Soldering Machine Components, but statistics is also something that interests me. Have y...
After a delightful lunch with Rob, Pete, and the Professor, Patty settled into her office to prepare a lecture on statistics. She was still enjo...
OK! We’ve discussed specifying solder preforms and making solder preforms, although none of that is important until we actually use the preforms...
Have you ever had to choose something (a new computer, kitchen cabinets, eyeglasses) and had so many choices that you became overwhelmed and got analy...
My last post was about the benefits and disadvantages of using a platen or hot plate preheater in wave soldering. There are many different kinds of pr...
Most people think of our alloys only in the ‘soldering’ sense. However, these same materials may be used in applications where they aren&r...
The previous post introduced all of the different type of preheaters. The Hot Plate or Platen preheater will be the first type I will discuss. If you ...
Interested in the effect your reflow profile can have on solder preforms? Check out my guest post on Jim Hisert’s blog! Applying Sold...
For this week’s World of Solder Preforms series installment, Brandon Judd explains the importance of reflow profiling: Solder preforms are a ver...
I mentioned, in my last post, that preheating is needed to decrease wave soldering cost. With trying to decrease the cost of the wave soldering proces...