Good Luck or Professional Help
A material trial can be a roll of the dice, or a very scientific experiment. Most customers don’t realize how much we crave new data points and ...
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Dispensing Die-Attach Solder Paste
The picture shows a “Dispensing Component Kit”. I find this is extremely helpful in quickly verifying your powder/needle combination. This...
Halogen-Free Solder Paste - Part 2
We received a call today from a customer that had tested the halide content of their board and reflowed solder paste, without components, using Ion Ch...
PoP - Ready, Set, Reflow!
Package-on-Package processing steps can create delays in getting to the reflow process. If you are new to stacking components, consider the mainstream...
Sludge
We commonly think of flux itself as the reason it should only be used for 8 hours at a time. As the workable life of new fluxes increase,......
Synchronize Your Solar Cell
Many people do not consider either semiconductors or solar cells as having any moving parts. But this is not completely true. Indeed, every solar cell...
Twinkies, Cockroaches, and Solder
We might as well add solder to the list of things that will still be around after a nuclear blast. I think everyone that has been in a......
Push It To The Limit
One very important part of materials testing is to find the usable limits of a material before it becomes a released product. Some customers like to u...
More from Tim Jensen on Halide-Free Soldering
Folks, A few days ago, I promised more from Tim Jensen on Halide-free soldering. Here it is: DR: There is a significant push in the electronics indust...
Naming Your Baby
Being part of new product development sometimes involves coming up with an appropriate title for the new flux, underfill, or alloy that is ready to fa...