Posted On: January 24th, 2018 | By: Indium Corporation®

Indium News: Solar Windows Made with Quantum Dots

Los Alamos National Labs is experimenting with quantum dots for solar windows....

Posted On: July 20th, 2015 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Estimating the Per Cent Gold In An Alloy: "Wet Gold Technique" Only Works with One Alloying Element… and You Must Know What That Element Is

Folks, The Wet Gold Technique is a simple way to estimate the percentage of gold in a gold alloy. This technique indirectly measures the density...

Posted On: April 16th, 2015 | By: Adam Murling

Preheating Part I - Types of Preheaters

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...

Posted On: April 8th, 2015 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Alloy Melting

Folks, Richard asks: Dear Dr. Ron, Recently we had a solderability problem with tin-finished component leads and SAC305 solder paste. One of our...

Posted On: February 9th, 2015 | By: Dr. Andy Mackie

Die-Attach Soldering Using Indium Alloys

There are at least three significant reasons to use indium solder alloys in your die-attach operation: Physical performance, Supplier reliability, Mat...

Posted On: June 19th, 2014 | By: Ed Briggs

Stencil Printing for Success: Solder Paste Handling and Storage

SMT Optimization for Success in Printing Ultrafine Solder Paste Deposits The SMT industry widely accepts that ~60% of solder defects occur at the ste...

Posted On: June 17th, 2014 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Alloy Density Calculator Generates Most Interest of All Blog Posts

Folks, In the nearly ten years that I have been blogging, I am continually surprised by the interest in a spreadsheet I created that calculates alloy ...

Posted On: February 3rd, 2014 | By: Christopher Nash

Printer Process Set-up

Over the last few years, miniaturization, and the drive for increased yields and lower defect rates, have forced the electronics manufacturing industr...

Posted On: January 27th, 2014 | By: Indium Corporation®

Have You Ever Heard of Indium?

Dave Letterman, of late night talk show host fame, has made the Top Ten List a popular vehicle for comedy, but it is also often used to convey useful ...