Revolutionizing Electronics Assembly: The Future of Robotic Soldering
Explore the growing importance of robotic soldering in electronics assembly, addressing challenges such as miniaturization and cycle time demands. Dis...
Solder Wire
Spreadsheet to Turn Solder Wire Mass to Length and Vice Versa
Folks, Digikey colleague Aaron Rollens developed the equation to convert the mass on a spool of solder wire into its length. I also developed the equa...
Par 3s, Dollar Bills, and Fine-Diameter Cored Wire?
Indium Corporation manufactures cored wire that is nearly as thin as a human hair!...
Automated Soldering Methods: What’s the Difference Between Robotic Soldering and Laser Soldering?
Laser soldering is making its way into the market and onto electronics assembly lines. What's the difference between this method and iron-tip robo...
Solder in Medical Devices
The assembly of medical devices uses a wide variety of alternative soldering processes, of which the most frequently used solder products include past...
Soldering Iron Tip Temperatures Cannot Afford To Be Overlooked
Soldering iron tip temperatures are increasing under the thought that hotter settings perform faster to reduce cycle times. However, that is not alway...
Don't Get Burned: How to Avoid Flux Charring
Charring is a common defect in hand and robotic soldering using flux-cored wire. Robert McKerrow explains what causes this and how to avoid it....
The Importance of Tension on Fine Diameter Cored Wire in Robotic Soldering Applications
Thoughts on the importance of tension in the robotic soldering process....
Indium Corporation's Cored Wire & Robotic Soldering Video Focusing on Key Attributes & Capabilities
New cored wire video made for social media viewing....
Short Video Discussing Robotic Soldering with Flux-Cored Wire Basics From the Indium Archives
Robert share a good video which provides some good tips on soldering with flux-cored wire....
Solder Spatter Matters
Spatter matters when it comes to manual and robotic soldering. You can avoid spatter-related soldering problems....
Robotic Soldering Web Page Makes its Debut
New webpage for robotic soldering featuring low-spattering flux-cored wire....