Air or Nitrogen Atmosphere for BGA Rework
This is one the best BGA rework tutorials I’ve seen so far. I’m a sucker for video tutorials and these videos do a pretty good job o...
An Interview with Patty
Folks, While at SMTAI a few weeks ago, I ran into Patty. She agreed to sit down for an interview. Here it......
Technical Support for Hand Soldering
In an earlier post, I mentioned how hard it was to get technical support from some equipment vendors. In......
Halogen-free Fluxes: Standards Status Report
As a supplier of electronics materials, Indium Corporation is constantly faced with customer requests for “halogen-free” (HF) soldering fl...
Anxiously Awaiting TMV™ (Through Mold Via) PoP Dummy Components
Source: Amkor The new TVM™ PoP components......
A Clean Laboratory
If you’re a reader of this blog, you most likely deal with solder paste, flux, or some other messy material. How can you keep these materi...
Solder Paste: Drying Out or Relaxing?
Had some very interesting conversations at the IWLPC show last week, as always: one discussion was with my good friend Jeff Schake of Dek. He knew I h...
Saving a House or Losing a Mansion?
Folks, The adventures of Patty and The Professor continue….. Patty and The Professor agreed to work with two of the local process engineers to...
NanoFoil(R) - Nanotech comes to Indium Corporation
I just sat down to talk to Tommy Acchione (pronounced “akki-OWN”) Applications Engineer with Indium Corporation’s new product ...