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Sounds Like It’s Time To Profile

Category:
  • BGA
  • Indium Corporation
  • Pb-Free Solder
  • Pb-Free
  • Soldering
  • Solder
  • Solder Spheres
  • Solderability

  • Typical profile for Pb-free sphere mounting for BGA assembly, adjusted using a commercial profiling tool.

    Typical profile for Pb-free sphere mounting for BGA assembly, adjusted using a commercial profiling tool.

    As a musician, I understand how important it is to find the perfect sound.  When you record music it is necessary to adjust each ‘zone’ of sound with an equalizer.    Even between two similar guitars, adjustments are made to optimize the sound profile and make the output sound great.

     

    This is much like the oven you use to reflow solder.  No two ovens are the same, so it is important to use a profiling tool to optimize the profile of the oven you are using.  Simply copying the oven settings from an older machine is easy, but a poor way to run a process.  If you need help setting up, just click here and let us know.

    Authored by previous Indium Application Manager Jim Hisert