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February 10, 2012
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Migrating to Paperless Work Instructions
False Tin Whiskers: Masquerading Intermetallic
Solderability Problems at Low Humidity
Evaluation of Lead-free Solder Pastes
Epoxy Bonding Problems on RoHS Boards
Hot Air Solder Leveling in the Lead-free Era
pH Neutral vs. Alkaline Cleaning Agents
Ultrasonic Cleaning Causing Damage
New Technologies for Ultra Thin Chips
Removing Flux from Low Standoff Heights
Cleaning Reballed BGA Components
Breakthrough Material Leads to Cheap Energy
Solder Deposits During Wave Soldering
Can Money Buy Happiness?
Problems With Viscosity and the Moon
Digitization Enables the Transformation of Our Society
Life After the Super Committee - What Now?
Design of New Solder Attach Technologies
Batteries Recharged In Seconds
Problems Hand Soldering 24 Layer Board
Component Damage From IR Reflow
Improve Scheduling in Electronics Assembly
Reactions of Sn in the Cu-Sn-Zn Alloy
Nitrogen Inerting For Lead-Free Wave Soldering
Rework for Lead-Free Mirrored BGA Designs
Mind Reading From Fantasy to Reality
Shelf Life Before Conformal Coating
Embedded Components: Analysis of Reliability
Organic Flux Residue Concerns
Next Generation PoP Pastes
Four Techniques for Removing Solder Mask
Pay Clerk Production Woes
50 Billion Internet Devices by 2020
Nanotech Finds Applications in Electronics
Alternatives to Conformal Coating
Does Lead-free Flux Make a Difference?
Solder Paste and the 5 Ball Rule
The Digital Solder Paste
Cause of Unusual Contamination?
Lead-free Reflow and Influence of Moisture
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Migrating to Paperless Work Instructions
A paper environment does not provide the nimbleness needed to execute today's adaptive business models.
Channel: Operations, Productivity, Supply
False Tin Whiskers: Masquerading Intermetallic
Paper covers misidentification of tin/copper intermetallic structures as tin whiskers and soldering details during root cause analysis.
Channel: Contamination, Defects, Whiskers
Solderability Problems at Low Humidity
Can very low humidity effect solderability of PCB assemblies. Are there other concerns when working in very low humidity?
Channel: Soldering, Selective, Wave
Evaluation of Lead-free Solder Pastes
This paper discusses the strategy and methodology for selecting a good lead-free solder paste material for volume manufacturing uses.
Channel: Solders, Fluxes, Pastes
Epoxy Bonding Problems on RoHS Boards
We are having problems with epoxy bonding to RoHS boards. Is there something about RoHS boards that make them more difficult to bond?
Channel: Adhesives, Coating, Dispensing
Hot Air Solder Leveling in the Lead-free Era
Paper discusses best practice for lead-free HASL lines and the properties expected with a properly applied HASL finish.
Channel: PC Fab, Board Design, Laminates
pH Neutral vs. Alkaline Cleaning Agents
Study compares material compatibility and cleaning effectiveness of pH-neutral and alkaline technologies at low operating concentrations.
Channel: Cleaning, Washing, Solvents
Ultrasonic Cleaning Causing Damage
What method can be used to prevent damage to sensitive SMT components during the ultrasonic cleaning process?
Channel: Cleaning, Washing, Solvents
New Technologies for Ultra Thin Chips
Paper shows different approaches to use ultra-thin chips for new packages with high density and improved performance.
Channel: Flip-Chip, MEMS, Semiconductors
Removing Flux from Low Standoff Heights
Paper covers evaluation of cleaning effectiveness of chemistries in removing flux residues from beneath low standoff height components.
Channel: Cleaning, Washing, Solvents
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MSD Damage Causes Early Field Failures
Components encapsulated in plastic or organic compounds are susceptible to moisture damage. So are PCBs, all can cause early field failures. Control MSDs per IPC J-Std-033b.1 and 1601.
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A Century of Global Soldering Leadership
A Century of Global Soldering Leadership
Why spend so much time developing profiles for every board, when Vitronics Soltec's Autoset can do it for you, automatically?
Vitronics Soltec
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Experience the Blackfox difference! Schedule your IPC Training and Certification with Blackfox at one of our many certification sites, or we'll come to you. Find the schedule...
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New High-speed Modular Chip-shooter
New High-speed Modular Chip-shooter
The FX3 is a new high-speed modular chip-shooter delivering cutting edge technology combining speed, performance and high-uptime.
Juki Automation Systems
Internationally Recognized Training
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