Assembly > Solder

Temperature control and hand devices

28 March, 2011

Quality managers and line supervisors are routinely tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that the hand soldering process is under control. The method most commonly used is to measure the idle tip temperature of the soldering station and to use this reading as a benchmark of system compliance.


'Tin whiskers' being probed

30 September, 2009

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Britain has been studying the allotropic phase transformation in tin and its alloys, commonly known as tin pest, to measure the implications of adopting lead-free solder manufacturing practices.


Company introduces lead-free electronics

09 April, 2008

Endress+Hauser has removed lead from all electronic components — primarily printed circuit board manufacturing — in its ongoing products portfolio, voluntarily complying with a recent European directive aimed at protecting human health from the effects of lead. 


Automated solder application

04 July, 2006

EFD's SolderPlus dispensing system integrates three EFD products - EFD SolderPlus solder paste, a dispense valve, and an XYZ positioning platform - into a way that automates solder application in benchtop assemblies.


Reflow soldering

01 February, 2006

The RF 300 and RF 500 Inline SMT reflow soldering system has each heating zone programmable through the controller which can store up to 100 profiles.


Don't be afraid of lead-free soldering!

05 July, 2004

On July 1, 2006 lead-free soldering finally becomes law for the manufacturers and suppliers of electronic components in Europe. Many small and medium sized companies but also large industrial producers feel left alone with the changes to come


Wide apart worlds of lead-free soldering

05 January, 2004

The worldwide pressure to move away from traditional lead-containing solders has resulted in some intriguing differences of philosophy and approach around the world, which were highlighted during a recent British fact-finding mission to Japan


Lead free: a weighty debate

05 August, 2003

Several months after the European Parliament approved stringent legislation banning lead and other hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment sold in Europe beginning July 2006, the industry is finding compliance easier said than done


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