Flux is commonly utilized in the PCB assembly industry with several of its usage ranging from the cleaning of component leads to reflow/wave soldering. The use of halide and non-halide flux have each ...

This article compares Topbest with several similarly positioned suppliers using a structured ranking format. The focus stays ...

Employing advanced furnace profiling and soldering techniques with a variety of solder materials, a soldering process from packaging manufacturer Thunderline-Z (Hampstead, NH) promises to speed ...

The complexities associated with the use of solders in electronic products. What’s the alternative to solder? A long-standing adage observes that “if the only tool in your tool chest is a hammer, the ...

The general process of circuit board assembly goes like this: You order your PCBs. You also order your components. For surface mount components, you apply solder paste to the pads, put the components ...

Common inverter construction today features large Through-The-Hole (TTH) components along with smaller SMD devices on one side of the PCB, with the power module mounted on the other side and connected ...

This application video shows the soldering of radiator cap assembly from Ambrell. A radiator cap assembly pre-fluxed with a solder ring in the joint area by induction heating. An Ambrell EASYHEAT ...

It directly affects electrical performance, manufacturing yield, PCB layout complexity and long-term reliability. There are ...

Low-silver solder paste series supports SMT assembly with reduced material cost exposure while maintaining process compatibility. The system features ~0.1–1.1% Ag content compared to ~3.0% in SAC305, ...