Antennas exist in all communication equipment and in a broad range of electronics. The industries that use antennas range from telecom to medical industry to military applications. Current antennas are much smaller than previous generations and, in m
New Equipment | Solder Materials
AIM’s REL61™ is comprised of tin, bismuth, silver, copper and trace amounts of elemental grain structure refiners. REL61 has proven to reduce tin whisker formation as well as outperforming SAC alloys in thermal shock, vibration and drop shock resista
New Equipment | Solder Materials
AIM’s REL22™ alloy is comprised of tin, bismuth, silver, copper, antimony, nickel and trace amounts of elemental grain structure refiners. The alloy provides significantly improved durability for use in applications where thermal shock, vibration and
Technical Library | 2009-01-15 00:42:58.0
Tin-silver-copper has received much publicity in recent years as the lead-free solder of choice. SAC305 was endorsed by the IPC Solder Value Product Council in the United States as the preferred option for SMT assembly; most assemblers have transitioned to this alloy for their solder paste requirements. The SAC305 alloy due to its 3.0% content of silver is expensive when compared to traditional 63/37 for this reason many wave assemblers are opting for less costly options such as tin-copper based solders for their wave, selective and dip tinning operations.
New Equipment | Solder Materials
FCT Assembly has partnered with Nihon Superior to be able to offer their patented lead free nickel stabilized tin/copper wave solder alloy- SN100C in North America. SN100C was developed to offer a technically superior and more economical option to th
Industry News | 2001-12-12 07:21:44.0
AIM, Inc. and Nihon Almit Co., Ltd. today announced the signing of a worldwide license agreement for AIM's patented lead-free alloy, trade-named CASTIN®. The agreement enables Nihon Almit to manufacture and sell the alloy throughout the world.
Technical Library | 2023-08-04 15:27:30.0
A designed experiment evaluated the influence of several variables on appearance and strength of Pb-free solder joints. Components, with leads finished with nickel-palladium-gold (NiPdAu), were used from Texas Instruments (TI) and two other integrated circuit suppliers. Pb-free solder paste used was tin-silver-copper (SnAgCu) alloy. Variables were printed wiring board (PWB) pad size/stencil aperture (the pad finish was consistent; electrolysis Ni/immersion Au), reflow atmosphere, reflow temperature, Pd thickness in the NiPdAu finish, and thermal aging. Height of solder wetting to component lead sides was measured for both ceramic plate and PWB soldering. A third response was solder joint strength; a "lead pull" test determined the maximum force needed to pull the component lead from the PWB. This paper presents a statistical analysis of the designed experiment. Reflow atmosphere and pad size/stencil aperture have the greatest contribution to the height of lead side wetting. Reflow temperature, palladium thickness, and preconditioning had very little impact on side-wetting height. For lead pull, variance in the data was relatively small and the factors tested had little impact.
Technical Library | 2024-04-08 15:46:36.0
A designed experiment evaluated the influence of several variables on appearance and strength of Pb-free solder joints. Components, with leads finished with nickel-palladium-gold (NiPdAu), were used from Texas Instruments (TI) and two other integrated circuit suppliers. Pb-free solder paste used was tin-silver-copper (SnAgCu) alloy. Variables were printed wiring board (PWB) pad size/stencil aperture (the pad finish was consistent; electrolysis Ni/immersion Au), reflow atmosphere, reflow temperature, Pd thickness in the NiPdAu finish, and thermal aging. Height of solder wetting to component lead sides was measured for both ceramic plate and PWB soldering. A third response was solder joint strength; a "lead pull" test determined the maximum force needed to pull the component lead from the PWB. This paper presents a statistical analysis of the designed experiment. Reflow atmosphere and pad size/stencil aperture have the greatest contribution to the height of lead side wetting. Reflow temperature, palladium thickness, and preconditioning had very little impact on side-wetting height. For lead pull, variance in the data was relatively small and the factors tested had little impact.
Industry News | 2013-01-15 16:31:41.0
– AIM Solder announces that it will highlight its new NC277 No-Clean Liquid Flux at the upcoming IPC APEX Expo,
Industry News | 2013-02-21 07:01:08.0
AIM Solder today announced that it has been awarded a 2013 NPI Award in the category of Flux for its NC277 No-Clean Liquid Flux.
