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Kester is a leading global supplier of assembly materials to the electronic assembly, component and microelectronic marketplaces. »»

Headquarters: Itasca, Illinois, USA

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12 listed by Kester

Product	Category
268 Flux-Cored Wire Kester 268 Flux-Cored Wire is a zero-halogen wire optimized for robotic soldering applications. With its unique chemistry system, 268 provides consistent workability performance for both robotic and manual soldering in the electronics industry, with performance equivalent to conventional halogen/ ha...	Solder Materials
NP505-LT Solder Paste NP505-LT is a no-clean, Pb-free, zero-halogen solder paste for assemblies that have temperature sensitive substrates and components. Warping is becoming more evident with the trend towards complex boards and the trend of using thinner and larger packages and boards. The defects caused by the warpage...	Solder Materials
WP616 Solder Paste WP616 is a zero-halogen, lead-free, water-soluble solder paste formula for both nitrogen and air reflow applications. WP616 provides a combination of consistent print performance at wide humidity levels, excellent solderability and ease of cleaning, while maintaining a zero-halogen flux formulation....	Solder Materials
SELECT-10™ Flux-Pen® Kester’s SELECT-10™ is now available as a Flux-Pen®. SELECT-10™ is a zero-halogen no-clean liquid flux designed specifically for the needs of the selective soldering process. Sustained activity within the flux allows for good barrel fill in challenging applications, such as ...	Selective Soldering
NP560 Solder Paste NP560 is a no-clean, lead-free, halogen-free solder paste. It consistently delivers paste transfer efficiencies of 0.50 to 0.55 AR and is fully capable of printing and reflowing 01005 components, even in air, with minimal graping behavior. In addition to its stable, consistent product performance, N...	Solder Materials
NF1060-VF Eco-Friendly Soldering Flux NF1060-VF is a new addition to Kester’s No-Clean, VOC-Free product line. NF1060-VF is zero-halogen (none intentionally added) wave soldering flux that maintains its soldering performance achieving excellent through-hole fill and low-defect soldering of lead-free electronic circuit board ass...	Materials
Solder Wire Kester wire products have been developed to provide superior performance for hand soldering in the electronics industry. While the globally available preferred products are listed below, other combinations and core fluxes may be available. The Kester website will have the most updated listing of ...	Solder Materials
Liquid Solder Flux Lead-free wave and selective soldering systems require exposing the flux to slightly higher soldering temperatures. Lead-free alloys traditionally wet metal surfaces more slowly than tin-lead. Kester liquid fluxes for lead-free assembly have new activator packages to enable rapid wetting and hole...	Solder Materials
Solder Paste Kester offers a complete line of solder paste to fit the needs of the electronic assembly market. The preferred products below cover the complete range of application types including No-Clean, Water Soluble, Halogen-Free and Lead-Free. ...	Solder Materials
Tacky Solder Fluxes Kester Tacky Solder Fluxes (TSFs) are the industrial standard for Flip Chip and BGA Sphere Attach. With viscosities optimized for high speed application and holding of a chip or sphere in place prior to reflow, Kester TSF’s enable wide process windows for our users. Known for their active sold...	Solder Materials
Kester Preforms Kester brings over 50 years of experience in preform manufacturing and can provide preforms in a variety of shapes, sizes, and flux types. Preforms can provide a precise volume of solder and flux to the right area at the right time for a number of different applications. The main applications inc...	Solder Materials
Bar Solder Manufactured by a special process that controls the inclusions of oxides and metallic and non-metallic impurities, Kester Ultrapure® is the industry standard bar solder for use in high tech electronic applications where lower surface tension and hole filling ability are essential. The purity of ...	Solder Materials

Product

268 Flux-Cored Wire

Kester 268 Flux-Cored Wire is a zero-halogen wire optimized for robotic soldering applications. With its unique chemistry system, 268 provides consistent workability performance for both robotic and manual soldering in the electronics industry, with performance equivalent to conventional halogen/ ha...

Solder Materials

NP505-LT Solder Paste

NP505-LT is a no-clean, Pb-free, zero-halogen solder paste for assemblies that have temperature sensitive substrates and components. Warping is becoming more evident with the trend towards complex boards and the trend of using thinner and larger packages and boards. The defects caused by the warpage...

Solder Materials

WP616 Solder Paste

WP616 is a zero-halogen, lead-free, water-soluble solder paste formula for both nitrogen and air reflow applications. WP616 provides a combination of consistent print performance at wide humidity levels, excellent solderability and ease of cleaning, while maintaining a zero-halogen flux formulation....

Solder Materials

SELECT-10™ Flux-Pen®

Kester’s SELECT-10™ is now available as a Flux-Pen®. SELECT-10™ is a zero-halogen no-clean liquid flux designed specifically for the needs of the selective soldering process. Sustained activity within the flux allows for good barrel fill in challenging applications, such as ...

Selective Soldering

NP560 Solder Paste

NP560 is a no-clean, lead-free, halogen-free solder paste. It consistently delivers paste transfer efficiencies of 0.50 to 0.55 AR and is fully capable of printing and reflowing 01005 components, even in air, with minimal graping behavior. In addition to its stable, consistent product performance, N...

Solder Materials

NF1060-VF Eco-Friendly Soldering Flux

NF1060-VF is a new addition to Kester’s No-Clean, VOC-Free product line. NF1060-VF is zero-halogen (none intentionally added) wave soldering flux that maintains its soldering performance achieving excellent through-hole fill and low-defect soldering of lead-free electronic circuit board ass...

Materials

Solder Wire

Kester wire products have been developed to provide superior performance for hand soldering in the electronics industry. While the globally available preferred products are listed below, other combinations and core fluxes may be available. The Kester website will have the most updated listing of ...

Solder Materials

Liquid Solder Flux

Lead-free wave and selective soldering systems require exposing the flux to slightly higher soldering temperatures. Lead-free alloys traditionally wet metal surfaces more slowly than tin-lead. Kester liquid fluxes for lead-free assembly have new activator packages to enable rapid wetting and hole...

Solder Materials

Solder Paste

Kester offers a complete line of solder paste to fit the needs of the electronic assembly market. The preferred products below cover the complete range of application types including No-Clean, Water Soluble, Halogen-Free and Lead-Free. ...

Solder Materials

Tacky Solder Fluxes

Kester Tacky Solder Fluxes (TSFs) are the industrial standard for Flip Chip and BGA Sphere Attach. With viscosities optimized for high speed application and holding of a chip or sphere in place prior to reflow, Kester TSF’s enable wide process windows for our users. Known for their active sold...

Solder Materials

Kester Preforms

Kester brings over 50 years of experience in preform manufacturing and can provide preforms in a variety of shapes, sizes, and flux types. Preforms can provide a precise volume of solder and flux to the right area at the right time for a number of different applications. The main applications inc...

Solder Materials

Bar Solder

Manufactured by a special process that controls the inclusions of oxides and metallic and non-metallic impurities, Kester Ultrapure® is the industry standard bar solder for use in high tech electronic applications where lower surface tension and hole filling ability are essential. The purity of ...

Solder Materials