Electronics Manufacturing Technical Articles

May 07, 1999

Eric Slezak, Kester Solder Co.

Viscosity and solderpaste is one of the most mis-understood aspects of this new and very important part of ...

May 07, 1999

Kurt Rajewski

Key competitive advantages can be obtained through the minimization of process defects and disruptions. In today's electronic manufacturing processes there are many variables to optimize. ...

May 07, 1999

Dennis F. Bernier, Kester Solder

This paper discusses the basic principles of soldering and what controls are necessary to achieve high quality and productivity....

May 07, 1999

Kester Solder

What follows are some thoughts and comments on a few questions concerning solder balls. ...

May 07, 1999

Dennis Bernier, Kester Solder Company

There are many things that can go wrong when soldering to gold plate over nickel surfaces. ...

May 07, 1999

Steve Santangelo, Kester Solder Co.

manufacturers of electronic assemblies have been investigating all means for reducing defect rates with the ultimate goal to achieve a significant cost savings and increase the overall reliability of electronic assemblies. ...

May 07, 1999

Merlin Kister, Kester Solder

Many manufacturers have now completed the conversion to no clean solderpaste. Many factors governed this initial conversion, among those being cosmetics, solderability, and processability....

May 07, 1999

Kester Solder

The use of fine pitch devices, those components with 25 mil center to center lead spacing or less, is becoming a common occurrence in today's electronic assembly. Currently, two major problems may be encountered... ...

May 07, 1999

T.R. Gibbs, Kester Solder Division

The most effective passivating agents for protecting bare copper boards are the heterocyclic nitrogen compounds. These modified azole complexes have been found to be the most effective of these oxidation inhibitors for bare copper boards....

May 07, 1999

Kester Solder

This data sheet supplement includes test methods used to generate information on the Kester RHEOMET data sheets along with comments on the validity and relevance of those test performed....