Cleaning Printed Circuit Assemblies, Design & Process Control Workshop Monday 22nd May 1:00pm — 4:30pm Radisson Blu Hotel Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam, Netherlands The workshop is part of SMTA &…
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SMART Group has now released a colour “Conformal Coating & Cleaning Defect Guide 2” The updated guide is being produced and circulated to industry free. The colour guide provides examples…
Join Assembly Soldering Inspection Defects LinkedIn Group As a process engineer with over 30 years of running my own business. Running practical training courses worldwide. With experience in assembly, environmental…
Hand soldering and de-soldering with lead-free solders does requires higher process temperatures. This material change can impact on the printed circuit board and components used. It can also impact on…
Producing a microsection is a very valuable and cost effective way of assessing PCB defects, component failures or solder joint quality. Understanding the steps in producing a section can be…
Solder balls and solder beading have been a process issue for many years and they may not cause product failure or quality problems but they are not desirable. Solder balls…
Defect of the Month is a series of video produced for and featured as part of the NPL/IPC video library with examples taken from the NPL Defect Database http://defectsdatabase.npl.co.uk/ Over…
Bob Willis reviews recently released reference books for electronics manufacturing that can help make an engineer’s life easier and add to your in-house library. All our book reviews and Top…
Having process problems, we solve process problems on a daily basis So what are solder spots? They are often a problem in modern reflow assembly, in fact in any process…
The following webinars are available free online throughout 2017 and are organised by Bob Willis for NPL. A direct link is provided for each event to allow you to book…
