San Diego — DEK USA will host a lead-free workshop on Sept. 22 -23, at its Schaumburg, IL, facility. The workshop is co-sponsored by KIC, Henkel Technologies, DEK, Vitronics Soltec and OK International.

The hands-on training program is designed for engineers and engineering management, and aims to provide participants with a broader knowledge of lead-free materials interactions, and the advantages and limitations of the process. A sample lead-free board will be produced and taken away by each attendee.

The workshop will feature hands-on production floor training in the following areas:

· Screen printing surface mount adhesives and solder paste, and placement
· Reflow profiling

· Inspection/analytical

· Rework

· Wave.

A detailed agenda will be available mid-July at kicthermal.com/index.html. Reservations must be made in advance.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – A group of leading vendors of solder today released its final results from a lengthy investigation on lead-free alloys, finding an alloy of Sn96.5Ag3.0Cu0.5 to be the best candidate to replace tin-lead solder.

The three-year study also baselined a series of test methods for determining lead-free solder performance.

HOUSTON —BP Microsystems, a supplier of device programming systems, announced that Redback Test Services will represent its full line of device programmers throughout Australia and New Zealand. 

Established in 2002, Redback Test Services is a supplier of test and test automation solutions for the Australian and New Zealand electronics industry. Based in Melbourne, the company presently supports local, interstate and international companies.