News
DES PLAINES, IL — Kester will host a lead-free seminar, “Project 2005: Achieving Lead-free RoHS Assembly” on Sept. 13 at the Radisson Hotel Dallas in North Richardson, TX.
The seminar is designed to assist the electronic industry in the transition to lead-free soldering and RoHS compliancy.
Topics will include: lead-free and RoHS directive overview; supply changes and procurement issues; board/component requirements; lead-free alloy selection for SMT, wave and rework; lead-free wave, and SMT process optimization; impact of dual systems; BGA rework practices; hand soldering process changes; lead-free RoHS reliability; field rework and training; and training and documentation.
Attendees will receive a lead-free assembly technical manual and CD containing presentation materials; technical white papers; and the Lead-Free Connection.
For more information on the technical content of seminar, contact Peter Biocca: pbiocca@kester.com.
For registration details, contact Theresa Rudnick: (847) 699-5580 or visit kester.com.
The seminar is designed to assist the electronic industry in the transition to lead-free soldering and RoHS compliancy.
Topics will include: lead-free and RoHS directive overview; supply changes and procurement issues; board/component requirements; lead-free alloy selection for SMT, wave and rework; lead-free wave, and SMT process optimization; impact of dual systems; BGA rework practices; hand soldering process changes; lead-free RoHS reliability; field rework and training; and training and documentation.
Attendees will receive a lead-free assembly technical manual and CD containing presentation materials; technical white papers; and the Lead-Free Connection.
For more information on the technical content of seminar, contact Peter Biocca: pbiocca@kester.com.
For registration details, contact Theresa Rudnick: (847) 699-5580 or visit kester.com.
SAN JOSE, CA -- Venture Outsource Group is presenting a live Webcast on electronics outsourcing contracts. The event, Electronics Outsourcing Contracts – Development & Negotiations, will take place Oct. 4 at 8:00 a.m. PDT.
The Webcast will be led by VOG president Mark Zetter. Registration and program information can be found at ventureoutsource.com/docs/webinar/contracts.html.
The Webcast will be led by VOG president Mark Zetter. Registration and program information can be found at ventureoutsource.com/docs/webinar/contracts.html.
FRANKLIN, MA – Speedline Technologies and Agilent Technologies have found that positional
accuracy of a paste deposit relative to the pad is the critical
element in ensuring good fine-pitch, lead-free assemblies, and is even
more critical for some formulations than others.
A report on the three-month investigation to understand and quantify variables in a lead-free manufacturing process will be presented at SMTA International in Chicago in September.
A report on the three-month investigation to understand and quantify variables in a lead-free manufacturing process will be presented at SMTA International in Chicago in September.
HERNDON, VA — Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA), chairman of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce,
will deliver the opening remarks at iNEMI's Leadership Forum next month. The
forum is intended to launch a coordinated initiative that will
stimulate innovation and manufacturing research in electronics.
SAN JOSE -- June quarter sales of servers grew to $12.1 billion worldwide, up 4.7% year-over-year, a leading research firm said today.
Revenue fell 1.6% sequentially, Gartner Inc. said.
PHOENIX -- Finetech GmbH and Co. KG, a German manufacturer of rework and bonding equipment, will host two Lead-Free Rework workshops in China. The first workshop is scheduled for Sept. 16 in Shanghai, and the second will take place Sept. 19 in Beijing.
Both workshops will follow the same schedule, and include presentations by Olaf Schiema, Dominik Horn and Daniel Schultze on requirements for a repair station, the lead-free evaluation kit, lead-free soldering connections, rework of small passives and automatic repair systems.
User reports and discussion time will be available.
To register for the Shanghai workshop, email Allen Zeng: allan.z@shanghai-atlantic.com.
To register for the Beijing workshop, email James Wang: jameswang@micropowergroup.com.
Both workshops will follow the same schedule, and include presentations by Olaf Schiema, Dominik Horn and Daniel Schultze on requirements for a repair station, the lead-free evaluation kit, lead-free soldering connections, rework of small passives and automatic repair systems.
User reports and discussion time will be available.
To register for the Shanghai workshop, email Allen Zeng: allan.z@shanghai-atlantic.com.
To register for the Beijing workshop, email James Wang: jameswang@micropowergroup.com.
