The board is first mounted on a stable surface, and has solder paste applied, before components are placed with tweezers. Perfect placement isn’t necessary, as the surface tension of the molten ...

[Jan Mrázek]’s success with 3D printing a solder paste stencil is awfully interesting, though he makes it clear that it is only a proof of concept. There are a lot of parts to this hack ...

ETH Zurich scientists measure rolling friction in micrometer-sized particles, enhancing understanding of suspensions in ...

During the soldering process, chemical reactions occur between the base metal and the solder to form intermetallic compounds. These compounds often have different physical and chemical properties that ...

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SHENMAO America, Inc. is excited to introduce its Lead-Free Solder Paste PF606-P, designed specifically for the “Reverse Hybrid” assembly process.

This solder paste incorporates the newly designed high- reliability lead-free alloy PF918, which boasts a tensile strength performance 1.4 times greater than the typical SAC305 alloy.