When doing surface-mount assembly you can certainly use a soldering iron in the traditional way, but it’s far more convenient to cover the pads with solder paste, place the components ...

This project, sent in by [Henk], goes through a few different ways to make a solder stencil using a vinyl cutter, a CO2 laser, and a fiber laser. The project starts with identifying a method to ...

A reflow profile with a high ramp-up rate or a too-rapid temperature increase can lead to solder splattering and formation of ...

If you’re struggling with oxidised pads and components, combat the challenge with Koki’s S3X58-M500C-7 powerful wetting, no-clean solder paste Most engineers and operators have experienced poor solder ...

PIP technology is a printing method by template, i.e., some amount of solder paste is printed on the surface of SMCs and on through holes and pads of through-hole mounted components. Upon ...

Earlier this summer we saw leaked slides implying that the at least some of Intel's upcoming 9th Generation CPUs will use solder, not paste, but didn't have confirmation of that decision.