Events Calendar | Thu Mar 25 00:00:00 EDT 2021 - Thu Mar 25 00:00:00 EDT 2021 | ,
Webinar: Process Control to Ensure Electrochemically Reliable Electronics
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How to Minimize Humidity Interaction with PCBAs for Robustness
Technical Library | 2020-03-09 10:50:17.0
A customer called the Helpline seeking advice for cleaning no-clean fluxes prior to applying a conformal coating. The customer's assemblies were manufactured with a no-clean rosin based solder paste (ROL0) and were cleaned with an isopropyl alcohol (IPA) wash. After cleaning, a white residue was sometimes found in areas with high paste concentrations and was interfering with the adhesion of the conformal coating (Figure 1). For conformal coatings to adhere properly, the printed circuit board (PCB) surface must be clean of fluxes and other residues. In addition, ionic contamination left by flux residues can lead to corrosion and dendrite growth, two common causes of electronic opens and shorts. Other residues can lead to unwanted impedance and physical interference with moving parts.
Industry News | 2013-09-10 12:18:26.0
The Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA)'s Intermountain Chapter will hold its annual technical symposium on September 19 at the University of Utah in the Warnock Engineering Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Industry News | 2011-09-14 12:04:43.0
The SMTA announced a session on QFN Assembly and Reliability will take place on Tuesday, October 18 during their annual conference, SMTA International, in Ft. Worth, Texas. Andrew Mawer of Freescale Semiconductor will chair the session and Viswam Puligandla, Ph.D., Nokia (Retired) will co-chair.
Industry News | 2013-01-19 07:46:16.0
Information that inspires innovation is center-stage for design, printed boards, electronics assembly, test and printed electronics
Industry News | 2010-11-19 14:33:06.0
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, will be trekking out to IPC APEX EXPO to keynote and hang out with “his kind of people.” IPC invites you to join "the Woz" and your colleagues in electronics manufacturing at IPC APEX EXPO 2011
Industry News | 2019-10-03 14:15:15.0
SMTA announced Pete Lomas, FREng, Co-Founder and Hardware Designer of Raspberry Pi, will keynote the Advanced Electronics Assembly Conference on November 19, 2019 in Budapest, Hungary, and November 21, 2019 in Oradea, Romania.
Industry News | 2017-10-05 05:56:21.0
The SMTA Capital Chapter is pleased to announce its third meeting of 2017 on November 7th, scheduled from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm at ZESTRON Americas, 11285 Assett Loop, Manassas, VA, 20109. Ravi Parthasarathy, Senior Application Engineer, ZESTRON Americas, will present “Cleaning Before Conformal Coating” and “pH Neutral Cleaning Agents - Market Expectation and Field Performance”.
Industry News | 2017-04-11 21:32:40.0
SMTA and SMART Group announce experts from IBM Corporation and Siemens AG will keynote the Contamination, Cleaning and Coating Conference. The conference is scheduled May 22-24, 2017 at the Radisson Blu Airport Hotel in Amsterdam.
