Oct 28, 2015 
Indium Corporation announces the release of its newest informational video that provides real-world examples of how solder materials performance affects electronics manufacturing productivity and profitability.
This brief video, which can be found at www.indium.com/blog/phil-zarrow, features Indium Corporation Senior Technologist Dr. Ronald C. Lasky as he uses a first-hand experience to explain to SMT expert Phil Zarrow, President and Principal Consultant for ITM Consulting, how investing in higher-quality materials can add up to significant increases in output and cost savings.
“One customer, by purchasing a solder paste costing two cents more per gram, improved their profits by $200,000,” Lasky said. “The reason being that this solder paste achieved improved response to pause, thus saving them approximately two minutes, every two hours. When you’re on a three-shift operation, six days a week, 52 weeks a year, that adds up to a lot of lost time. Time is precious. Every second lost results in reduced profit.”
Dr. Lasky, holder of the prestigious SMTA Founder’s Award, is a world-renowned process expert and a Senior Technologist at Indium Corporation. He is also a Professor of Engineering and the Director of the Cook Engineering Design Center at Dartmouth College. He has more than 30 years of experience in electronics and optoelectronic packaging and assembly.
Dr. Lasky has authored six books, and contributed to nine more on science, electronics, and optoelectronics. Additionally, he has served as an adjunct professor at several colleges, teaching more than 20 different courses on topics ranging from electronics packaging, materials science, physics, mechanical engineering and science, and religion. Dr. Lasky holds numerous patent disclosures and is the developer of several SMT processing software products relating to cost estimating, line balancing, and process optimization. He is the co-creator of engineering certification exams that set standards in the electronics assembly industry, worldwide. Dr. Lasky also authors a technology blog, which can be found at www.indium.com/drlasky.
Zarrow has been involved with PCB fabrication and assembly for more than 35 years. In addition to his background in automated assembly and cleaning, Zarrow is recognized for his expertise in surface mount reflow soldering technology, and in the design and implementation of SMT placement equipment and reflow soldering systems. His extensive hands-on experience also includes set-up and troubleshooting through-hole, and SMT processes throughout the world.
Indium Corporation is a premier materials manufacturer and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, thermal management, and solar markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil®. Founded in 1934, Indium has global technical support and factories located in China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the USA. For more information about Indium Corporation, visit www.indium.com or email abrown@indium.com. You can also follow our experts, From One Engineer To Another® (#FOETA), at www.facebook.com/indium or @IndiumCorp.
