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Lead-Free Assembly & Soldering Cook Book 3 CD-ROM

If you want a quick introduction to lead-free, why not get a copy of the "Lead-Free Assembly and Soldering Cook Book3" the worlds first interactive CD-ROM. It was produced jointly by National Physical Laboratory and Electronic Presentation Services and is now on its third edition. There are now two CDs which include video interviews, lead-free material guide, interactive defect browser, process animations and lots more. Its ideal for process and design engineers, quality staff and material and equipment suppliers.

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Printed Circuit Board Design & Lead-Free Defect Guide 2 CD-ROM

Printed board design and layout is the key to Zero Defect Manufacture and particularly true for lead-free. Design and development engineers must convert their build of materials to make all components lead-free and process compatible. This CD-ROM provides a basic introduction to Conventional, Surface Mount, Ball Grid Array and Pin In Hole/Intrusive Reflow Assembly including changes for lead-free with the following:

Conventional and surface mount layout
Surface mount and Conventional footprints
Resist, via hole, tracking and panel layout
Solder paste stencil rules
PCB layout & Design defects
Lead-free process defects

Lead-Free Assembly & Soldering Photo Album CD-ROM

In addition to the interactve Cook Book CD-ROM we have also produced a "Lead-Free Assembly and Soldering Photo Album". It contains over 350 images which can be used in PowerPoint presentations, company standard, inspection criteria, posters and websites. Images include satisfactory and defective joints with different lead-free solder alloys. Chip component, fine pitch, BGA and 0201 terminations are included with different termination and PCB solder finishes. Example images are included in the download section FREE for you to view.

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Soldertec Lead-Free Wave Soldering Interactive CD-ROM

Third in a series of interactive CD-ROMs developed by Soldertec Global to assist engineers with the practical introduction of lead-free wave soldering materials and processes. Introduced by Kay Nimmo, Technical Director, Tin Technology, the CD provides a step-by-step guide to wave soldering, wetting, fluxing, process control, inspection. Process animations explain the wave soldering process options and video is used to further enhance the process stages. Inspection criteria for wave solder joints are illustrated for different alloys. Common wave soldering defects are included which may be seen in manufacture, reasons and possible corrective action is provided. The CD also features an interactive quiz on wave, reflow and hand soldering to help assess staff’s knowledge on the use of lead-free materials.

Lead-Free Reflow Soldering Interactive CD-ROM

Interactive CD-ROMs developed by Soldertec Global to assist engineers with the practical introduction of lead-free materials and processes. Introduced by Kay Nimmo, Technical Director, Tin Technology, the CD provides a step-by-step guide to solder paste materials, convection and vapour phase soldering steps, lead-free inspection and common reflow defects which may be seen in manufacture. The process stages and defects are illustrated with video clips. The CD also features an interactive quiz on hand, reflow and wave soldering to help assess staff’s knowledge on the use of lead-free materials. Additional CD-ROMs will be released shortly covering other aspects of lead-free alloys and the changes necessary in manufacture to meet the deadline of July 2006.

Lead-Free Hand Soldering & De-Soldering Interactive CD-ROM

One in a series of interactive CD-ROMs developed by Soldertec Global to assist engineers with the practical introduction of lead-free materials and processes. Introduced by Kay Nimmo, Technical Director, Tin Technology, the CD provides a step-by-step guide to materials, soldering steps, inspection and common soldering defects which may be seen in manufacture. It outlines the changes to soldering alloys and why the changes are necessary. The CD also features an interactive quiz on hand, reflow and wave soldering with automatic scoring and recording of results to help assess staff’s knowledge on the use of lead-free materials. Answers to each of the questions are available through links to the Soldertec Global web site. Other CD-ROMs cover the use of wave and reflow soldering with lead-free alloys and the changes necessary in manufacture to meet the deadline of July 2006.

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Wave Soldering Introduction & Defect Guide 2

Second edition of the CD provides a guide to all aspects of wave soldering with all the common process defects. Each stage of the process including fluxing, pre heat, solder wave and conveyors are explained along with materials used and the changes necessary for lead-free. At the first screen you can select the soldering process, equipment set-up, quality control, defect guide and CD ROM operation.

The defect guide browser provides examples of defects rather than defect categories which makes it easy to compare process problems with the disk content. Clicking on the photograph provides a full screen view with an explanation of the possible causes. .Also included on the CD ROM are procedures for Parts Per Million Monitoring, process control procedures and set-up methods. A spread sheet is provided which may be used for defect monitoring using the PPM procedures.

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BGA Inspection & Lead-Free Defect Guide

Interactive CD-ROM covering optical and x-ray inspection of solder joints produced jointly by Metcal and Bob Willis. It includes an introduction to the lead-free assembly process with specific attention to BGA and area array devices. It provided a step by step guide to the procedure of inspection for optical and x-ray showing you how to do it. Inspection criteria are included for x-ray and visual criteria on different lead-free terminations and pad surfaces. The CD also includes many defect examples and causes as well as illustrating the reflow of different terminations with Bob Willis’s unique micro video clips.

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