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We currently offer one of the largest collections of interactive CD-ROM in the industry dedicated to printed board design and assembly which are ideal to support your on site training requirements. If you need to produce your own training courses, inspection documents or illustrate technical reports we also offer many photo albums packaged with images to make the creation of presentation material less time consuming for engineers and administrators.

LGA/QFN Design, Assembly, Rework & Defect Guide

If you are using PowerPoint for training or technical sales presentations and need to illustrate the conventional, surface mount & LGA/QFN assembly process stages this CD-ROM is for you.

The CD features three presentations:

LGA/QFN Design and Assembly Process
Conventional through hole assembly
Surface mount and mixed technology assembly stages
Changes for lead-free production

The LGA/QFN Assembly is a standard PowerPoint presentation including video clips and many photographs illustrating the design, assembly, inspection and rework process for LGA/QFN packages and has been presented worldwide during our workshops. In the second two presentations each stage of the SMT and Conventional assembly process is illustrated with video animations and commentary, each slide describes the basic process stages. The PowerPoint format makes it ideal to edit each presentation, leave out slides or add additional photographs, text depending on your requirement and for busy engineers 90% of the work has been done for you. We have also included 11 "Lead-free Casebooks" featured in Circuits Assembly


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 interactive 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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Lead-Free Assembly, Inspection & Quality Control Charts CD-ROM
The CD includes 6 sets of wall charts covering lead-free inspection, solder paste printing, rework & repair, handling MSD's, solderability testing plus common process defects. Wall charts are also sold separately as a pdf file for on site printing

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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.


Conformal Coating Inspection & Defect Photo Album CD-ROM

A photo CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of photographs which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:

Coating Runs, Fish Eye Bubbles, Bug Eye Bubbles, Corrosion Under Coating, Non/De-Wetting, Coating Penetration on Pins, Solder Balls, Coating Contamination, Brush Fibres, Sulphur Corrosion, Coat Cracking, Coating Shadowing, Excessive Coating Contamination, Conformal Coating Separation, Bubble and Coating Lift, Copper Dendrite Formation, Chipped UV Coating, Fingerprint After Coating, Finger Print Before Coating plus many more


0201 01005 Chip Component Assembly & Soldering Photo CD-ROM

A photo CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of photographs which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:

0201 chip resistor, 0201 chip capacitor, 01005 resistor, solder paste deposits, 0201 resistor and capacitor joints, x-ray inspection of 0201 joints, microsection of 0201 joints, lifted capacitor, cracked chip component, misplaced 0201 resistor, 0201 tape and reel, rework of 0201, non-reflow of paste, solder paste oxidisation, misaligned paste deposit plus many more


SMT & Conventional Component Photo CD-ROM

A photo CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of photographs which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:


Chip resistor, MELF (Metal Electrode Face Bonded) resistor, Chip resistor network, Chip capacitors, Tantalum capacitor, Tantalum capacitor, Capacitor, SOT23 (Small Outline Transistor or Diode) package, Diode array, SOT143, SOT89, SOT223, DPAK (Diode Package), 1206 LED (Light Emitting Diode), MELF (Metal Electrode Face Bonded) diode, MELF , SOIC14 (Small Outline Integrated Circuit), VSOP (Very Small Outline), Ceramic SOJ, PLCC20 (Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier), BGA (Ball Grid Array), PLCC20 (Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier) , Diode package, Capacitor, Variable resistor, LCCC terminations, MELF fuse, Bare chip on board wire bonded, SMT connectors, SOT89 (Small Outline Transistor), Tantalum capacitor, TAB (Tape Automated Bonded) device, QFP gull wing terminations, SOIC20, Assorted surface mount components, PLCC terminations, Timmer, Chip capacitor, QFP44, Tantalum capacitor, Inductor, LCCC terminations , SOT23 devices in plastic tape , 1206 LED (Light Emitting Diodes), Tantalum capacitor, TGA (Tape Grid Array) terminations, Chip resistor, QFP gull wing terminations, Radial leaded crystal, Epoxy glass hybrid, Conventional pin header, Dual in line tube packaging, IDC Socket, Epoxy glass hybrid, Conventional odd form components, Radial components on tape, Trimmer, CCGA (Ceramic Column Grid Array)


Ball Grid Array Assembly & Soldering Photo CD-ROM

A photo CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of photographs which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:

BGA solder shorts, dye testing of joints, CSP joints, CBGA terminations, BGA open joints, popcorning packages, lead-free and tin/lead joints, microsection's of joints, solder paste prints, CCGA joints, optical & x-ray images of CCGA, damaged balls, solder balling, non-reflow of balls, poor solderability of terminations, dummy BGA's, ceramic BGA & balls, Tessia micro BGA, IBM Tape BGA, Multi panel of BGA's, PBGA microsection of package, Microsection BGA joint cracking, BGA joint minor voiding, Close-up via mounted BGA joint, satisfactory via mounted BGA joint plus many more

 


Conventional Component Assembly & Soldering Photo CD-ROM


A photo CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of photographs which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:

Tin/lead contamination, Resist failure, Resist crinkle, PCB delaminating, Uneven solder levelling, Uneven tin/lead, Plating failure, Legend contamination, Resist contamination, Chip Leaching, Poor solderability, Plastic cracking, Capacitor cracking, Poor solderability, SOT23 Plastic softening, QFP cracking, Poor coplanarity, Solder beading, Poor solderability, Crystallised joints, Cracked joint, Poor pad wetting, Component lift, No wetting, Joint voiding, Solder beading, Solder wicking, PCB measelling, Open joints, Non reflow, Poor penetration, Solder balling, Solder skip, Bulbous joints, Solder webbing plus many more


Wire Preparation & Crimping Photo CD-ROM

A photo CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of photographs which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:

Microsection of satisfactory crimp termination, incomplete crimp termination, Microsection of cracked crimp termination, Microsection of satisfactory crimp termination, Crimping of insulated crimp, Crimp/wire pull tester, Close up of crimp tool jaws, Coaxial insulation striping, Coaxial insulation stripping with broken braid, Damage to striped cable, X-ray with limited wire penetration, X-Ray of crimp barrel, X-ray crimp on foil and wire displacement limited crimp compression, Strands of wire bent back, Fluxing stripped wire strands, Tinning poorly stripped wire, Terminations mounted on PCB satisfactory and unacceptable soldering, Wire wound on terminal strands not soldered plus many more


Flip Chip Assembly & Soldering Photo CD-ROM

A photo CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of photographs which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:

Die mounted on tape in feeder, Close up of sawn wafer on sticky tape back view, Close up of sawn die, Flip chip tape feeder, Fluxing plate, Die on pickup tool, Underfilled die on ceramic board, Flip chip on ceramic board, Die in tape and reel pocket, Die prior to placement, Die being fluxed, Die on sticky tape, Die in waffle tray, Minimal edge damage to die, Edge damage to die, Bump site on die, Resist on bond pads, COB Music Board, Wire Bond Testing, CSP on a phone board, CSP on a phone board, Trial Paste Deposits for flip chip boards, Underfill on glass die, Die and underfill, Flip Chip Print Stencil Apertures, No Flow Underfill after CSP Reflow, Glass die with minimum underfill, CSP with underfill, CSP with excessive underfill, Flip chip after reflow x ray view, Flip chip after reflow x ray view, Laminate x-ray of Joints and Shorts plus lots more

Printed Circuit Board Manufacture Defects Photo CD-ROM

A photo CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of photographs which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:

Microsection of plated through hole, Microsection of inner layer, Microsection with laminate voids, Microsection of pad with tin/lead, Microsection plated through hole, Horizontal microsection of resin smear, Cracking on corner of PTH, Resin contamination in copper plating, Poor solderability of through hole, Section showing voiding in multi layer, Section showing tented via hole, Marking ink contamination on resist, Solder mask lift and contamination under mask, Poor solder resist application, Cracking of solder resist coating, Cracked copper plating, Good electroless copper back light test, Exposed tracking due to poor design rules, Damage to resist coating, Surface damage to resist coating, Poor solder levelling, Nicks in tracking, Etching defects on around copper pads, Plating residues in via holes plus many more

Solder Paste Printing & Inspection Photo CD-ROM

A photo CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of photographs which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:

Solder paste slumping after print, Solder paste in via holes after cleaning, Misalignment of paste print, Solder paste print smudge, Poor paste clean off, Smudged solder paste print, Misaligned solder paste print, SOT23 solder paste print, Paste deposit on PCB shield, Paste deposit x-ray, Poor solder paste wash off, Satisfactory wash off of PCB, Poor cleaning of stencil, SEM of Poor quality paste particle formation, Component placement on paste deposit, Damage to stencil foil, Damage to stencil aperture bars, Dog ear prints, Print and placement on silver PCB finish, 100% paste deposit on pad surface, Missing paste deposit, Paste deposit and gull chip terminations, Capacitor on paste deposit, 0201 on paste deposit, 01005 average paste print, PIHR paste printing on through hole plus many more images

Surface Mount Assembly & Soldering Photo CD-ROM

A photo CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of photographs which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:

Gull wing tip microsection, Solder paste dispensing, misplaced, Adhesive contact area after push testing, Solder flood on the top side of a board assembly, Shielding paste deposits on surface mount boards, Satisfactory solder joint bare toe, Solder paste scooping, 0402 misalignment lead free, PCB Delamination, Chip capacitor cracking, X-ray cracking in LCCC joints, Microsection showing cracking of LCCC joints, 1206 chip resistor lifting, Solder paste slump test on ceramic slide, Bulbous joint of chip resistor, MSD devices in sealed packaging, MSD devices, packaging, Cracks in LCCC Joints, Lead separation from solder surface, lead plating failure, Conductive adhesive joint on chip, Satisfactory joint with solder bead, Mechanical damage to termination plus lots more


SMT & Conventional Illustrations CD-ROM

A CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of illustrations which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The illustrations can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:

Illustrations include all surface mount terminations, placement and soldering standards, through hole terminations, solder joints, wire terminations, PCB sections, adhesive and solder paste deposits plus lots more


LGA QFN Assembly, Soldering & Inspection Photo CD-ROM

A photo CD-ROM provides process, quality engineers, marketing or editorial staff with a unique source of photographs which may be used in company inspection documents, technical presentations and web sites. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles. They may be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in house company use.

The following are some of the images included on this CD:

Solder paste deposits, solder balling, floating devices, cracked joints, poor solderability, paste displacement, satisfactory optical inspection, satisfactory x-ray inspection, solder shorts, voids in joints, alignment marks, via hole voids, flux contamination, rework stencils, rework printing, solder shorts, solder opens, cleaning residues plus lots more

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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