Advanced Soldering Processes

Although solder technology’s roots are buried in antiquity, solder processing innovations are occurring at a faster pace than at any time in history. There are three primary drivers for this: rapidly changing design requirements, increasingly stringent process and product reliability requirements, and environmental issues. Improving solder processes to meet the needs of electronic manufacturing, while addressing a heightened awareness of environmental issues, including compliance to governmental regulations, is a great challenge to technologists supporting solder processes and will require the best efforts of multidisciplinary teams.