Alpha Introduces Revolutionary Low-Temp Solder Paste to Address High-Warpage Assemblies

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Alpha Assembly Solutions is introducing ALPHA OM-550, a new low-temperature chemistry paired with Alpha’s HRL1 alloy for assemblies with temperature-sensitive substrates, components and high warpage chips.

"The ALPHA HRL1 alloy was designed to enable near-SAC305 drop shock and improved thermal cycling performance in low temperature assemblies," said Phua Teo Leng, Global Portfolio Manager for SMT Assembly at Alpha Assembly Solutions, a part of the MacDermid Performance Solutions Group of Businesses. "This chemistry and alloy pairing is revolutionary as it reduces the soldering temperature required for SAC alloys by 50°C, while dramatically reducing power consumption and carbon emissions.  Assemblers can now benefit from having a cost-efficient, highly reliable soldering process with up to 99% less warpage and significantly fewer defects, which is truly unique."

ALPHA OM-550 has the characteristics of a modern solder paste designed for motherboards but with the ability to reflow at lower temperatures, therefore minimizing NWO and HIP defects in complex assemblies.

About Alpha Assembly Solutions, Inc.

Alpha Assembly Solutions, Inc., a MacDermid Performance Solutions Business, is the global leader in the development, manufacturing and sales of innovative specialty materials used in a wide range of industry segments, including electronics assembly, power electronics, die attach, LED lighting, photovoltaics, semiconductor packaging, automotive and others.

With a unique global presence in over 30 locations throughout the Asia Pacific, Americas and Europe regions, Alpha supplies a full line of ALPHA electronics assembly material products, including Solder Paste, Exactalloy Solder Preforms, Cored Solder Wire Solder, Wave Soldering Fluxes, Bar Solder Alloys, and Stencils.  It offers die attach product technologies to the power electronics segment in its Argomax, Atrox and Fortibond brands.

For the LED segment, Alpha offers its Lumet products covering applications from die attach to systems assembly in the LED manufacturing process.  Alpha also offers product technologies for the Photovoltaic segment, including high performance liquid fluxes and solder alloys for producing standard ribbon and bus bar, as well as, solder pastes, cored wire, conductive adhesives and preforms for use in PV module assembly. Also, Alpha’s Advanced Materials unit is the leader in electronic polymers and solder materials for semiconductor packaging applications. 

Since its founding in 1872, Alpha has been committed to developing and manufacturing the highest quality specialty materials.  For more information, click here.