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ALPHA Product Innovations Exhibited by Barbieri at MECSPE Show in Italy
March 21, 2016 | AlphaEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Alpha Assembly Solutions, the world leader in the production of electronic soldering materials, had its advanced product range presented by its Premium Distributor for Italy, Barbieri, at the MECSPE show in Parma, Italy, last March 17–19, 2016.
Among the innovative products presented at the show was ALPHA TrueHeight Spacer Blocks, which have been specially designed to improve assembly yield when using large BGA devices. These non-collapse discs provide precise height control and burr free edges, allowing mitigation of the corner solder bridging caused by BGA warping during SMT reflow.
Furthermore, ALPHA TrueHeight Spacer Blocks aid in intrusive reflow applications where there is either no standoff function or inadequate clearance under through-hole components. TrueHeight Spacer Blocks raise the component off the PCB, allowing the solder to reflow freely to achieve 100% hole fill.
In addition Alpha’s range of cored wire products and solder alloys were exhibited including ALPHA® Telecore HF-850, Alpha’s fastest wetting and lowest spattering, Halogen-free and Halide-free cored wire product and ALPHA® SnCX Plus™ 07 solder alloy, which provides a cost-effective and reliable solution to simple and standard complexity dual-sided assemblies.
Alpha and Barbieri have enjoyed a long partnership, with Barbieri distributing Alpha products across Italy. Barbieri, last year, became part of Alpha’s exclusive Premium Distributor Council.
About Barbieri
Barbieri was founded in 1980 and since 1983 has supplied Alpha products across Italy from their site in Torino. Alongside the products Barbieri supply for soldering applications, Barbieri also regularly host training seminars, test for iconic contamination and provide analysis of thermal profiles.
About Alpha Assembly Solutions
Alpha Assembly Solutions, 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, visit AlphaAssembly.com.
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