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July 22, 2016 | ACE Production Technologies Inc.Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
ACE Production Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of selective soldering systems, lead tinning systems and lead tinning services, is pleased to announce that it will host a selective soldering workshop in Chandler, Arizona in conjunction with Phase 4, Inc.
The workshop will be held on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at TechShop, 249 East Chicago Street in Chandler, Arizona. This technical workshop will include a classroom process training session followed by a Q&A session and one-on-one discussion after the workshop is concluded.
Who Should Attend
- Process Engineers
- Manufacturing Engineers
- Production Technicians
- Quality Personnel
What They Will Learn
- How to improve your selective soldering effectiveness
- Programming tips and tricks
- How to reduce selective soldering defects
- Advanced process troubleshooting techniques
- How to reduce post-solder rework and increase yields
This classroom session focuses on the technical aspects of the selective soldering process and describes the process variables to enhance the flexibility, reliability and quality provided by all types of selective soldering equipment. Your questions about using a selective solder process, and differences in process parameters when working with tin-lead and lead-free solder alloys will be answered during this course. Topics Include:
- Fundamentals of through-hole soldering
- Solderability issues
- Lead-free and tin-lead solder alloys
- Flux deposition and flux activation
- No-clean processing
- Design guidelines
- Quality measurement
- Process troubleshooting guidelines
- Process optimization methods
This workshop entitled “Mastering Selective Soldering Processing and Manufacturability” features a combination of classroom curriculum and hands-on training that is designed to educate and enhance an attendee’s working knowledge of the overall selective soldering process. This workshop will be presented by well-known process expert Bob Klenke, Principal Consultant with ITM Consulting. He has more than 15 years of direct hands-on experience with selective soldering technology and is a frequent instructor for selective soldering, wave soldering and X-ray inspection workshops at APEX and SMTA International conferences.
This highly informative workshop is offered at no cost to all attendees courtesy of ACE Production Technologies and Phase 4, Inc. and covers all aspects of the solderability testing and component re-tinning processes. For more information about this one of a kind solderability testing and component lead tinning workshop, or to register for the workshop, contact Tom Dunn at tdunn@phase4inc.com or call either 480-966-2018 or 602-524-6431.
About ACE
ACE Production Technologies, Inc. designs and builds simple and affordable selective soldering and lead tinning systems suitable for lead-free and tin-lead electronics assembly. ACE’s complete line of rugged and reliable selective soldering systems all feature lead-free compatible solder pots and are ideal for low, medium or high volume production. ACE also provides solderability testing, lead tinning services and process development services. For more information, click here, call 509-924-4898 or email sales@ace-protech.com.
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