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Article: Implementing lead-free wave soldering: higher levels of copper and iron can change the alloy and require new guidelines.(COUNTDOWN TO LEAD-FREE)
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- May 1, 2005
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THE IMPLEMENTATION a lead-free wave soldering process will be successful only when multiple challenges are addressed. The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative's (iNEMI's) Lead-Free Wave Soldering Project has identified specific materials, technologies and processes that are impacted by the conversion to lead-free wave soldering. The team has just completed Phase I of project activities, which focused on the impact of lead-free assembly on different process parameters and how to optimize the wave soldering process.
While the challenges of developing a wave-soldering process consist primarily of addressing how the lead-free transition will alter the ...