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December, 2011 Seika SPR Unit Produces Pure Solder
Torrance, CA — An independent lab has confirmed that Seika Machinery, Inc.’s Solder Paste Recycling (SPR) machine is capable of producing pure solder ingots from solder paste. The ingots produced by the SPR
Unit are 100 percent pure with no additives or impurities added to the solder paste during the recycling process. The system removes the flux from the metal and produces a flux- free, pure ingot. The report confirmed there is
no flux residue in the solder ingots produced by the SPR system. This was confirmed with the execution of a number of sophisticated analyses including Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
factory waste, a reduction in CO2 emissions and reduced costs for sol-
der bar as a result of recycling waste.
(FTIR),
Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) technique and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). In addition, there are no voids inside the solder ingots, eliminating any possibility of flux being trapped inside. Seika’s SPR machine enables
100 percent of the metal content of waste solder paste to be recovered as solder bar. The system provides a major decrease in disposal costs for
Solder recycling system. Contact: Seika Machinery, Inc.,
3528 Torrance Blvd., Suite 100, Torrance, CA 90503 % 310-540-7310 fax: 310-540-7930 E-mail:
info@seikausa.com Web:
www.seikausa.com
The Chamberlain Group Acquires MUST III Solderability Tester
Chester, CT — The Chamberlain Group’s Sonora, Mexico manufactur- ing facility has taken delivery of a
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Solderability tester.
MUST III Solderability Tester (wet- ting balance) made by GEN3. Ascentech LLC, the North American distributor for GEN3 Systems Ltd., installed the MUST III System — a wetting balance testing system capa- ble of testing to all relevant solder standards including IPC, MIL-STD, IPC/EIA/JEDEC, etc. The MUST System 3 measures
the solderability of a printed circuit board and/or component’s metallic terminations by documenting the wetting curve of the unit under test. “The main reason why we decid-
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ed to purchase the MUST III system was to obtain quantitative data to measure issues with poor solderabili- ty on purchased components,” says
Chamberlain’s, where several suppli- ers and distributors are sourced, it is very common to have issues with components with high aging, result- ing in poor solderability.“ “Our MUST III system takes
the uncertainty out the equation, and helps prevent assembly, quality, and product reliability headaches down the road,” Fernandez added. The MUST System 3 is appropriate for testing all devices including multi-leaded components as well as SMT and BGA devices. Contact: Ascentech LLC, 127
Goose Hill Rd., Chester, CT 06412 % 860-526-8903 E-mail:
rallinson@snet.net Web:
www.ascentechllc.com
Jesus Fernandez, Incoming Quality Manager at the Sonora facility. “In a manufacturing environment like
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