July 2014

Dear Electronics Colleague:

Recently I was in New Orleans for the "running of the bulls". In this event, which could only be held in New Orleans, the "bulls" are outrageously-dressed Roller Derby girls who "gore" their victims by hitting them with plastic baseball bats. This event now has more participants than the Pamplona Spains' version!  

Our public speaking and teaching schedule has filled up for the fall including the following events:

SMTAI Chicago  

Sunday September 28th, 2014

Advanced Rework Session on BGA/QFN/Fine pitched devices

Wednesday October 1, 2014 

01005 Rework 

ISFA Houston, TX 

Wednesday November 12,2014 

Reballing Micro Devices

CTIA Las Vegas, NV 

September 9-12 

Classes and demos on repairing wireless devices 

Hope to see you at one of these events.

Don't forget to order your free Soldering Geek bumper sticker here

Bob Wettermann

President, BEST Inc.

Laser Marking   

 

BEST can provide laser marking services for engraving serial numbers, lot numbers, production dates, new part numbers (or delete existing so your products cannot be easily reverse-engineered) and other marketing information.

Professional Solder Training in Cleveland, OH  

BEST can provide solder training at the Loraine County Community College location just 30 minutes from the Hopkins International airport in Cleveland, OH. 

More on this Ohio area solder training can be found here.

Call Alex Conley at 01-847-797-9250 for more details.

Component Printing Stencils for Various Rework Systems 

BEST has been engineering rework processes including the stencils used with them for many years. 

Leverage this practical experience by ordering a  device printing stencil for your rework system. Whether it is a Metcal(TM), AirVac(TM) or SRT(TM) system, BEST can fabricate your printing stencil for leadless devices or printing paste on solder balls for BGA rework. 

Contact Katy Radcliff at kradcliff@solder.net or at (847) 797-9250.