October 2013

Newsletters

OCT 2013

Dear Electronics Assembly Colleague:

We are in the season of apple picking in the Midwest as the beautiful colors paint the sky-fiery reds, oranges and yellows are everywhere!

BEST is back to work after our BTC seminar (see right) where we played bocce and were able to get some strong "take aways" from our great speakers.

BEST is now activating a referral rewards program. Several of you have been so kind to refer us on to friends. You will now be given a $25.00 gift certificate if a new customer calls and places an order based on a referral or if you send us an email (info@solder.net) giving us a "heads up" that someone is sending us work. Thanks for your referrals!

Wishing you continued success.

Signature

Bob Wettermann

President, BEST Inc.

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Contract Underfilling of BGAs

If you are in need of contracted BGA or other device underfilling, you can rely on BEST's experience. With
our experience in working with different materials that can be cured in a multitude of ways, BEST can be your provider of underfilling services.

Call Laura Ripoli at (847)797-9250 or email her at lripoli@solder.net to see how we can be of assistance.

Selective Laser Mask Removal "Saves" Boards

Example laser etched trace filled over with solder mask

There are times when a test point gets missed, a Gerber connection is not made or a trace needs to be extended. You may end up with thousands of boards that under normal conditions would have to be scrapped. BEST laser technicians can design a "fix" by selectively ablating the solder mask off in certain areas of the board. In some cases, missing copper patterns can be "added back" where they were missing. More information on the laser ablation process can be found here.

New Video on
Repairing Solder Mask

Solder Mask Repair Technique

BEST Inc.instructor Norman Mier describes how to repair large solder mask areas after solder mask has been damaged underneath BGAs or if a larger area of several boards needs to be repaired.

Geek Vocab

BEST's 2013
Tech Symposium
Moves on Line

BEST is pleased to announce that it's sold out BTC Tech Symposium is coming to you on-line. For those who could not make the in person session our speakers have been gracious enough to teach again wherever you are.

We have the subject matter experts doing an on-line "re-do" on November 11th 2013 beginning at noon CST.

Our keynote speaker is Phil Zarrow with ITM Consultingwho will be speaking on BTC assembly challenges and how to overcome them.

Other speakers will discuss: