Indium Corporation’s Iván Castellanos, technical services manager for Latin America, will host two sessions of an InSIDER Series webinar on the basics of solder paste printing. The first session will be on Wednesday, June 16 at 3 p.m. Mexico City/4 p.m. Eastern, followed by the second session on Wednesday, June 23 at 3 p.m. Mexico City/4 p.m. Eastern.
As the SMT industry evolves and becomes more demanding, it is extremely important to understand the basic principles of the processes. One of the most important initial steps in an SMT process is to properly deposit solder paste on the PCB, which is commonly performed using stencil printing. However, most defects in SMT processes can be related to poor solder paste printing. Refamiliarizing yourself with the basics of the process and ensuring an adequate set up can help to prevent defects in your SMT lines. In two Solder Paste Printing 101 sessions, Castellanos will talk about the solder paste printing process and typical designs of experiments (DOE) that can be used to generate information and data on how the process behaves.
Indium Corporation’s InSIDER Series is a free program designed to deliver expert technical content, share industry knowledge, and promote professional growth using a virtual platform. Current and future scheduled webinars, as well as recordings of past webinars, can be found at indium.com/webinar.
Castellanos provides support for electronics assembly, semiconductor and advanced assembly, and thermal management markets. He is based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and has more than 25 years of experience in electronics assembly manufacturing, including SMT production troubleshooting. Castellanos has a diploma in electronics and communications engineering, and is a Certified SMT Process Engineer (CSMTPE). He is the SMTA instructor for the certification program in Spanish. He has also earned his Six Sigma Green Belt from Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering. Castellanos has worked for several major manufacturing companies, including Jabil Circuits in Guadalajara. In addition, he has presented at numerous technical conferences and customer sites.
To register for Castellanos’ webinar, visit https://indium.news/3fyLtYU to sign up for the first session and https://indium.news/3bJnGUY to sign up for the second. The webinar link will be shared with registrants the day of the event. Registrants must use a company email account to avoid Indium Corporation’s spam filters. This is a first-come, first-served event.
