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• Endicott Interconnect —November 13th, 2008
• Interest in Metal Alloy Density Calculator Still Strong —November 7th, 2008
• Answer to SMTA Certification Reflow Question —November 1st, 2008
• The Need for Dis-Assembly to Support WEEE —October 22nd, 2008
• Counterfeit Component Concern Goes Mainstream —October 7th, 2008
• A Challenge of 01005 Passive Assembly —September 23rd, 2008
• Another SMTA Process Certification Question —September 13th, 2008
• Are You Ready for SMTA Process Engineer Certification (With Solution Update) —August 24th, 2008
• Meet the Bloggers at SMTAI —August 19th, 2008
• Alloy Density Calculator Goes Live —August 8th, 2008
• Dr. Ron Gets Second Eagle in Golf in a Year —August 4th, 2008
• Is REACH Going to Be RoHS Cubed? —July 28th, 2008
• Lead-Free Solder has Secondary or Less Impact on Tin Consumption —July 16th, 2008
• Meet My Fellow Indium Bloggers at Semicon West —July 8th, 2008
• IPC RoHS 2 Meeting in Brussels on June 18 Appears to Be a Good Start —July 7th, 2008
• Join Tim Jensen and Me at our Halogen Free Workshop at SMTAI at DisneyWorld in August —July 6th, 2008
• Join Me at ACI Wed June 25 for RoHS and Lead-Free Update —June 19th, 2008
• RoHS Sweep Nets 15% of Products Non Compliant —June 19th, 2008
• False Economy —June 5th, 2008
• Much Ado about RoHS 2 —May 26th, 2008
• Tim Jensen and Dr. Ron Debut Halogen-Free Workshop at SMTAI —May 17th, 2008
• Fine Feature Assembly Issues vis a vis Lead-Free —May 6th, 2008
• RoHS Cost Pegged at $32 Billion —April 25th, 2008
• Dr. Ron Weighs in on RoHS Status and RoHS 2 Concerns —April 18th, 2008
• APEX, Halogen Free, RoHS 2 and Other Musings —April 14th, 2008
• SAC305 May Not Become De-Facto Standard —April 1st, 2008
• Georgia Tech, SRC Research in Solderless Connections May Be Crucial to Future High Performance ICs —March 26th, 2008
• Green Issues Continue in Popular Media, Halogen Free Interest Grows —March 21st, 2008
• Tiger Woods will Not Win Grand Slam or All Tournaments He Plays This Year —March 20th, 2008
• SMTA Process Engineer Certification Takes Off in China —March 17th, 2008
• Medical Device Manufacturing Conference Hits the Mark —March 9th, 2008
• Curve Fitting Statistical Analysis Inconclusive in Clemens Case —February 25th, 2008
• Circuitnet Performs Lead-Free Usage Poll: About 40% of Respondent's Lines are Lead-Free —February 15th, 2008
• Interest in Metal Alloy Density Calculator Still Strong —February 9th, 2008
• Halide Free Flux Interest Continues —January 26th, 2008
• The World Needs WEEE/RoHS —January 19th, 2008
• More from Tim Jensen on Halide-Free Soldering —January 4th, 2008
• Mackie, Hisert and Low Publish "Solder in Chip Packaging Article" —January 1st, 2008
• Questions for Tim Jensen —December 26th, 2007
• "ROHS: It ain’t over" Article Overstates the Situation —December 19th, 2007
• Dr. Ron's Posting on World's Strongest Archer Generates Much Debate —December 10th, 2007
• Be Careful Interpreting Market Value Data —November 30th, 2007
• More on the Need for RoHS to Protect Recyclers —November 26th, 2007
• Another Example of Why RoHS is Needed —November 19th, 2007
• Dr. Ron Writes "RoHS Eighteen Months Later" article for SMT —November 15th, 2007
• First RoHS Prosecutions, Governor Schwarzenegger Does not Sign California RoHS —November 7th, 2007
• Intel Achieves Lead-Free Flip Chip Connections in 45 nm Technology —October 27th, 2007
• Opps! Dr. Ron makes a goof in Discovery Math Critique —October 27th, 2007
• Care Must be Taken in RoHS 5.5 Assembly —October 25th, 2007
• Discover magazine has error that is "Not Even Wrong" —October 15th, 2007
• Dr. Ron's Venture Outsource Article on Occam Raises Interest —October 9th, 2007
• Friends and Dr. Ron Present Six Sigma Cleaning Paper at SMTAI Wed, Oct 10, 10AM —October 9th, 2007
• The Reason for RoHS: Safe and Plentiful Recycling —October 8th, 2007
• Janeth y Violetta —September 23rd, 2007
• Occam Webinar Adds Little New —September 12th, 2007
• Business Case Questions for Occam —August 28th, 2007
• Join me at SMTAI on Oct 7 in Orlando —August 27th, 2007
• Concerns for the Tin Supply —August 25th, 2007
• Dr. Ron writes article for EMT Worldwide 25th anniversary —August 15th, 2007
• Dr. Ron's Occam Critique Causes a Stir —August 13th, 2007
• Density of Alloys Spreadsheet Stil Generates Interest —August 5th, 2007
• IBM Announces Shipment of Lead-Free C4 Joints —July 23rd, 2007
• The Importance of Productivity Part I —July 21st, 2007
• When the Headlines are Misleading.....or Just Plain Wrong —July 13th, 2007
• Be Data Driven —July 1st, 2007
• CONCIBE 2007 —June 22nd, 2007
• Dr. Ron hits 60, claims "World's Strongest Senior Archer" Title —June 13th, 2007
• Settling in at Woodstock —June 10th, 2007
• Join Me at CONCIBE 2007 in Guadalajara June 7th and 8th —June 2nd, 2007
• Counterfeit Components: A Big Threat to the Electronics Industry —May 20th, 2007
• Increasing Costs of Commodities Only a 2nd Order Effect on Electronics —May 8th, 2007
• Dr. Ron posts 3rd Scientific American Article —May 1st, 2007
• Some Still Looking for RoHS to be Repealed —April 25th, 2007
• India not the Future China —April 20th, 2007
• Interview with Dartmouth Grad and New Indium Employee Anny Zhang —April 11th, 2007
• Thoughts on WEEE/RoHS Implementation —April 4th, 2007
• 01005 Passives Not Really 01005 in Size —March 25th, 2007
• WEEE/RoHS Type Compliance Frustrating for Industry Leaders —March 20th, 2007
• The Miracle of Soldering —March 13th, 2007
• Dr Ning-Cheng Lee Discusses Chinese Lead Free Alloys —March 8th, 2007
• Too Funny not to Post —March 5th, 2007
• Dartmouth Students Ace Quiz —March 4th, 2007
• More on Cleaning Mixed Technologies —February 28th, 2007
• Jim Hall Shares New Insignts on Tin Whiskers —February 19th, 2007
• Rick Short Does It Again —February 9th, 2007
• China Labels —February 8th, 2007
• Guest Blogger Krista Botsford Re China RoHS —February 8th, 2007
• Is it safe to mix leaded and lead-free wash lines? —January 29th, 2007
• Two Second Reduction in Cycle Time = $600K per Year on the Average SMT Line —January 19th, 2007
• Interest in Formula for Calculating Alloy Density Still Keen —January 18th, 2007
• RoHS-Like Federal Legislation —January 9th, 2007
• History of 2/3rds of Defects from Stencil Printing —December 30th, 2006
• U.S. Should Adopt RoHS-Like Law, Poll Findings Suggest —December 26th, 2006
• SMTA interested in Military RoHS Issues —December 22nd, 2006
• The UK Publishes WEEE Rules —December 19th, 2006
• iNEMI Helping Companies with High Reliability Concerns vis a vis RoHS Exempt —December 12th, 2006
• WEEE disassembly facility opens in Hungary —December 1st, 2006
• I Need Your Help for a Survey —November 30th, 2006
• Did Marilyn Vos Savant Goof This Week? —November 26th, 2006
• RoHS Compliance Masterd by Some —November 20th, 2006
• Dr. Ron's Posting on World's Strongest Archer Draws (No Pun Intended) Interest —November 13th, 2006
• Military/High Reliability Products Concern Vis a Vis RoHS —November 10th, 2006
• IPC/JEDEC Frankfurt —November 3rd, 2006
• Join Me at IPC/JEDEC in Frankfurt Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2006 —October 27th, 2006
• SMT/RIT Conference Solidifies RoHS is Here to Stay —October 23rd, 2006
• Being Data Driven —October 13th, 2006
• SMTAI Goes to Orlando in 2007 —October 1st, 2006
• Is RoHS Compliance not Being Aggressively Enforced? —September 18th, 2006
• China RoHS Compliance Date of 1 Mar 2007 Misunderstood by Many —September 10th, 2006
• NASA Leads the Way in Lead-Free and Mixed Technology Reliability Studies —August 28th, 2006
• Motorola Q: Not Possible without Lead-free Assembly —August 24th, 2006
• Interest in Formula for Calculating Alloy Density Still Keen —August 16th, 2006
• Dr Ron's Quest for World Record in Longbow Put on Hold —August 12th, 2006
• Dr. Ron Responds to Oliver —August 5th, 2006
• Repeal RoHS Movements Emerge —July 30th, 2006
• My Blog Recognized in New Blogging Book —July 29th, 2006
• People Having Shipments Rejected Due to Packaging —July 22nd, 2006
• RoHS Exemptions Should be for a Reason —July 17th, 2006
• Packaging Materials are not covered under RoHS —July 12th, 2006
• RoHS D Day +0 —July 1st, 2006
• Dr. Ron's Summer Class One of Largest in Dartmouth History —June 30th, 2006
• Dr. Ron in China —June 19th, 2006
• "Put on the Market," Still Causing Confusion —June 9th, 2006
• May 13 Swatch Posting Generates Much Debate —May 27th, 2006
• People Still Not Getting the Purpose of RoHS —May 13th, 2006
• Readers Please Help Re Info on Cr VI —May 8th, 2006
• Denial Still Rampant in RoHS: 90% think they are exempt —May 4th, 2006
• What I Learned at the Malmo Conference —May 1st, 2006
• China Publishes RoHS List —April 25th, 2006
• WEEE Whistle Blowing —April 22nd, 2006
• When 100 Billion Doesn't Seem So Large —April 16th, 2006
• IPC/Soldertec WEEE/RoHS Conference in Malmo Sweden April 25-27 —April 10th, 2006
• Manufacturing Process Standards and Auditing Procedures for RoHS Compliance Emerging —April 8th, 2006
• Dr. Ron Giving Free WEEE/RoHS Workshop at Dartmouth —April 3rd, 2006
• Missing the Point About WEEE and RoHS —March 26th, 2006
• General RoHS Questions —March 18th, 2006
• SMTA Due Diligence Workshop —March 11th, 2006
• No Such Thing as Completely Lead-Free —March 4th, 2006
• Dr. Ron's Article on "The Twin Paradox" hits newstands —February 22nd, 2006
• Mixed Lead-free and Leaded Reliability: A Hot Technical Topic at APEX —February 17th, 2006
• Tin Pest in Scandinavian Church Organ Pipes —February 8th, 2006
• Software Systems that Help in Managing the WEEE/RoHS Compliance Process —January 30th, 2006
• Chemical Analysis for RoHS —January 23rd, 2006
• Dr. Ron and Colleagues Launch Online Lead Free Workshop —January 20th, 2006
• China to postpone RoHS legislation until January 1, 2007, but Requirements more Severe than EU —January 16th, 2006
• The Silver Lining of WEEE/RoHS —January 9th, 2006
• Who Holds the World Record in Pulling Back a Longbow? —January 4th, 2006
• Dr. Ron Shatters 110# Longbow —January 3rd, 2006
• ERA to Investigate RoHS Exemption of Category 8 and 9 Equipment —December 30th, 2005
• Feeling Overwhelmed by WEEE/RoHS Complance Issues —December 21st, 2005
• Xbox Claimed to be RoHS Compliant —December 19th, 2005
• Comparing China and EU RoHS —December 14th, 2005
• Dr. Ron to Have Article Published in Scientific American —December 12th, 2005
• UK's DTI Publishes Latest RoHS Guidance —December 7th, 2005
• Unawareness of RoHS Still Widespread —December 1st, 2005
• A Success in Registering for WEEE in Germany —November 29th, 2005
• The UK's DTI Publishes the Latest "Perchards Report" —November 26th, 2005
• Fellow WEEE/RoHS "Warrior" Don Ballard Publishes Book on Disneyland Hotel —November 18th, 2005
• Concern for Counterfeit RoHS Compliant Components —November 13th, 2005
• More Anecdotes Re German WEEE Registration —November 8th, 2005
• California RoHS Compliance Date 1 Jan 2007 —November 7th, 2005
• Germany Still Claims to Have a WEEE Registration Date of November 24, 2005 —November 4th, 2005
• The World is Flat —October 31st, 2005
• Trends Observed at Workshops and IPC's Leadfree Electronics Assembly Forum —October 23rd, 2005
• IPC 1752 Materials Declaration Sheet Ready to Try —October 16th, 2005
• SAC Alloy for RoHS Compliant Solder Paste: Still on Target —October 7th, 2005
• "Putting on the Market" .... Hope Springs Eternal —September 25th, 2005
• The Twin Paradox —September 14th, 2005
• Six Sigma: Caveat Emptor —September 7th, 2005
• A Layman's Perspective on the Effect of Alloying —August 31st, 2005
• WEEE Categories 8 and 9 stilll not included in RoHS —August 28th, 2005
• Dr. Ron Claims "Largest" Exam in History of Dartmouth Summer Program —August 23rd, 2005
• Tin Pest: Still a Forgotten Concern in Lead Free Assembly —August 17th, 2005
• SMTA Webinar Wednesday August 10, 2005 on RoHS WEEE Compliance —August 7th, 2005
• Dr. Ron's Student Sean Furey Wins Scholar Athlete Award —August 4th, 2005
• Status of WEEE Implementation by Country —August 2nd, 2005
• China RoHS: The Snowball is Growing —July 31st, 2005
• Dr. Ron's Student interviewed by "The Dartmouth", ESPN —July 24th, 2005
• Some still Unaware of WEEE/RoHS —July 24th, 2005
• Mike K says Dr. Ron's RoHS opinion is "vague, probably inaccurate, not too "educated", and not all too helpful" —July 20th, 2005
• Sophie Morvan's "Little Tikes" Tricycle is Likely Exempt from RoHS —July 17th, 2005
• Electronic Teddy Bears Exempted from WEEE/RoHS —July 14th, 2005
• Charles Kettering IV and Elise Morrison —July 8th, 2005
• Hearing Aides RoHS Exempt? —July 8th, 2005
• Comments on Handheld XRF Analyzers for RoHS Compliance Screening —July 5th, 2005
• Dr. Ron's Class at Dartmouth is Largest of the Summer Courses —July 1st, 2005
• Dr. Ron and Rick Short Present at AMA Workshop on Blogs —June 27th, 2005
• Compact Fluorescent Lamp Exemptions —June 23rd, 2005
• Dr. Ron Interviews WEEE/RoHS Expert NeoVention's Kathy Hickey —June 21st, 2005
• Electronic Meters Exempt from RoHS? —June 16th, 2005
• Materials: The Substance of Civilization —June 12th, 2005
• High Lead Solders Exempt from RoHS —June 8th, 2005
• What Does FR-4 Mean? —June 8th, 2005
• The Passing of Ron Daniels (1948-2005) —June 7th, 2005
• Join Me in Toronto (June 13) or Boston (June 15) for a Lead Free (RoHS/WEEE) Workshop —June 3rd, 2005
• You cannot "grind up" a product and analyze the powder to show RoHS compliance —May 28th, 2005
• Dr. Ron's Daughter Jessica Defends her Ph.D. at Harvard —May 25th, 2005
• Registering for WEEE Continued —May 20th, 2005
• News from Quickstart Seminar: Lead Free Has Advantages —May 19th, 2005
• The Miracle of Soldering —May 15th, 2005
• Only the Company that "Puts the Product on the Market" Need Register for WEEE —May 9th, 2005
• What Nina Taught Me —May 8th, 2005
• Nepcon East and SMTA this Past Week —May 7th, 2005
• Is California going RoHS? —May 5th, 2005
• Dartmouth Six Sigma Training —May 2nd, 2005
• More on RoHS Exemptions —April 29th, 2005
• Innumeracy and Electronic Assembly —April 22nd, 2005
• The Most Important American You Probably Have Never Heard of —April 20th, 2005
• Dr. Ron and His English Longbow —April 11th, 2005
• WEEE/RoHS for B2B Company —April 8th, 2005
• RoHS and Telecon —April 7th, 2005
• WEEE Deadlines Moved Out? —April 4th, 2005
• Is Design a "Commodity"? —March 31st, 2005
• RoHS Exemption for Ceramic Devices? —March 25th, 2005
• Your Competitor and RoHS —March 22nd, 2005
• Cost Estimating Non Automated Processes —March 16th, 2005
• The Passing of Hans Bethe, the end of an Era —March 16th, 2005
• RoHS WEEE Questions Re Medical Devices —March 14th, 2005
• Six Sigma at Dartmouth —March 5th, 2005
• Subcontacting to China Doesn't Always Make Sense —March 3rd, 2005
• Thoughts on APEX —February 28th, 2005
• My WEEE/RoHS Column in SMT Magazine —February 25th, 2005
• A Guest Contribution from Neovention —February 25th, 2005
• APEX Update —February 22nd, 2005
• RoHS Exemption for Military Applications —February 15th, 2005
• The Grandparent Conjecture —February 4th, 2005
• The most disruptive event in the history of electronics? —February 2nd, 2005
• SMTA Cost Estimating Guidelines CP-101A with ProfitPro™ Software —February 2nd, 2005
• Bottom Line Impact on YOUR Production Process —February 2nd, 2005
• A Century of Einstein —February 2nd, 2005
• Are You Ready For Pb-Free? —February 2nd, 2005
• Dr. Lee and Dr. Lasky to Present at APEX —February 2nd, 2005

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Quick notes of interest:

Dr. Ron's SMT Article "Repeal RoHS Movement Emerges" Causes Furor

Folks,

I guess I have stirred up a hornet's nest. My article Repeal RoHS Movement Emerges in the September issue of SMT and has generated much interest. I have even been accused of being the only person in manufacturing that is "pro-lead free solder." Wow! I think the folks at Motorola that have manufactured 150 million cellular phones, that could not be assembled with leaded solder, must have hurt feelings. Truth is I don't think I am "pro-lead free solder," I believe that I am pro data driven decision making....the topic for a future posting.

These articles have also caused much discussion on IPC's TechNet and I'm told a few other places.

Anyway check these articles out. I respect those that disagree with my perspective and believe that only by sharing and learning can we progress.

Cheers,

Dr. Ron

Dartmouth and SMT Magazine Unite in Six Sigma Effort

"He is probably the most influential American you never heard of. The "Father of West Point," "Father of Technology in the United States" and the founder of Thayer Academy in his native Braintree, Mass., Sylvanus Thayer arguably left a greater mark on our country than half of our Presidents. Without him, there might not have been a Grant, Lee, Pershing, MacArthur, Eisenhower, Patton or many other great leaders. Most of the early significant engineering projects in our country were led by students of his, most notably the Panama Canal and George Goethals. One of the last things Thayer did in his long and productive life was to found and endow the Thayer School of Engineering at his Alma Mater, Dartmouth College."

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Top Five Blog Postings (by comments)

1. Who Holds the World Record in Pulling Back a Longbow?
2. Interest in Formula for Calculating Alloy Density Still Keen
3. Dr. Ron Shatters 110# Longbow
4. People Still Not Getting the Purpose of RoHS
5. Concern for Counterfeit RoHS Compliant Components

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• Interest in Metal Alloy Density Calculator Still Strong
• Answer to SMTA Certification Reflow Question
• The Need for Dis-Assembly to Support WEEE
• Counterfeit Component Concern Goes Mainstream
• A Challenge of 01005 Passive Assembly
• Another SMTA Process Certification Question
• Are You Ready for SMTA Process Engineer Certification (With Solution Update)
• Meet the Bloggers at SMTAI
• Alloy Density Calculator Goes Live

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