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News Release from: Henkel Loctite Adhesives
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 February 2005
Lead-free workshops continue into 2005
Henkel is continuing its successful series of lead-free workshops throughout the year 2005, and each event will soon be fully subscribed.
The race to perfect lead-free production is now on, according to the Henkel Electronics Group The company is continuing the successful series of lead-free workshops that started in 2004 throughout the year 2005, and each event will soon be fully subscribed
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 2 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Manufacturers must acquire the knowledge and practical skill to achieve commercial yields using lead-free materials and processes", said Frank Ongkiehong, European Technical Service/Marketing Director of Application Engineering at Henkel.
"This is the final leg of lead-free's complex journey into full production, and our lead-free workshops aim to transfer the insights we have acquired from developing lead-free solution, into the production arena".
The Henkel lead-free workshops during spring 2005 will focus on lead-free reflow and wave soldering, use of adhesives, and hand soldering.
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The events will take place at various locations throughout Europe, and began at Henkel Dublin on 24th February.
"The Dublin event was fully booked very quickly", advised Ongkiehong, who said further dates may be added to the schedule.
The current programme includes workshops and seminars in partnership with Henkel distributors and equipment partners on 16th March, 22nd March and 25th May, with further production-oriented presentations in Sweden on 13th and 14th April.
The workshop combines presentation and seminar sessions with practical workshop sessions using production equipment on the Henkel technical centre.
The sessions will be split into small groups to allow everyone to derive the maximum benefit from attending.
Application experts from Henkel and partner companies who have been closely involved in developing material-sets for lead-free assembly will lead each group.
In the morning, interactive presentations with Q and A will be followed by practical sessions, with further opportunities to ask questions and develop techniques building on the practical work.
Those attending should be able to return to their factory floors empowered to quickly implement high yield processes as manufacturers work towards the lead-free deadline in July 2006.
"The deadline is now little more than a year away, and manufacturers must work hard if they are to meet ongoing production obligations while also preparing for lead-free", commented Ongkiehong.
"Our workshops aim to make this transition as quick and as straightforward as possible, by delivering what manufacturers really need right now; practical experience rather than supplier sales messages".
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