Half of plumbers say they still sometimes use illegal lead solder when jointing pipework supplying hot or drinking water.

X-ray and advanced automated techniques combine to create a capable tool for lead-free solder inspection needs. Within two years, solder used in electronics manufactured or sold in Europe must meet ...

North America, the EU, and Japan are trying to eliminate lead from the printed-circuit-board (PCB) assembly process. Specifically, eliminating lead from soldering will and is having a huge impact on ...

AMES, Iowa – Fifteen years ago, an environmentally-friendly solder developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory made history as the first cost-effective, broadly useable alternative to ...

Avionics manufacturers face having to develop new production processes to cope with a global industry shift to lead-free components and solder. Lead-free solder requires higher process temperatures to ...