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ACI Hosts Lead-free Workshop
June 9, 2008 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
PHILADELPHIA The American Competitiveness Institute (ACI), along with SMT and Indium Corporation, will host the free workshop "RoHS and Lead-free Updates, a Day with Dr. Ron Lasky," June 25 at ACI's campus in Philadelphia. The workshop will cover an update on the EU's RoHS law and critical issues in lead-free assembly.
The RoHS update with Ron Lasky, Ph.D., will include a review of the laws and their impact two years later. Recent activity in RoHS, especially related to medical exemptions, will be discussed. In addition, the early stages of RoHS 2 will be presented. The workshop will then progress to a discussion of a logical process to set up and optimize a lead-free assembly process. This part of the program will include solder paste selection, component concerns, PWB issues, and stencil printing and reflow optimization. A review of a successful RoHS-compliant process implementation will be presented.
The workshop will end with a discussion on lead-free reliability, including work to replace SAC305 as the de-facto lead-free alloy with higher reliability "SACY" alternatives. This workshop is free for all attendees and a complementary lunch sponsored by SMT will be served.
Ronald C. Lasky, Ph.D., P.E., is a senior technologist at Indium Corporation and an instructional professor at Dartmouth College. Prior to these assignments, he had over thirty years experience in electronic and optoelectronic packaging at IBM, Universal Instruments, and Cookson Electronics. He has authored or edited books on science, electronics, and optoelectronics, along with numerous technical papers. Lasky holds numerous patent disclosures and is the developer of the several new concepts in SMT processing software relating to cost estimating, line balancing, and process optimization.
He is the co-creator of engineering certification exams in electronic assembly and the director of Dartmouth's Six Sigma program. Lasky was awarded the Surface Mount Technology Association's (SMTA's) Founder's Award in 2003. He holds four earned degrees, including a Ph.D. from Cornell University in materials science. Lasky is also a licensed professional engineer.
To register, contact the Registrar at (610) 362-1200 extension 609 or via email at registrar@aciusa.org by Monday, June 23. Registration is also available online at www.aciusa.org. Space is limited.