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Henkel Lead-free Workshops to Continue in 2005
February 28, 2005 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
CITY of INDUSTRY, Calif. — Henkel Technologies is continuing their series of lead-free workshops, which had started in 2004 and will continue throughout 2005. The workshops during spring 2005 will focus on lead-free reflow and wave soldering, use of adhesives, and hand soldering. The events will take place at various locations throughout Europe, including workshops and seminars in partnership with Henkel distributors and equipment partners on March 16, March 22 and May 25, with further production-oriented presentations in Sweden on April 13 and 14.
"Manufacturers must acquire the knowledge and practical skill to achieve commercial yields using lead-free materials and processes," says 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 solutions into the production arena."
The Dublin workshop combines presentation and seminar sessions with practical workshop sessions, using production equipment on the Henkel technical center. 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&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," comments 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."