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Kester Participates in Upcoming SMTA Webcast
October 29, 2003 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Des Plaines, Ill. — Northrop Grumman Corp. announces that its business unit Kester will participate in the first SMTA Online Symposium on December 1 at noon, along with other soldering companies.
The full-day symposium will focus on state-of-the-art Lead-free Soldering Technology.
The program overview is as follows:
Presentation 1 — Materials will be presented by Peter Biocca, senior market development engineer at Kester Northrop Grumman and will take place from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central Time, 12 to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time and 5 to 6:30 p.m. UK Time. A half hour break will follow.
Presentation 2 — Processes will be presented next by Bob Willis of Electronic Presentation Services and will take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time, 12 to 1:30 p.m. Mountain Time, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Central Time, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time and 7 to 8:30 p.m. UK Time. A half hour break will follow.
Presentation 3 — Reliability will end the symposium with speaker Jean-Paul Clech of EPSI Inc. and will take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Mountain Time, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Central Time, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time and 9 to 10:30 p.m. GB Time.
Within the above format, each speaker is scheduled to deliver a standard 90-minute broadcast, and a moderator will provide supporting commentary throughout each of the three presentations. Attendees will purchase individual presentations for $75/$135 (member/non-member) or all three for $195/$255, which also includes a copy of the new SMTA TechScan Compendium: The State-of-the-Art in Lead-free Soldering Technology. Three separate dial-in numbers or pass codes will ensure that attendees are able to tune into individual presentations.
The webcast is part of the Kester University services. Kester University offers complete solder technology training programs coupled with consulting services to assist the electronics industry with training and process issues. Training courses are offered for SMT assembly, wave soldering and rework. Each course also offers the latest technical and practical information for implementing lead-free SMT assembly, wave and rework. Additionally, courses in traditional leaded solder processes are available and are offered in both English and Spanish. This permits companies with multinational operations to benefit from these courses and services as well. The courses are customizable to accommodate a customer's need for in-house training of operators, line supervisors and managers. They also include courses on lead-free and traditional tin-lead processes. Courses come with complete in-class training materials and CD training modules.
Kester University also offers complete consulting services to troubleshoot specific soldering assembly issues with lead-free or traditional tin-lead soldering. These services include solderability analysis, X-ray analysis, micro-sectioning, line audits, soldering process implementation and optimization.
Before beginning any project, Kester's engineers assess a company's specific issues and recommend a detailed action plan. At the project's completion, the company is supplied with a complete engineering report.
Kester is a world-renowned supplier of solder and related materials and services to the electronics assembly, micro-component, industrial soldering, hardware/retail and wholesale plumbing markets. For more information, visit www.kester.com.