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T h e book contains R and M data on parts and equipment
m o s t likely to be found in process and manufacturing plants and is classified alphabetically f r o m Actuators to Wire.
Information on the individual sheets is set out under the
following headings : item n a m e ,
description, repair time, failure m o d e s , failure
distribution D factor affecting reliability and failure rates.
This information can aid
reliability prediction and analysis, maintainability prediction and analysis, failure m o d e and effect analysis, fault tree analysis, life cycle cost analysis and hazard analysis. A very r e c o m m e n d a b l e
addition to any data bank and a free update for the first one
w h e n issued.
H. R e i c h e .
SOLDERING
IN
Author
:
R.
Publishers
:
Price
:
WASSINK
Electrochemical Publications 8, Barns Street, AYR, Scotland, KA7 IXA.
£ 47.00 (ISBN
ELECTRONICS
J. KLEIN
(plus
£ i. 90 postage
and
Limited,
packing)
0 901150 14 2)
Although m a n y books have been published on soldering techniques, there have been few so c o m p r e h e n s i v e as "Soldering in Electronics".
T h e first chapter deals with
the interaction of the various aspects which determine the result of the soldering operation, n a m e l y the quality of the soldered joints.
It is explained that the desired goals can
only be achieved if soldering is treated as a coherent system, all separate aspects of which are to be well prepared, often long before the actual m o m e n t operation.
This w a y of thinking has m a n y
of the soldering
implications for the other chapters, such as
on solderable coatings, solderability assessment,
and joint design.
Book Reviews
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T h e b o o k p r o v i d e s a c o m b i n a t i o n of b a c k g r o u n d k n o w l e d g e a n d i n f o r m a t i o n f o r practice. experts,
In d o i n g s o it h e l p s t o c l a r i f y m a n y p o i n t s of b a s i c d i s c u s s i o n such as wetting and dewetting,thermal
assessment,
metallurgy
influences,
of a l l o y s a n d c o a t i n g s ,
coatings,
soldering methods,
in l i t e r a t u r e
a s p e c t s of s o l d e r i n g ,
despite its utmost importance
conditions.
On t h e o t h e r
i n f o r m a t i o n on s o l d e r i n g a l l o y s , f l u x e s ,
pattern design and criteria
chapter is devoted to the thermal
s o l d e r a b i l i t y a n d m e t h o d s of
and process
h a n d it c o n t a i n s a w e a l t h o f d e t a i l e d a n d p r a c t i c a l
among soldering
for joint inspection.
A separate
a subject that is seldom discussed
for soldering.
It i s t h i s c o m b i n a t i o n of t h e o r y a n d p r a c t i c e w h i c h m a k e s t h e b o o k i n d i s p e n s a b l e t o a b r o a d g r o u p of r e a d e r s
with a responsibility
for electronics
manufacturing
R & D and production, such as design engineers, process engineers, chemists; also production engineers and quality engineers. At all r e l e v a n t p l a c e s in the t e x t , l i t e r a t u r e
references
w i s h to f u r t h e r t h e i r k n o w l e d g e on t h e i t e m s d i s c u s s e d . ( l i s t e d in a l p h a b e t i c a l o r d e r ) on s o l d e r i n g , existing literature. published,
Moreover,
as well as alist ii
metallurgists
and
are included for those who
Comprising
o v e r 400 r e f e r e n c e s
t h e b o o k p r o v i d e s a n e x c e l l e n t s u r v e y of t h e
a b i b l i o g r a p h y i s o f f e r e d of a l l b o o k s on s o l d e r i n g e v e r
of s o l d e r i n g t e r m s
in s e v e r a l l a n g u a g e s .
ii
T h e b o o k i s a b i b l e f o r a l l t h o s e w h o a r e e n g a g e d in e l e c t r o n i c s cannot be recommended
b o t h in
too highly.
G. W , A . D .
production and