Gary Goldberg

President and CEO

PROMATION, Inc.

Mr Goldberg has practical experience in production line layout, process flow and cycle rate analysis. He knows how to avoid bottle necks and most related PCB or pallet handling questions.

Gary Goldberg has submitted responses to the following questions.

Overlap Solder Joint Failures
This is a tough one since there are so many variables we do not know from this statement. We would ...

Excess Flux Residue After Hand Soldering
From the photo is appears that your operator is adding flux prior to hand soldering. The flux is too far ...

Soldering to Hard Gold
In response to your inquiry; I would like to talk about point soldering for this application, however soldering of SMT ...

Hand Soldering Alternative
When considering adding wires to a PCB there are two possible paths to consider for improving the assembly process. 1) ...

Laser spot soldering temperature problem
Here are some basic guidelines for laser soldering with Lead Free alloys: It sounds like you are seeing a reflective ...

Which term to use, PWB or PCB?
No Real difference. PCB is the more modern term.

Hand Soldering vs. Selective Wave for small LCD
While we would suggest much more testing before recommending any process, soldering at 700F (370C) is a higher temp range ...

Problems Hand Soldering 24 Layer Board
Thick PCBs can be a challenge for soldering. For consistent solder joints many manufacturers use a robotic Iron Tip soldering ...

Pre clean boards before printing
PROMATION offers a different style of PCB cleaner before screen printing. Our EDR-700 uses an ESD brush, vacuum and ionizer ...

What success have point to point robotic solder systems had meeting class 3?
Iron tip soldering robots are great for thermally challenged solder joints since you will have the ability to program each ...

Proper handling for raw boards
There are 2 standard technologies available for loading bare PCBs to a production line and there is also a limited ...

Depaneling equipment
PROMATION offers both batch process and in-line process depaneling systems. See PROMATION Dual Shutter Router (Depanel) on our website. I ...