Nexlogic Technologies has an ideal Pb-free transition team with trained personnel in purchasing, inventory management, fabrication, and process control. Purchasing and procurement specialists are sufficiently versatile to fully understand and track a variety of changing conventions associated with Pb-free assembly. Inventory personnel understand differences between eutectic and Pb-free components. Particularly, they are attentive to the adverse consequences of mistaking one for the other. Plus, they maintain stringent control over incoming vendor components from a variety of supplier bases and once in house, segregate those components and maintain proper inventory of them.

Fabrication engineers and technicians at Nexlogic are well versed in all the differences, tradeoffs, advantages, and disadvantages of an array of Pb-free PCB surface finishes. Lastly, process engineers on a Pb-free transition team are trained to know the differences and effects of Pb and Pb-free thermal profiles and which ones to use to avoid catastrophic results.

Accordingly, when transitioning to Pb-free, OEM concerns should focus on such major areas as PCB surface finishes, solder paste, accurate process controls, newer and different thermal profiles, and precise rework.