[tinwhiskers] Re: Bourns announces hot dipping of tin - comments?

  • From: "Whittaker, Dewey (EHCOE)" <Dewey.Whittaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "TechNet E-Mail Forum" <TechNet@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:00:03 -0700

You told her that so the burnt offerings would reveal their wicked past
or that today's enlightenment was just a waxen image of its former self.

Dewey

 

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From: tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick Bruneel
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 10:38 AM
To: tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tinwhiskers] Re: Bourns announces hot dipping of tin -
comments?

 

John,

 

My daughter has a flower store in Europe and I advised her to also sell
candles they will need a lot of them soon :-)

 

 

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From: tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Burke
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 11:13 AM
To: tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tinwhiskers] Re: Bourns announces hot dipping of tin -
comments?

 

Someone banned the Gas chips?......8-)

 

John Burke

(408) 515 4992

 

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From: tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick Bruneel
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:11 AM
To: tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tinwhiskers] Re: Bourns announces hot dipping of tin -
comments?

 

Good one Werner

 

Would the eco-enemies have something to do with the current economy?

 

In Belgium 1/3 of their mobile network went down (and they still don't
know why).

 

 

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From: tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Werner engelmaier
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 10:49 AM
To: tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; DENNIS.D.FRITZ@xxxxxxxx
Subject: [tinwhiskers] Re: Bourns announces hot dipping of tin -
comments?

 

It is a minimum of 3% Pb not exactly 3% Pb.
This whole Pb-ban is so silly [or would be if it were not so sad].
In the name of being 'green', we now use more energy [so much for
sustainability], more vapor phase soldering [so much for being
eco-friendly], throw more things in the garbage [more environmental
friendliness not to say anythingabout inconvenience, economic loss and
reduced safety], retrofit Pb-free components with Pb [ wouldn't it be
better and easier making them with SnPb solder in the first place], 
With all these 'green' friends [who do not know what the hell they are
doing], who needs eco-enemies.

Werner

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Fritz, Dennis D. <DENNIS.D.FRITZ@xxxxxxxx>
To: tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:55 am
Subject: [tinwhiskers] Bourns announces hot dipping of tin - comments?

I was wondering if there are any comments about this whisker mitigation
strategy 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
announced in Electronic Design News yesterday by Bourns.  This says "hot
dipped 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
tin" as in lead-free.  Seems to me if this is really pure tin, it would
be 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
really hot exposure of the components, and I am seeking any data to say
how much 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
better "dipped tin" would be than "plated tin" for mitigation.  Seems to
me they 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
could hot dip 3% lead in tin, but I guess that would be a special order
for RoHS 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
exempt industries. 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
Denny









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 










 










 
 










 










 
 
 
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(Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive is the tin whiskers that
can 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
develop over time on tin plating. Trim pot manufacturer Bourns 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
<http://www.bourns.com/>  recently announced it was shifting its entire
line to 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
a new hot-dipped-tin process for the trim pots' terminals. Bourns will
no longer 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
offer the old matte-finished parts because of the tin-whisker danger.
Although 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
the company made the change at the request of its customers, it won't be
passing 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
the price increase on.









 










 
 










 










 
 
 










 










 
 










 










 
 
 
Emill Melliz, Bourns' potentiometer product line manager, puts the price










 










 
 










 










 
 
 
increase at between 5-7%. Why is Bourns eating this not-inconsiderable
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They see it as a way to increase market share in a very competitive
economy. 









 










 
 










 










 
 
 
Smart company.









 










 
 










 










 
 
 










 










 
 










 










 
 
 










 










 
 










 










 
 
 










 










 
 










 










 
 
 

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