Other Companies Train You to Find Defects—

WE TEACH YOU TO
ELIMINATE DEFECTS

The electronics industry's traditional approach to soldering training is defective. Training like IPC–A–610 and IPC–J–STD–001 certification classes focuses on memorization of solder connection pictures without providing the knowledge of how to achieve those pictures. It's like teaching driving by simply handing out maps — you may know where you want to go but don't know how to operate the car. The results are touchup and rework because operators do not know how to prevent defects.

Science of Soldering is different. Science of Soldering is the only course that focuses on the wetting forces that control soldering. We teach students how to achieve perfect soldering without touchup or rework and the corrective actions to take if a defect does occur, ensuring that the defect will not happen again. The results are much greater efficiency and soldering that easily surpasses the most rigorous industry standards.

Science of Soldering is also the only course that teaches the simple but unique technique proven by a U.S. Navy study to prevent heat damage to modern, delicate components.

What Our Clients Say

“As a US Air Force certified aircraft welder, I learned the process of soldering in 1990 and through subsequent 20+ years of experience and training, and IPC seminars, I thought I had learned everything there was to know about it...I was wrong.

“Jim Smith from Electronics Manufacturing Sciences just concluded his Science of Soldering course here in Skaneateles... he wowed me and our technical team with his practical, comprehensive approach and truly unique insights into the science of the soldering process. We are now in the process of updating all of our soldering process specs in Skaneateles to reflect our new knowledge. This is NOT IPC certification/training! That’s not what we need.

“It’s been my experience that soldering, especially hand-soldering, is a forgotten process in most manufacturing facilities, using the same techniques, tools, and training that were used 20 years ago when I started soldering (these were even old back then!). However, in those 20 years the components being soldered have become far smaller, and much more sensitive. This leaves a significant opportunity for improvement in our processes to reduce heat damage, touch-time, rework, out-of-box failures, latent failures, and scrap.

“Jim develops and teaches all of his courses personally. He knows his stuff and stands out, among the many programs that I’ve evaluated. I highly recommend Jim’s hands-on program for any GE facility/supplier, worldwide, who solders and experiences failures/latent-failures/defects and has struggled to find the true root-cause.”

Floyd Backes
Lean Leader/Sus. Proc. Engineering Manager
GE Inspection Technologies
Skaneateles, NY 13152

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“Science of Soldering is the best value for the dollar I have encountered in the last thirty years.”

Robert Khaleel
Secure Alert
Sandy, UT

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“I learned more in two days than I learned in 25 years as a soldering technician.”

Mike Riley
Senior Engineering Technician
TriQuint Semiconductor
Hillsboro, OR

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“No matter what education level you’ve received, going through this course will give you a better understanding of how to create and recognize reliable solder joints. Quite simply, Science of Soldering increases product reliability and reduces costs.”

Jesse Austin
Manufacturing Engineer/Six Sigma Black Belt
Micro Motion Inc.
Boulder, CO

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“We have used EMS since 2000 both as an educator for our soldering practices and an advisor to improve our Cost of Quality. The unique EMS approach made it easy for personnel at all levels to grasp the science of this critical process and apply the knowledge to many forms of reliability improvements and cost reductions.

“EMS systems eliminated post–wave and post–reflow inspection, increased test yields, reduced expenses in some surprising areas such as electricity consumption, and allowed us to avoid designs and components that would have led to production and warranty issues.

“On many occasions, we have also used EMS to conduct 3rd party assessments of suppliers and failure analysis. With their extensive knowledge, they helped us protect our customers, avoid warranty costs and recover damages from supplier errors.”

Andrew MacEachern
Quality Manager
Flextronics Automotive
Markham, Ontario, Canada

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“We challenged EMS to certify our 62 associates in the quickest and shortest period of time possible. EMS responded with the best time and at a very reasonable price. EMS came to our facility with all the necessary training supplies and provided excellent audio/visual tutorials, valuable reference works. The hands–on instructions and instructor were also exceptional.”

Steve Kristian
BMP Manufacturing Test Engineering Manager
BE Aerospace, Inc.
Lenexa, KS

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“EMS teaches more than how to perform and visually inspect high reliability soldering. They provide thorough soldering process knowledge that will consistently yield the desired results. With this knowledge our personnel now understand the best way to perform their job and don’t just try to make a pretty looking connection.”

Jeff Gray
Director Product Quality Assurance and Conformance
Esterline | Power Systems
Buena Park, CA 90620

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“Ludlums contracted Electronics Manufacturing Sciences to conduct training classes on the Science of Soldering. We did so not because we currently have soldering problems but to advance our knowledge of soldering, soldering materials, processes, and standards. We included personnel from all critical departments, not only the operators who do most of the actual production soldering. The course was challenging for all levels of participants. Jim’s teaching skills are superior. He related well to all participants. Our goal was to improve our soldering technique and results. I believe we accomplished that goal. In addition we have developed a task force to further examine different materials and methods which we plan to test and if appropriate implement. The Science of Soldering training more than met our expectations.”

Larry Place
General Manager
Ludlum Measurements, Inc.
Sweetwater, TX

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“During a critical product launch, we had problems with an electronic pump assembly. We had EMS evaluate our production lines and conduct in-house training for our managers, engineers, and production people. Through the details that EMS outlined and their soldering “recipe”, our soldering related problems were resolved. A reliable product and a happy customer were the results.... Currently those lessons learned are also being applied to new projects.”

James E. Smith
Sr. Automotive Electronics Engineer
Dana Holding Corporation
ASG Technical Center
Maumee, OH

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“Electronics Manufacturing Sciences helped us in many, often surprising, ways. The most significant contribution was the creation and implementation of a user–friendly reliability criteria document.

“This was not a minor accomplishment. Nor was it a tool we had anticipated needing because our existing quality criteria formed the base for most standards used throughout the electronics industry. Our workforce was mature, extensively trained and very experienced.

“The original standard filled hundreds of pages and covered every imaginable condition. The document produced by EMS was less than 40 pages, including large, clear computer graphics, yet it covered every important requirement. Important conditions with previously ambiguous wording were restated so effective evaluation became easy.

“The results were impressive. The amount of rework dropped dramatically because inspectors stopped rejecting reliable connections, test yields increased because assemblies were subjected to less handling, and production cycle time decreased.

If this had been the only improvement EMS provided us (and it wasn’t), they still would have been an excellent investment.”

James H. Mosher
Manager, Switching & Network Products
Manufacturing and Engineering
Alcatel/Lucent
Columbus, Ohio

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“My experience has been that EMS is certainly not a run of the mill “specialized consulting” group that comes in with some repackaged current concepts and buzz words to invigorate a stale manufacturing environment. Their wealth of experience in very diverse electronics applications is demonstrated as they point out broken, unnecessary, and even counterproductive processes that we walk by and neglect in our day to day operations.

“No matter how good you are or how good you might think you are at electronics manufacture, I recommend you walk around your plant with a clipboard beside an EMS “doctor” and I can assure you that you will generate a list of issues that will make you better if you have the will to address them.”

Ed Rohlfs
Vice President, Global Quality and Customer Satisfaction
ADTRAN, Inc.
Huntsville, AL

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IPC standards (IPC-A-610, IPC-J-STD-001) are beneficial because they give us goals to strive for in electronics assembly. But Science of Soldering training from Electronics Manufacturing Sciences helps you reach those goals by teaching the forces that determine the outcome of soldering.

Jeffrey F. Whitehorn
Quality Manager
Dynasty Electronic Company, LLC
Santa Ana, CA 92705