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Ted Marek

President
SMT Sales Associates Inc

Mr. Marek is the Founder and President of SMT Sales Associates Inc. SMT is a distributor and manufacturer's representative organization in the PCB assembly marketplace. He has over 11 years experience helping customers select soldering materials and capital equipment.

Ted Marek has submitted responses to the following questions.

BGA re-balling process
We sell a fixture for reballing BGA's one at a time. You apply liquid flux to the bottom of the ...

Stencil printing process problems
#1 The first thing to check is the squeegee blade height compared to the amount of paste your applying to ...

Is lead contamination during cleaning of PB-free stencils possible?
In regards to the lead contamination in an ultrasonic cleaner, yes it is possible to cross contaminate the stencils because ...

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