In a message dated 98-07-17 13:02:57 EDT, [log in to unmask] writes:

>
>  Thank you for the contact, SIRGuru,

You're welcome.

>
>  I will phone the contact you gave.

EMPF is usually a good place to start looking for industry studies.  They also
did alot of work on conformal coating over low solids fluxes too.

>
>  I also had a discussion with a technical individual at ECI prior to your
> message who would not discuss instrumentation theory, capabilities, and
> limitations unless I purchased an instrument, and only at that time would I
> be "enlightened."  The fellow was not in sales.

That's odd.  Usually they are most helpful.  You might have gotten one of the
clerical staff or a specialist from another instrumentation area.

>
>  Why would the SERA technology have a secrecy classification?

I don't really think there is one.  The technology itself (I think) was
invented by Dr. Morgan Tench of the Rockwell Science Center.  It was further
developed with two DARPA grants that I know of, so the research data
supporting SERA is public domain.  CSL was one of the sites involved in one of
these grants, so I have a passing knowledge.

David Hillman, a frequent contributor to this group is the one I always turn
to with SERA questions.  He can likely tell you more than you ever wanted to
know about it.  After he has talked your right ear off about SERA, ask about
ROSA and switch ears.  That way you can be deaf for this afternoon's
management meeting.....................

>  Does anyone else manufacture this equipment?

To my knowledge, ECI is the only licensed manufacturer of SERA equipment.

> Can it do something White Tin customers ought not to know?  Can it really
deliver results about solderability and
> impurities, and what are its detection limits and reliability?  These are
questions I'll present to John Guy, as well, but
> perhaps the group can share more.

Don't know if John or the other EMPF dudes would know all of that.  Hillman
would though.  Dave?
>
Doug Pauls
CSL

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