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Since 1981

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The Only Education That Guarantees Perfect Soldering

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Training Doesn’t Work Anymore

Much of today’s practice and training was developed more than 70 years ago for attaching heatproof wires to metal lugs. But modern components can't survive such stresses. If your product isn’t like this, why is your training?

Almost 50 years ago, we recognized the alarming truth that solder training wasn’t working. Despite spending days in classrooms rather than doing productive work, defects and scrap weren’t reduced. The students just became better at touchup to cover up defects. (Solder heated to around 700°F will stick to metal and disguise defective wetting.) Industry accepted this waste as natural and inevitable.

We thought that was nuts.

So we created a very different approach that makes perfect soldering easy and fun. Instead of days spent memorizing pictures of solder connections, our students learn through experiments, demonstrations, and troubleshooting process problems along with thorough videos, discussions and workbook exercises.

Everyone (Including You) Needs This

This isn't just for assemblers. Design engineers, process leads, quality managers, and component buyers need this knowledge just as much as production technicians. Process decisions made at the management level dictate yield rates long before soldering begins.

Training can’t make things better because it is designed to perpetuate existing methods through memorization and repetition. Making things better requires fostering inspiration, creativity, disciplined thinking, and essential, detailed knowledge. In other words, doing better requires education, not training. Science of Soldering© is that education.

Now Available to Everyone Everywhere

But there was an availability problem. Everyone needed Science of Soldering© but classes required our presence in the classroom. This meant expensive travel, which matters less when the number of students is large. We simply couldn’t help smaller companies and individuals even though they are most in need of our expertise. It wasn’t fair and we knew it.

Why Should You Believe Us?

You shouldn’t. Words are cheap. Only results matter. So here’s our guarantee: If you are not satisfied with our education or other services, pay absolutely nothing. No client has ever asked for their money back in over 45 years.

No longer! Modern internet technology is amazing and Zoom eliminates the need for travel. We can now provide the complete Science of Soldering© experience — in-person mentor, all the hands-on exercises, experiments, demonstrations, videos and group discussions — to everyone anywhere. This isn’t the boring one-dimensional lecture of old Zoom. It’s the same Science of Soldering immersion adventure for which we are famous.

Open registration Zoom classes are conducted periodically. The next opening is September 29th to October 1st. Or talk to us about a dedicated Zoom class for your organization.

Interactive Open Registration $995 / Person

Next Live Zoom Class: September 29 – October 1

Bring full Science of Soldering© hands-on immersion to your engineers, managers, and technicians without travel expenses. Individuals and groups welcome. Class size is strictly limited to 20 participants.

Think You Don't Need This Class? Think Again.

If your work involves designing, building, or evaluating soldered assemblies, you need Science of Soldering© knowledge. That includes technicians and assemblers, of course—but as these client comments prove, it is equally critical for design engineers, quality assurance leaders, supplier managers, and executive leadership. Discover who benefits and why here.

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

Robert Khaleel

Lockheed Martin

"Clear your mind of what you have 'learned' in the past about soldering. You'll have head-slapping moments of revelation."

Mark Chun

Chief Gizmologist (Engineer), R2Sonic

"I learned more in a day and a half of the Science of Soldering© class than I did in two weeks of soldering class given by the Navy."

Patrick M. Schweiger

Supplier Quality Engineer, LORD Corporation

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

Mike Riley

Senior Engineering Technician, TriQuint Semiconductor