RoHS legislation had required ITT to switch to a new lead-free solder with a substantially higher melt temperature than normal. At its best, our automated soldering system would run at 80% efficiency for only a couple hours before breakdowns and servicing were required. In desperation, we began rooting through surplus equipment from a sister plant when we came across an American Beauty resistance soldering system. After in-house testing and one-on-one advice from American Beauty's product support team, we were able to integrate American Beauty's 1,100 watt power unit and precision timer module into our automated equipment. Today we are running at close to 100% efficiency and have the ability to refine our process further than we thought possible.

Aurthur P, ITT, Newton, MA