Soldering (see RoHS), has led to a change in formulation of both solders and fluxes. Water-soluble non-rosin-based fluxes have been increasingly used since the 1980s so that soldered boards can be cleaned with water or water-based cleaners. This eliminates hazardous solvents from the production environment, and from factory effluents. Those regulations have also reduced the use of lead based solders, and caused the melting temperatures of solders in use to increase by up to . "Hot-bar reflow" is a selective soldering process where two pre-fluxed, solder coated parts are heated with heating element (called a thermode) to a sufficient temperature to
Private Parts & Pieces VII: Slow Waves, Soft Stars Private Parts & Pieces VII: Slow Waves, Soft Stars Private Parts & Pieces VII: Slow Waves, Soft Stars is the twelfth studio album by English multi-instrumentalist and composer Anthony Phillips. It was released in August 1987 in the United States by Audion Recording as the seventh instalment in his "Private Parts & Pieces" album series. The album sees Phillips explore ambient and new-age music with synthesisers and guitars. Following the release of his previous album, "", in 1986, Phillips found himself in a situation where he was "plodding along doing the same kind of things" until a lack of commissions