Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 25 14:00:45 EST 1999 | Bob Willis
| Rob, | | We are also using intrusive reflow to simultaneously process SMT and Thru-hole components. Our arrangement goes as follows: | | - Screen print solder paste to the single sided PCB using 0.008" laser cut stencil. | - Apply adhesive dots
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 30 10:24:27 EDT 2004 | K
We find keeping the work environment at about 22degC and humidity to about 40-50% is the best way to control the solder balls. Before we took measures we were out of control with solder balls especially in the summer months. We run aqueous solder thr
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 16 08:22:03 EST 2007 | ck_the_flip
For those of you who've completely switched to Pb-Free or who're running in a mixed environment, are you also buying or specifying the "RoHS PCBs" - the ones with * Greater Tg (glass transition temperature) * Thru-holes with limited drill hits and
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 21 08:48:37 EST 2007 | rgduval
Ideally? Never. You risk component break down by re-running the board over the wave machine. In a perfect world, your wave operator would make adjustments after one run, and you'd run another panel over the wave to judge the effectiveness of the a
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 07 16:04:42 EDT 2000 | DONALD
We have an Ersa selective soldering machine here. We use the wire solder with the automatic feed. We dross and clean the pot roughly once a week. You can tell when it needs it by looking at the solder fountain. We do the nozzle at the same time. We c
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 21 15:33:16 EDT 2007 | pjc
Not all OSPs are created equal. Some companies use N2 in their reflow oven to minimize oxidation during reflow. This is for double sided reflow and if wave or selective solder will be done after reflow. Get extra boards from the vendor to test. Run t
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 12 18:26:05 EDT 2002 | pjc
If you are talking actual placement rate- from first fiducial read of board no. 1 to first fiducial read of board no. 2, here is the best I've ever seen based on the boards I've run: CP3- 141 seconds for 468 components per board (all rectangular chi
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 06 08:00:06 EDT 1999 | Dave F
snip | Ryan, | | The only advive I got is just don't do it!. Dave's right the grain growth in it is pretty bad. the other thing you got to look at is how much heat is the board gonna produce in it's working life..??? and where is it gonna be used,
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 13 09:29:44 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Hi Long, Cmiller is right, check out the vendors and ask for lots of info, they'll flood you with it. You also mite ask to see their equipment working in a facility near you. Also check out IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001. Get to know the different termi
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 19 08:56:17 EST 2001 | fmonette
One very important consideration in your situation is to determine if you have moisture sensitive components on these boards. If you have any device classified level 3 or higher then you have a very high level of risk associated with moisture sensit
