Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 23 10:01:35 EDT 2000 | Bob Willis
A couple of weeks back I produced a video clip for Metcal to show what happens when BGA pop or the edge of the base warps causing shorts to form. Its 2.3meg if there is enough interest in seeing this I will put it up some where for download. Bob Wil
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 16 04:54:44 EDT 2001 | mugen
METCAL has a good unit, for BGA rework, and it uses Hot Air Reflow (convection). The pros and cons of Hot Air Vs IR, you can find easily ard u... em are ageless topics, happy debating. hint : good reasons why SMT Reflow Ovens, were IR switched to
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 23 07:15:44 EDT 2004 | pjc
Best systems come from the following: SRT http://www.vjelectronix.com/vjebeta/products.asp?title=Rework%20Solutions AirVac http://www.air-vac-eng.com/ Metcal http://www.metcal.com/ ERSA http://www.ersa.de/en/
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 24 23:15:20 EDT 2005 | jrlg1120
Hi Jerome, You may also want to consider APR-5000 from Metcal. Capability and price is very reasonable. Randy
Electronics Forum | Tue May 23 14:08:56 EDT 2006 | bman
We've been placing BGAs for a while now, and I personally had to x-ray every one of them. The only time we had a placement problem was when a few parts were placed by machine in the wrong orientation. The operators fixed it by hand before it went t
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 14 15:00:20 EDT 2006 | russ
I have used Martin, Metcal and Ersa. I would go with the Metcal. i thnk you get the most bang for your buck withthis unit. Martin service and support can be taxing on the Mind if you are in US. fairly decent unit though. would recommend if you l
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 25 08:14:55 EDT 2009 | davef
Among the best BGA rework systems are: * SRT http://www.vjelectronix.com/vjebeta/products.asp?title=Rework%20Solutions * AirVac http://www.air-vac-eng.com * Metcal http://www.metcal.com * ERSA http://www.ersa.de/en
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 29 22:53:13 EST 2000 | KH
I have used both the QX2 and BGA3500 hot air rework system from Metcal; both are great systems; the QX2 is a very simple system for leaded devices, easily trained and very inexpensive compared to SRT, Air Vac, and Conceptronics. The BGA3500 works on
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 29 22:53:13 EST 2000 | KH
I have used both the QX2 and BGA3500 hot air rework system from Metcal; both are great systems; the QX2 is a very simple system for leaded devices, easily trained and very inexpensive compared to SRT, Air Vac, and Conceptronics. The BGA3500 works on
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 18:09:43 EST 2005 | Austinj
I am currently using the following equipment for low volume and occasional BGA rework: BGA-3591/CSP-3501 115V Rework System. This system is fairly inexpensive, unsure of the actual price, However, can be used to rework QFP and PLCC components.(of co