Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 15 09:28:59 EDT 1998 | Clark Swainston
| Currently there are 2-3 questions on the admin page that are technical and are not getting the response they deserve. This is probably because the main stream of the SMTnetters don't check this part of the forum as often as they check the technica
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 28 13:25:43 EST 2002 | Mike Konrad
Hi Dave, No-clean paste is more difficult to remove in post-reflow cleaning applications. In stencil, misprint and tool cleaning applications however, no-clean paste poses no extra degree of cleaning difficulty. There are few special requirement
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 29 19:35:36 EDT 2002 | dougt
Sorry, I wish to remain anonymous so that I am able to ask questions and present responses freely without having individuals I may work with and those that may know me at other companies begin to respond to me directly. I have no problem with corris
Electronics Forum | Thu May 09 22:32:50 EDT 2002 | ianchan
Hi Guys, thanks to everyone for their help and advise! we are running these LCC parts in the 1000's, so its going to pose a big problem to either: 1) tin-plate the oxide layer, 2) HCL away the oxide layer, thanks for the option shown, dun think so
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 18 07:56:26 EDT 2002 | cyber_wolf
I have a question to pose for all of you. We use BTU TRS ovens for all of our SMT reflow. Anyone that has had any experience with these ovens knows that they are large and the have a lot of " thermal mass" Which means to me that they are very stable
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 28 12:02:15 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi You are right. I guess some of us missed this point in the way this on line dialog works. I like to put the specification that the PCB supplier must adhere to, on the Physical Print. The Physical print is often used by outgoing and incoming insp
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 23 20:51:04 EDT 2004 | davef
Here's the situation: * Multi-line SMT shop * Reels of fly-shit are stocked in a common area for the lines Here's the question: What do you do when the only reel of part number "A" is running on "Line #1" AND the expediter for "Line #2" has ripped e
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 12 13:17:00 EDT 2005 | patrickbruneel
To all smt neters, In many different threads I have tried to bring awareness of the dangers lead free alloys pose to the reliability of solder connections. Many times those warnings have been waved by unscientific reports (from lead free solder manu
Electronics Forum | Fri May 25 08:06:19 EDT 2007 | davef
Soldering PTFE boards * Exposure to the high temperatures needed for solder reflow poses no problem of loss of peel strength since the exposure times are relatively short. * There are many different types of PTFE based products that may perform diff
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 31 14:24:58 EDT 2008 | Mr. Sexy Specs
My Company has instituted a new policy making it mandatory to wear Safety Glasses on the shop floor. Many of my inspectors are complaining that they have suffering from eye fatigue as a result of the new glasses. Has anyone done any tests to see if A
