Electronics Forum | Fri May 22 11:56:04 EDT 1998 | Bill Schreiber
| | | Y'all: IPC set-up a site addressing the environmental issues of the printed circuit fabrication industry. Some of it is interesting and applicable to the assembly business as well, even though not aimed directly at assemblers. IPC has recent
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 23 17:22:32 EST 2002 | davef
Design Of Experiments (DOE). A statistical technique for determining the relationship between and relative importance of various factors controlling a process. So, it is a tool to help do things faster, better, and cheaper. The two variants of DOE
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 11:04:54 EDT 2008 | herman
Samir, To correct some misconceptions on the answers to your question, and "what you know from experience": With both ENIG (Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold-IAu) and IAg (immersion silver), soldering does not take place to the gold or the silver. Wh
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 10 23:06:36 EDT 2014 | andrespena
Sorry 10 days passed before I replied. This happened and that happened and I completely forgot about this forum. But here's my explanation: 1. How to get parts on the board? This is a very good point, and I totally understand why you believe I hav
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 12 21:04:10 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Ashok: You still didn�t tell me why you want additional drying of your boards, but what the hey, we all have our dark secrets. Anywho, let�s consider some options for reducing the moisture of your cleaned boards: OPTION 1 - Up-Grading Your Cleaner
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 05 18:56:47 EST 2001 | davef
Stefan: Thanks for the clarification on the Siemens machine operation. Yes Stefan, Germany and some other countries have wonderful apprentice programs. Generally, we Americans have the patience of a staving gerbil for such things. Is the ON butto
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 11 18:07:55 EST 1999 | Lech Bartnik
| | | This is a question for those of you who actually assemble components onto a board. | | | Any idea what the "industry standard" is for fall out on assembled PCB's? I realize that the controls put in place in your processes will effect your ove
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 01 14:30:48 EST 1998 | John
| | | | | | | All y'll: I could use your input on determining when to skim dross from a wave solder pot. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On one hand, dross protects the surface of the solder from oxidation. On the other hand too much dross may affect
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 10 12:43:13 EST 1998 | Dave f
| What are you people using to store component reels and tubes in? I am looking for a cabinet with slots or something to store reels and tubes. We keep our components on the production floor near the machines. The cabinets we are using now are ver
Electronics Forum | Fri May 22 13:14:42 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | | Y'all: IPC set-up a site addressing the environmental issues of the printed circuit fabrication industry. Some of it is interesting and applicable to the assembly business as well, even though not aimed directly at assemblers. IPC has rece