Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 06 12:02:00 EST 2015 | barryg
Hello out there, We have a Novastar EWS-310 wave solder machine. We have been running it for about a year. Sometimes when running boards the spray fluxer will just stop. This does not happen all the time, sometimes not at all. We have to completely
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 30 15:37:04 EDT 2018 | davef
What if you were this guy [PeteC] and you knew this batch of boards had some goofball issue that messed with product quality, increased rework and all that AND you still had to run them? I've had to eat from the pie before. I'll bet you have also.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 26 12:35:09 EST 2000 | Dave F
Your English is fine. Your assessment that corrosion on a portion of the metalization on the end of a component is causing the tombstoning is reasonable. We've seen that before. Corroded components received from a supplier is not acceptable as an
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 19 10:45:04 EST 2003 | davef
For laminated FR4 PCB, we bake between 6 and 24 hours at 100�C. [Search for other bake recipes in the fine SMTnet Archives.] Alot of the determination of baking time is a function of: * Amount of moisture absorbed. * Amount of moisture you need to r
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 27 08:07:03 EDT 2006 | JH
Yes, that is the unit I have tried (or as you say, a convincing copy). Sorry aj, some months ago on this thread you asked where I was based and the answer is Nottingham, England. I only check this site once every few months and it has been a busy
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 21 12:13:17 EDT 1999 | Brian
| I am being asked, by my vendor and Purchasing people about converting from Tin/lead pads on P.C.B's to Electroless Tin Plating. | Can any one tell me what I have to change in my SMT | process (paste, reflow, etc) If any? | I ran one P.C.Boar
Electronics Forum | Mon May 07 22:28:17 EDT 2007 | colormaker
radiant heat. 137c The hollis was a great machine. The one I had the prehead wass on or off there was no setting. The pot temperature guage was brocken so I had to guess and manually turn the heater on and off. The whole machine was covered with 1 i
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 30 11:03:29 EDT 2001 | davef
Nice to have you back on SMTnet. Some of the newer folk have missed-out on the solid contributions you�ve made to the Forum. The chicken wire cleaning basket was a classic!!! [It�s a shame that the folk at SMTnet can�t recover those files.] We bu
Electronics Forum | Wed May 30 17:49:49 EDT 2001 | davef
You are correct. IPC wants you to pay for that standard, regardless if you get a hard copy or download it. Generally, it�s pretty boring stuff for production types. [Although, you will recognize some of the goofy things your designers have done to
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 05 19:40:25 EST 2003 | Mike Konrad
Here's the official press release... New York, NY (November 5, 2003) -- KPS Special Situations Fund II announced today that it has acquired the stock and related assets of Speedline Technologies, Inc. from Cookson Group, plc for a total consideratio