Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 20 15:03:56 EST 2006 | davef
Q1- Will we be able to select the materials (flux and alloy) and run the process depending only on ourselves, distributors� help, machinery documentation, web data and �trial and error?� A1- Your materials suppliers [eg Kester, Alpha Metals, etc] wil
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 28 09:32:27 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Solder iron robots tend to miss solder joints from time to time. The wire feeder systems are the key to these machines. Most use the edge of the board for alignment is another reason they miss. If you have SMD close to the thru-hole, the robot may
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 06 08:09:57 EDT 2008 | davef
We agree that the squigglie part of the section of the BGA ball looks like something other than 'hot tear.' We'd guess that it is an inclusion, but it could be a sectioning defect, as you say. We agree that the majority of occurances of hot tear are
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 26 17:53:32 EDT 2000 | Dave F
John: I�m here. On "what do ya think about that one!..."??? Mutha, that sounds rat�s rump [as Dennis Miller says] ugly. On some boards, we paste a cuppla chips on the break-away panels and then torque the chips from the board after cure. We use the
Electronics Forum | Fri May 26 05:54:40 EDT 2000 | Sal
For the past year now we have been printing adhesive with no real problems. Our printing ranges from 0603's to SOIC using a variation of aperture sizes and metal thickness foils. The crucial parameters are : aperture sizes : These obviously depend o
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 07 15:19:42 EDT 2001 | davef
Watt tiepoo? [Cereally, you can usually fix typos after you post by using the P yellow �edit� button that shows when you are looking at your posting.] We�re had people on SMTnet that were washing their boards with a brush attached to the end of a ga
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 19:39:22 EST 2002 | davef
Wow!!! A cleb, coo!! I thought roadies were not only ugly, but BIG and ugly. Yes, it was a nice one, but I coped it from an Ozzie football club chat site. No pretense at being that astute. Yeh, it sounded like the licensed club was closed, but n
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 14 14:25:05 EDT 2002 | davef
Good job clarifying things. So, your MELF are just rolling off the pads. So much for the rocket scientist that talked you into those �V� shaped apertures, eh? [Or taking it the other way: Wow, just think how bad it would be if they weren�t worki
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 19 08:00:55 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| Hi there, | I'm actually facing a lot of trouble with PCB's presenting up to 3mm of bow /twist at reception i.e. before assembly. The PCB size is 220 by 230mm. The boards are to be assembeled SMD double sides with 05.mm pitch on both sides. In orde
