Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 05 17:03:36 EST 2008 | ratsalad
We had the misfortune of ending up with a batch of Kester EM907 that would start to "set up" well before it's shelf life was over. Since the lead time for a new batch was excessive, a Kester technical guru came to our facility to help us deal with t
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 22 12:20:51 EST 1999 | Dave F
| Does anybody have any reliable alternatives to device bake out for plastic bodied components. We do not use a whole package at time and therefore have to oven bake the balance before we can use them. | I have come accross dry nitrogen storage cham
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 14 07:30:14 EDT 2007 | davef
So, you toss whatever is on the stencil every 8 hours. Correct? How long has it been on the stencil? * If that particular paste has been on the stencil for 8 hours, we'd agree to toss it too. * If paste has been on the stencil for less than 8 hour
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 07 08:46:08 EST 2018 | spoiltforchoice
Your paste should specify a number of times it is OK for various things to happen. The two you might care about are the "Stencil Time"/"Working life", which is how long the paste can be out of the pot on your stencil while you print PCBs. The othe
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 11 05:46:09 EST 2000 | Wolfgang Busko
Hi Dave, that was kind of a more rhetorical question. Normally paste is used before shelflife expires and delivery time is short enough to get in no trouble. The normal situation is that you try to get your equipment running means constant use of pas
Electronics Forum | Sun May 23 15:12:59 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| We are running a number of boards with 8-10 25 mil PQFPs on board. Our process is mature with at least 3 years experiance and statistically few opens on the QFPs. Our beloved purchasing department has chased the almighty $ and changed FAB vendor
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 14 09:44:06 EDT 2007 | Cmiller
We use cartridges, that way nobody can mix back in paste off the stencil and no air can get in period. Any paste that is still good to use when removed from a stencil at the end of a job is put into a small pink zip-lock baggy with the date written o
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 11 00:34:42 EST 2015 | comatose
There isn't going to be much worthwhile used equipment out there if you mean true jetting - it is a pretty recent process. There are lots of used stencil printers out there, so from an up-front cost perspective, stencil wins. Jetting is slow. A hig
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 26 19:37:47 EDT 2004 | Grant
Hi, It was funny. The sight of 3 men standing around the microwave daring each other to push the start button, and then freaking out when the whole thing looked as though it was going to explode was funny. I guess you have to try these things! Tho
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 03 08:14:49 EDT 2001 | Stefan Witte
If you hold your board sideways in a 90 degree angle you apply a force of 1 g to your components. 1 g translates into 32 ft / sec. square. This is not too much acceleration for fearless roller coaster drivers but Melf�s and Tantalums can fall off at
