Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 25 17:42:40 EDT 2000 | Steve Thomas
Back in October a post went up re: the fact that a solder manufacturer quit recycling paste, and the responses then weren't encouraging, so I'm gonna stir it up again. I haven't figured out what we're going to do with ours yet and it's piling up. N
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 30 23:57:11 EDT 2000 | DL
I have to agree with Geo. I've a number of years exp. with Quad Machines and currently waiting for the Installation of the APS-1H so I can be trained. However, the quad techs take no prisoners when it comes to chasing down bugs. The Meridian is Quads
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 22 05:33:59 EDT 2000 | Wolfgang Busko
That "C - it doesn�t matter" choice sounds good because it doesn�t give you a headache when profiling but it gives me a headache when I read the article in the current "newsletter" about profiling where I found this: "If soldering to gold over nick
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 21 05:46:34 EDT 2000 | Wolfgang Busko
Once you know what your print should look like, means you have found the right apertures, stencil thickness, stencil finish and the right printer adjustments and alignments, the main things to watch for or better to control when printing is in progre
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 19 12:26:56 EDT 2000 | Wolfgang Busko
This is a tricky one. One lead longer doesn�t count after cutting prior to assembly, from the other choices the flat edge is the one I prefer. But real life hits, we found us trapped the same way. First: We made sure they were not mixed in the same b
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 20 19:43:35 EDT 2000 | David Harper
We have the very same problem.. In our next job our assemblers will be placing 2 million PTH LEDs. Fortunately we get all out LED's from the same manufacturer and hope they come in bags. If not we gotta cut them off the tape.. and well... that just m
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 20 19:44:04 EDT 2000 | David Harper
We have the very same problem.. In our next job our assemblers will be placing 2 million PTH LEDs. Fortunately we get all out LED's from the same manufacturer and hope they come in bags. If not we gotta cut them off the tape.. and well... that just m
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 20 19:46:31 EDT 2000 | David Harper
We have the very same problem.. In our next job our assemblers will be placing 2 million PTH LEDs. Fortunately we get all out LED's from the same manufacturer and hope they come in bags. If not we gotta cut them off the tape.. and well... that just m
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 13 14:55:58 EDT 2000 | Mark S
Hi All -- I have read the IPC acceptability requirements of butt-joints, but haven't seen anything on how they're actually performed. I'm assuming we can trim a DIP package, and place the part onto paste immediately before relow (or hand-solder it l
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 14 13:34:43 EDT 2000 | Boca
Of course the others have great answers, try NOT to do it, for all of their reasons. However, had to do it in the past, OEM, custom chip, die wouldn't fit in a SM package, volume wouldn't support a second package type ...... and on and on. So we us
