Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 23 16:31:09 EST 1999 | Steve Gregory
| Hi Everyone, | We plan to build, for reliability/experimental/research purpose some CSPs (namely Tessera microBGA 46-I/O 0/75mm pitch and TI 64 I/O 0/8 mm pitch). the various factors that we plan to evaluate are the reliability and assembly concern
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 18 17:58:09 EST 1999 | marc p
| I have a severe problem with flux residue being drawn up the vent ducts of my reflow oven. This residue reaches a critical mass then begins to flow down the ducts and becomes very messy. I run a no-clean process and use IR oven. Has anyone else o
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 15 09:36:20 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| Folk's, | | I'm looking for information of how long you cna store a gold finish PCB before building it. I know there are problems with the gold disappearing into the underlying nickle over time / temperature etc but exactly how long do you have be
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 07 09:24:08 EST 1999 | Chrys
| | We are currently fighting a dross battle on our non-inerted waves. We are currently using a bar solder that barely meets QQS-571 for Alloy/Impurity. | | | | Is anybody using HI FLO in a non inerted wave? Do you see a measureable decrease in dr
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 08 09:25:40 EST 1999 | H. van Leeuwen
| If passive componets are cheaper why aren't they more popular? Manufacturers like Murata and AVX claim availability and substantial cost savings but little interest seems to exist. Why? Your input is greatly appreciated. | Good question... I work
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 29 23:37:09 EST 1998 | Mike Konrad
James, Most rental DI systems are as follows: Option #1: 2 mixed bed resin tanks: In this case, a 1 M-Ohm light should be installed on the output of tank #1, before tank #2. When the 1 M-Ohm light indicates that the output of the #1 tank is below
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 18 22:37:09 EST 1998 | phillip hunter
| Okay here is the deal. I am fairly new to the company here, but one thing I have noticed is that we read way to many fiducials, in my opinon anyway. One for example is this. One assembly was reading 17 fids. Smallest pitch was .25mil I say you
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 10 09:02:34 EST 1998 | Clifford Peaslee @ SMTnet
| While trying to access this web site you sent over 10 "cookies" A bit overdone, isn't it? | Maybe. But I dont think so. Cookies are essential for SMTnet's future plans as a dynamic web site with personalization. You can browse the site, and we
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 09 19:21:13 EST 1998 | Bill Schreiber
Dave, Be careful if you plan to clean misprinted PCBs in a spray type batch cleaner. There is an article written by Dick Clouthier of AMTX Stencils regarding batch cleaners and their use for cleaning misprints. He describes it as a "solder ball nig
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 02 09:28:24 EST 1998 | Dave F
| Hi, | I'm looking for a small batch convection oven that will replace the dryer section of a batch ultrasonic cleaning machine to dry off excessive water from washed PCB's, | any suggestions for particular suppliers, will be appreciated. | Jack |
