Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 30 15:29:37 EST 2005 | Mark
I am not an expert however, I don't see any issues with this. Those joints of nearby components will melt and solidify back once they go below 183 C. Don't see how this could present quality issues as components may pass through reflow several time
Electronics Forum | Sat May 12 08:58:23 EDT 2012 | davef
On mixing paste: There could be a lot of hand wringing about the need to minimize solvent evaporation, flux separation, and chemical activity. [True alarmists will throw in oxidation of the alloy.] But I think the real concern is a change in viscosit
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 12 16:53:16 EST 2019 | stephendo
A few lifetimes ago I worked for a company that electroless plated plastic cases for computers. I can't remember if it was us or just us and one other company. The FCC said that computers had to be shielded. So plastic computer cases had to be plated
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 04 10:59:04 EST 2019 | dwl
The solder looks a little grainy for Sn/Pb solder but that might just be the picture quality. There appears to be plenty of solder on the pads, so I'd rule out anything to do with the stencil. One possibility that springs to mind; how long is your
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 06 04:51:16 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| | A question for you all! | | | | Back in the good old days, we didn't always know how clean was clean. Much has changed. Much hasn't. | | | | My question concerns cleaning under, through, and around tight spaces. Way back when, we could not clea
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 12 17:40:01 EDT 1999 | Brian W.
| | | A question for you all! | | | | | | Back in the good old days, we didn't always know how clean was clean. Much has changed. Much hasn't. | | | | | | My question concerns cleaning under, through, and around tight spaces. Way back when, we coul
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 20 13:00:16 EDT 1999 | ScottM
| I'm trying a second time to post this very important message, to me, concerning Air-Vac's following creation. Does any own and use this stuff successfully to remove solder from 20 layer and up MLB's with .020" diameter holes? Also, is any of the ad
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 23 23:58:01 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | Jackie's posting recently and responses to it got me to dondering. First, recollecting, we bought an IR rework station a couple million years ago. It had a IR source on a stand, a bunch of lenses, and Reynolds aluminum foil for shielding near-b
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 27 12:19:19 EDT 1999 | John
| | | Jackie's posting recently and responses to it got me to dondering. First, recollecting, we bought an IR rework station a couple million years ago. It had a IR source on a stand, a bunch of lenses, and Reynolds aluminum foil for shielding near
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 29 10:02:07 EDT 1999 | Chrys Shea
| Anyone using hot air nife for wave soldering process. | Does it work? | Does it really eliminate solder bridging and does it create any other problems? | | any feed back will be much appriciated. | | Thanks | | Tony A | | Tony, The hot knif