Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 21 12:49:16 EDT 2011 | Nigel @ Rakon
I am having issues with Solder balls on Ceramic devices, all LEAD FREE SOLDER. The cermaics are only 7x5mm in size. The balls appear around the 0402 capacitors. I have a varying humidity from 15 to 40 %rh which is slightly low but I cannot control.
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 21 20:23:57 EDT 2011 | sarason
My shareware program will generate a TPSys program from a Protel file, any thing from Autotrax to Altium Designer. You can download it from http://users.tpg.com.au/sarason/index.html The TPSys option is entered on the second tab dialog "Option" un
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 27 08:19:41 EDT 2011 | charliedci
We are in the process of changing over our wave solder flux from alcohol based no clean to VOC free water based no clean. We are running an old Eletrovert with foam fluxer, tin lead solder. After preliminary testing on scrap boards and now starting t
Electronics Forum | Tue May 10 15:57:43 EDT 2011 | jamike
Hi I am responsible for the whole of production and test and have been given the job by my manager to get accurate job times on all assemblies timing various staff. I have 18 years experience working in all areas of production and test so I know the
Electronics Forum | Tue May 10 20:38:04 EDT 2011 | wolverine
I am going to have to install new timing belts in a Samsung CP40 series machine, these are the belts that run on each side of the placement head gantry. Do not have technical support from Samsung nor do I have a service manual for the machine, just t
Electronics Forum | Thu May 12 08:29:54 EDT 2011 | don7888
Hi I am looking at reducing the time it takes for our operators to complete a first off on the first board that comes off the p+p machine. I started off by conducting some RCA to find out what was the main cause of boards failing the first off. From
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 08 23:03:47 EDT 2011 | grics
Can you massage the data manually? Extract the centroid data (file) from your P&P and either in notepad or excel perform the scrub then repaste to match the proper lines/columns in the csv file? Aside from gerber translation for new XY or identifyi
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 10 13:04:04 EDT 2011 | spitkis2
Any suggestions as to what can cause a PBGA's corner to warp down during installation process on a rework system? A couple solder balls bridge at the corner. It appears at the pin 1 corner where the metal indicator of a BGA is exposed. I am wonder
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 21 15:55:23 EDT 2011 | michael4575
I'm Currently looking for any and all viable options for recycling SMT reels and all associated plastics. Several years ago SemiCycle supported all 3 packaging types, but currently only supports trays. Several vendors will support tray recycling, bu
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 27 15:35:23 EDT 2011 | kahrpr
The company on a whole makes me nervous. If I were a betting man my guess is they have the biggest potential to be sold or worse. I am not sure I would bet my companies future on them. The last experience I had with them on new equipment was the sta
