Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 15 10:56:48 EDT 2002 | jseagle
I see this all the time and we are an OEM that can specify how parts are to be packaged. That being said, purchasing is always having problems finding the part in the specified packaging and end up buying it however they can get it. It's not like w
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 17 03:36:00 EDT 2002 | robbied
Answers are: *Mainly copper and potassium. *it looks like a soft growth. *customer will not accept this, hence the returns. These boards are either reworked or scrapped. *Flux is not an issue. *The cleaning process has been found to be the cause of t
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 18 12:33:21 EDT 2002 | slthomas
Not sure if you're trying to improve your defect rate (we use dpmo) or your test yield. The question is what do you do if you're happy with your dpmo levels but not some of your first pass yield numbers because certain boards have more parts. Inspe
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 18 12:05:19 EDT 2002 | yngwie
Experts, Today I received PCB in a punctured vacuum seal bag. the Humidity indicator change the colour to pink at 60%RH mark. The brd finish is Entek. Earlier our intention to get the board vacuum seal is because we want to ensure that the is no fr
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 29 17:07:10 EDT 2002 | dsorg
We remove the fiducials by pushing sideways on them with a hot soldering iron. The copper pad separates from the FR4. We collect them and dispose of them. We have thought of disposing of the rail material with the boards, but our recycler doesn't w
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 29 11:08:39 EDT 2002 | Rob Fischer
How about Kulicke and Soffa? They've been making their wire bonding equipment there for years and have finally decided to do all of their manufacturing there. I think we're all faced with the same concern and it is frustrating because there are ver
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 29 16:43:55 EDT 2002 | mcm4me
I have a customer with up to 8% scrap from one board supplier and 1% from another supplier for solder dewett and no wet over ENIG finish with mask defined pads. Initially I suspected mask residue on pads because of the no wets but I have come to find
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 06 08:55:07 EDT 2002 | Brandon
How do you calculate downtime of an SMT Line with 5 machines (1 Printer, 3 Pick and Place and 1 Oven)? Let's say that my stencil printer is down, since it is the beginning of my process my whole line is down. But if my 1st pick and place machine is
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 11 16:57:04 EDT 2002 | bigwop
I've seen this problem caused by the cool down. > On a 7 zone oven I made a profile to peak at zone > 5 to give some semblance of control to the cool > down. The component can develope a big delta T, > because of the difference of materials Che
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 22:10:48 EDT 2002 | Joe Wong
I'm working China ,in my working factory is a electronic OEM factory and got COB and SMT. But recently, COB got a big problem because the PCB gold finger got a contamination, that make us got a most defect product. So anyone can answer me how to clea
