Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 09 10:48:54 EST 2004 | cyber_wolf
I am not familiar with the VIP98, but I have worked with other BTU models for several years. As I have posted in earlier threads: there is absolutely no way to tell whether your profile is correct unless you attach thermo couples to your board and ru
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 22 12:58:23 EST 2006 | MFG CAVEMAN
Simon, In a previous life, I came upon a maintenance tech that had an old vapor phase oven control cabinet half ripped apart for a main power problem. I asked him if he had checked to see if any of the E-Stop swtiches had been hit. One had been ac
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 01 21:45:45 EDT 1998 | Jason
Ross, I am a process engineer now but in the past I was an automation Engineer also responsible for maintenance of Mixed tech production lines. The Universal GSM and GSM2 are very reliable machines and have excellent support from Universal. I r
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 08 15:17:50 EST 2004 | Robert
Need some suggestions on oven profile. I run a BTU VIP98 oven. Has 7 zones, convention heat and all. My profile goes (in Celcius) 150/160/170/180/205/215/180 moving at 28in/min. Roughly 5 minutes from start to finish. I use Kester 256 solder and my b
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 20 17:12:55 EDT 2006 | chrisgriffin
Nathan, Please don't listen to the Guru. His experience in this industry is as non-existent as his magic mine. Guru, please go somewhere else. This forum is for technical advice, not sales. For those of us in reality, it is usually best to sti
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 04 15:39:49 EST 2007 | realchunks
Is it a failure or a schedule overdue? If it's a failure check the vacuum sensor in the exhaust. You should be able to locate the straw and follow it back to the diaphragm. You can adjust the diaphragm. Or you can electrically jumper past it.
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 08 19:41:31 EST 2004 | Ken
Robert, what you have provided is not a "profile". It is a "recipe" or "job". I have 4 BTU VIP98's. I have hundreds of recipes...Your temps look similar to mine....but what does that have to do with the "thermal profile" as experienced by the asse
Electronics Forum | Wed May 24 16:01:08 EDT 2006 | samir
GEB, Datasheets are usually just guidelines and most App. Engineers from paste companies will tell you that as well. You don't have to "copy exact" what they say, but rather set your oven to what gets you and your type of boards the best results. P
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 18 14:42:22 EST 1998 | Dave F
| I heard somewhere that SMEMA has joined IPC, and that the association has decided to boycott Nepcon from | year 2000. Can anyone tell me if this is true | Nick: SMEMA and IPC are talking about merging (EP&P, 11/98, p 18). Below is a news release
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 06 10:21:10 EDT 2004 | pioneertechnology
Hi All We have been manufacturing lead free in the UK for about two years now in a fashion. Let me expalin. Two years ago we began to change over our wave solder machines to lead free process. We read all the articles and attended the seminars on
