Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 21 09:27:45 EDT 2001 | davef
No. There's nothing fancy. You need enough solder on the exposed pad for a good thermal connection, but not so much to lift the comonent off the TSSOP pads. We reduce the aperture for the pad, dunno 85%, with four windows [but it doesn't matter ho
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 06 10:33:32 EDT 2001 | Hussman
Hi Pete, Wow, I figured you'd have tons of answers to this one. Anyway, call the vendor of the adhesive you are using and see if they have a cleaner for their adhesive. Most do now. Just make sure the SMT pads and vias do not have any adhesive on
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 05:24:06 EST 2000 | Scott Davies
From personal experience, I agree with Dave that pre-owned equipment is often a more favourable option than the OEM route...provided that the equipment is purchased from a reputable source, supported with some kind of warranty, and be aware that some
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 05 07:40:06 EST 2000 | jacob lacourse
we have looked into a number of depaneling machines and can't justify the cost. what we are trying to do is to eliminate failures due to part stress when employees are breaking out the boards by hand. I heard about pneumatic scissors one day but to
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 12 16:53:06 EST 2000 | Jason Webbs
Jacob, There are several companies I saw at a recent trade show that had "nibblers" that snap the tabs out. They are also called "board shockers" because they really shock the boards when they snap out the tabs. I did talk to a guy from a company
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 21 04:01:46 EST 1999 | Hany A. Salam
hello there : Does anyone know the techniques used for troublshooting or repairing the computer RAM modules (DIMM,s). We have a little equipment called simCHECK and it is not always able to locate the problem or the defective part. Do the DIMM desi
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 06 07:21:43 EST 2003 | Evtimov
Hi Mike,I thing the most important question is what's the series of your production? Is necessary to buy a huge line or you need middle or even low class machine? The costs are very different. If we're talking about 1-2 million cmps/month you can get
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 19 05:12:21 EST 1999 | Graham Naisbitt
Steve, If you can get me your snail-mail address, I will send you some latest information. We actually have a totally new system called Delta 5. It is Condensation Soldering rather than Vapour phase, the difference being that we solder in an air ti
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 15 12:27:33 EST 1999 | Wolfgang Busko
Hello everybody, engeneering came up with following problem: Considering worst case the get a temperature at a component (Resistor 0805) of 109�C and 99�C at the solderjoints. As a rule of thump I said that the max. suitable temperature for the solde
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 13 08:16:16 EST 1999 | Chris Jackson
I am interested in discussing AOI. I am looking at introducing a system to a new SMT line. I am very interested in hearing from someone with MVP, MVT, Kestra, and CRTechnologies. The combo of x-ray and 2D inspecion that CRTechnologies offers is very