Electronics Forum | Thu May 08 01:18:04 EDT 2003 | lawrence
Good day, Is product manufacturing cost competitiveness you are looking for? or your product market size? Factoring in tne current sars condition, is China the only best bet? why not say Indonesia? certain area can still enjoy US FTA and others FTA b
Electronics Forum | Thu May 08 15:05:22 EDT 2003 | dougt
Not to start a long discussion, but what all the contract manufacturers in the US doing with all this work supposidly now heading to China?
Electronics Forum | Thu May 08 18:49:47 EDT 2003 | slthomas
Russ, Some people don't look into those details. They get into trouble and decide they need to make cuts. Labor rates are the first thing they jump on because there's such an obvious gap between Chinese rates and the rates here. Details, such as t
Electronics Forum | Fri May 09 15:28:15 EDT 2003 | davef
Peter Our thoughts on this are well documented. Search the Forum and you'll find 45 threads just on "old threads".
Electronics Forum | Sun May 11 10:24:35 EDT 2003 | pjc
A much greater material cost savings has been realized by companies going to China for their product manufacture. It's not so much the labor man, its the material. Metal, plastic, composites and electronic components are way cheaper there than here.
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 19 09:50:58 EST 2002 | GSW
Hi, Need to know if anybody has good reliability data on Sn/Bi component termination and Sn/Pb solder paste ? thanks GSW
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 20 16:57:34 EST 2002 | mcmilse
What happens when the solder preform drys out? What happens if we are to saturate the preforms the night before a build. A no no or what? Sean
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 27 01:10:05 EST 2002 | iman
Hi and thanks for the replies. does anyone have soldering acceptance specifications, for intrusive reflow soldering? any reference (eg. IPC) Standards to follow?
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 27 08:51:35 EST 2002 | gramsey
I am not aware of any IPC specifications but Bob Willis in the UK has some real nice stuff. http://www.bobwillis.co.uk/
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 20 10:50:49 EST 2002 | dphilbrick
Kester has a special alloy for high temp soldering. Alloy 123. I would think that if you coocked 63/37 to 360c you would have a pot of dross in no time! Doug
