Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 26 19:32:03 EDT 1999 | Steve Gregory
| Can anyone give me the virtues of SMT package castellations vs. no castellations with particular reference to the ruggedness and reliability of the solder joints? Any references or studies that you can point me to? Also, although I'm in favor of
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 26 18:03:45 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| We only do rework with SMT components or a small amount of SMT work. We are having a hard time keeping the components safe throughout the handling process of removing one or two components, and issuing them to an operator for processing or inspect
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 13:34:07 EDT 1999 | Scott McKee
| There is a practise within the industry of an Inspector inspecting a board, and that same Inspector performing touch-up. My opinion is that the Inspection and Touch-up operations should be separate functions whereby the Inspector is not performing
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 14:17:55 EDT 1999 | Steve Schrader
| | There is a practise within the industry of an Inspector inspecting a board, and that same Inspector performing touch-up. My opinion is that the Inspection and Touch-up operations should be separate functions whereby the Inspector is not performin
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 22 12:05:33 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| | Which among the two profiling method is more reliable/accurate in getting the oven thermal profile? | | | | a) using a HIGH-TEMP solder wire then soldering the thermocouples onto the profile points of the board (e.g. component lead etc.) | | |
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 20 09:20:39 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| I recently switched from solder paste in 500 gram jars to 500 gram tubes. I did this to try to limit the time the paste is exposed to the room environment. But we have a need to clean the stencil every 4 - 5 boards which means taking the bulk paste
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 15 14:09:23 EDT 1999 | MMurphy
| | I use a Transition Automation Semi- Automatic stencil printer with laser cut frameless stencils. My solder paste is an SN63/PB37 RMA 291. I do not operate with in a controlled humidity enviroment. The room temp generally runs around 70 deg's but
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 16 06:22:31 EDT 1999 | Wayne Sanita
Mark, I had the same peoblem. For my stencils i use a 15% reduction for the width of fine pitch leads only, as Earl said follow the 1:1.5 standard. We consider pitches of 32mil and under. We also clean the stencil every other board to ensure no caki
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 20 07:56:38 EDT 1999 | Mark Quealy
| | | I use a Transition Automation Semi- Automatic stencil printer with laser cut frameless stencils. My solder paste is an SN63/PB37 RMA 291. I do not operate with in a controlled humidity enviroment. The room temp generally runs around 70 deg's bu
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 24 11:41:10 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| Recently, there has been an upsurge in the Pin Hole/Blow Hole problem in our wave soldering process. We are baking the PCBs for 2 Hrs. at 125 degree C. The Wave Soldering profile seems to be O.K. Still the problem is persistent. Can somebody hel
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