Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 12 13:37:22 EST 2003 | dwanzek
I need some input on what good solder thieves dimensions should be. I am limited to solving my bridging problem with solder thieves; all process/wave variables have been adjusted to try to solve this problem. There are several of these connectors on
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 13 10:38:51 EST 2003 | davef
Given that you are bridging front to back, contast the situation with the thiefs used to prevent bridging when wave soldering SOIC. If this is reasonable, the thiefs should be located behind the trailing connector pins. You can prove-out this [and
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 12 12:06:58 EST 2003 | dwanzek
I need some input on what good solder thieves dimensions should be. I am limited to solving my bridging problem with solder thieves; all process/wave variables have been adjusted to try to solve this problem. There are several of these connectors on
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 01 12:49:26 EST 2021 | proceng1
Perhaps for the future, you could have your board house add copper thieving to the edges. I don't know if that will increase cost though. Most of our arrays come in with copper thieving and we don't ask for it. At least then you'd have copper in
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 18 15:38:19 EDT 2003 | B.Saxon
If you are using wave pallets, you could attach copper thieves to the pallet to draw the solder away from the leads.
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 13 15:38:18 EDT 2022 | proceng1
Do you have the ability to add copper thieving or otherwise balance the design? We had a customer making LED boards with a terible inbalance. Some of the boards would "smile" so badly in the oven that the leading edge touched the top. They switche
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 01 01:15:52 EDT 2019 | dhanish
Thanks Steve.The bent we are seeing is at the location without any component .It is a small and long pcb,one side fully loaded with component .Thebother side got no component. We can manually bend the pcb at the side without the component. All the la
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 29 21:28:43 EDT 2003 | Dean
Copper thieves...great idea...used some just today. How about some details on the wave soldering issues? I bet there are some mega-expert super brain-e-ax on here that would love to share their lifetime learned black art. Or maybe not (kidding).
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 30 16:42:32 EST 2016 | davef
Many board fabs help their customer understand the importance of copper balance. Copper balance * http://www.multi-circuit-boards.eu/en/pcb-design-aid/copper-balance.html * http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/85633/what-is-copper-thiev
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 25 16:06:51 EST 2000 | Dave F
Istv�n: Given a choice, I�d run second side PLCC44s at 90� to the wave. As far as thieves are concerned, I�d have two, mirror images of each other. Unlike most, these thieves are not connected to pads. They are out-side of the last pad on the sid
