Electronics Forum | Fri May 12 12:07:10 EDT 2006 | solderiron
The kester better known as KY'd Sn/Cu has more copper intermetallic growth over time, dissolves copper from the board faster so repairing and touchup can damage board. Bridges more than SN100c. Does not thermal cycle well. Has shrink cracks that can
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 07 02:08:56 EST 2009 | sachu_70
Hi! Just joined the circuit. Hot Bar soldering is very reliable provided the Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) and Rigid PCB design support this technique. Some of the critical aspects that need to be considered include Stencil apperture design for sold
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 28 13:09:49 EST 2003 | russ
Check out out hot bar equipment, we used to do this with very good results. I am sorry that I can't remember the manufacturer to help you check into this. If you are not familiar with this here is the process in a nutshell, place assy and connector
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 20 10:56:49 EST 2003 | larryk
Interesting topic, I got a side bar question. The epoxy companies suggest a lower consistant temp (something like 1 minute at 160 degrees) for curing. But we epoxy and paste our boards that get waved. (I know, why are ya pasting a board that goes t
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 21 19:34:32 EST 2006 | Tom Smykowski
Omar: I dealt with this so called "hot bar" process also, and you're right; it's neither reliable nor repeatable. The goal was to attach a flex LCD display to another flex circuit. The flex LCD was constructed of resin and conductive silver particl
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 18 07:46:34 EST 2008 | adlsmt
The reason we are using laser rather reflow is because the Osram Golden Dragon part my customer needs to use is not rated for reflow. I would prefer to stay away from hot bar as there is maintanance required on the tips, Unitek had a pretty sweet mac
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 29 09:39:02 EDT 2015 | rgduval
Hey, David, For service, check out 4TechUSA over in Detroit. It's not Chicago, but, you're closer to Detroit up there than I am down here in Houston :) For your issue....do you have access to the UIC Knowledge Base? The first issue I found in the
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 16 13:58:34 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| | | A potential customer of our is inquiring if we have capability | | | for Hot Bar manufacturing in the PCBA manufacturing world. If someone can explain to me what this entails, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. | | | | | One of the e
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 16 13:43:17 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | A potential customer of our is inquiring if we have capability | | for Hot Bar manufacturing in the PCBA manufacturing world. If someone can explain to me what this entails, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. | | | One of the earlier u
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 16 14:01:44 EDT 1999 | Jagman
| | | A potential customer of our is inquiring if we have capability | | | for Hot Bar manufacturing in the PCBA manufacturing world. If someone can explain to me what this entails, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. | | | | | One of the e
