Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 09 17:39:30 EDT 2008 | diesel_1t
Hi. I know that this is one of the mos common threads here, I have been doing some research, but i didn't find any similar. The main issue is that I have seen tombstoning since two weeks ago, it is more characteristic on 0603 resistors (Stackpole e
Electronics Forum | Thu May 07 20:28:35 EDT 2009 | davef
From our notes, the following is a series of snips from: "Copper Dissolution in Tin" LJ Turbini, PhD, adjunct faculty member, University of Toronto, Materials Science and Engineering, SMT 2/07 As the solder becomes molten, copper from the board diff
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 19 14:24:26 EDT 2010 | davef
See, the bean counters are taking over. They've got you out there counting flyshit. Chip parts aren't worth the time it takes to count them, even with a counterometer. Watch out!!! Next thing they'll have you doing is sweeping-up misplaces, figurin
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 27 23:10:16 EDT 2010 | mbrunton
I am looking at buying a pick and place machine to assemble the circuit boards we make. Most of the boards are small (2 to 10 square inches), most are 2 sided, and have maybe 20-50 parts per side. I use mostly 0805/0603 chips, SOT-23, SOD-123, SOIC
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 09 14:02:53 EST 2011 | davef
Have you considered searching on GOOGLE? Here's a link to a used equipment seller that lists Amistar 8mm Feeders that we found on GOOGLE http://www.wotol.com/5-amistar-pf-t84c-8x4-feeder/second-hand-machinery/prod_id/343518/scat_id/1062 Further, us
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 29 10:11:02 EDT 2019 | cyber_wolf
“For a number of years now, work has been proceeding in order to bring perfection to the crudely conceived idea of a transmission that would not only supply inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase detractors, but would also be capable of
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 23 06:29:03 EDT 2019 | spoiltforchoice
Essemtec machines are quite good for small batch production. However you do need to bear in mind the FLX is quite small and depending how you use it and the options fitted might be limited on feeder count. You don't mention if this FLX is laser or
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 09 15:03:41 EDT 2020 | davef
snip from https://hackaday.com/2020/03/09/pcb-finishes-hack-chat PCB FINISHES HACK CHAT No comments by: Dan Maloney March 9, 2020 Join us on Wednesday, March 11 at noon Pacific for the PCB Finishes Hack Chat [https://hackaday.io/event/169956-pcb-
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 23 14:17:47 EST 2000 | Finepitch Services
Stuart, My suggestion is a DFM meeting (most of the process people dream about a meeting like this, and luckily, I've been to a few) with: - project manager (if there's one) - customer service rep (annual volume, lot size, product life) - smt proce
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 09 10:19:24 EST 2000 | Ashok Dhawan
I have a question (s) on ESD- all related to use of wood in a typical PCB Assembly line: 1. How a wooden mini stool if used for holding tote box ( card board with static protecive coat, black color) can affect static sensitive devices inside the tot
