Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 23 10:36:51 EDT 2002 | blnorman
Actually this is for automotive (radio). According to TWI (the Welding Institute), European auto makers are mandating that suppliers of electronics replace lead in solder by January 1, 2003. I haven't been able to find which specific automotive com
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 11:50:53 EDT 2006 | Rob
Good point Grant, but also to be fair some of our USA suppliers have also been very good in the Leadfree change over - Kemet, Microchip, Lattice, & Diodes Inc to name a few, whereas a the attitude of a couple of our European suppliers have left a lot
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 10 02:47:27 EDT 2001 | Peter W.
Thank you for your annotaions. I am aware of the limits and temperatures of that material, but we are doing some research with thermoplastic base materials which won't survive standard solder paste reflow soldering. And beside of using conductive ad
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 12 22:50:46 EDT 2004 | davef
For more information on flame retardents, try these sites: * http://www.bsef.com * http://www.firesafety.org For the summary of a study into flame retardants try: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/PRC/ IVF carried out an international study on alternati
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 14 07:10:54 EDT 2005 | John O'reilly
Hello We are currently getting Proto's of legacy product built up in Europe. Our current supplier uses a spec of 14 micrograms or less of sodium chloride per square inch as measured on a omega meter. THe product is Industrial and I am not sure do we
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 11 18:47:54 EST 2005 | davef
JD: It's important to note that FR-4 does not contain PBB or PBDE. The bromine in FR-4 epoxy comes in the form of tetra-bromo-bisphenol A [TBBA], which polymerizes and become part of the cross-linked epoxy. Bromine, in the form of hydrogen bromide, i
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 15 13:41:12 EDT 2006 | patrickbruneel
Yes there is RoHS certified ink it just cost twice as much as the regular ink. Just kidding Some people ask for RoHaaS compliance on cardboard boxes, pencils etc. What a mess $%^$ To answer your question, Ink is made from ethanol (ethyl alcohol) and
Electronics Forum | Fri May 21 15:51:49 EDT 1999 | JohnW
Wendy.. I found that little nugget a good one from my connector suppliers..Oh we have a tool to put it in for u..only catch was the one I needed was �37K ! ! after falling off my seat I went for something like what I described blow..cost about �1K.
Electronics Forum | Wed May 19 14:58:31 EDT 1999 | Wendy Casker
John, Thanks for the advice. I spoke with some of the connector suppliers apps guys today and they have what is called "European" style tooling which consists of top and bottom tooling. The board sits on rails and the Bottom tooling receives the pi
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 01 06:28:08 EDT 2004 | Dolby Laboratories
From time to time, component suppliers decide to discontinue production of components that we use in our products. Occasionally, these components can be sourced elsewhere or designs adapted or altered to accommodate alternates. In many cases, however
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