Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 20 07:27:15 EDT 2000 | PeterB
Keith, Many thanks for your contribution. We are already rigging something up very similar to your suggestion! I note the comment about the rubber gloves with interest :-) Re: the design issue, in an ideal world all customers would heed your advice
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 02 12:05:54 EST 2001 | slthomas
There used to be a thread on this very topic in the archives, but I'll be danged if I can find it. One company name I've forgotten and lost, but their product name is Gold Finger Gloves, I think. I sent them an email and left a voice mail message i
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 01 19:12:16 EST 2002 | Mike Konrad
�Cheap� is relevant. Is $ 3,500 for equipment cheap or expensive? If $ 3,500 is cheap, than we have a solution for you. If $ 3,500 is expensive, then purchase pre-saturated chemical wipes, latex gloves and a hazardous waste bin. As for �effective
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 04 16:47:30 EST 2002 | Ivan R
Hello Joshua , In our place we do use a lot of lotion , but it has to be ESD , as you know . We do buy it from TechSpray , you can look in they web page . And we don`t have to worry about using gloves as this cream is very good I hope i can be
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 30 23:14:41 EST 2002 | caldon
Doug is right contaminates can be transfered from hands to boards easily. I also know gloves are a good practice as some times people wear moisturizers and hand creams that can also cause issues. Another thought is that you do not want people handl
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 31 15:32:33 EST 2002 | slthomas
Whoa, I have (for a long time) been under the impression that lead can only be absorbed via the mucus membranes, not through skin as in the hands. Did I miss something?? Not that I behave would much differently, other than donning gloves whenever I
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 04 10:14:49 EST 2002 | blnorman
We manually handle boards all the time (repair, clean misprint solder paste, etc.). The workers know to handle with gloves, but it's a rarity that they do. We also use hand lotions in the plant, and a couple of times, lotion residue has shown up on
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 06 05:55:27 EDT 2005 | blueflag
At a previous company i worked at we had a quality inspector who had similar problems and it turned out that they were allergic to the nickel in the gold finish maybe it could be something similar but as the others have said, a dermatologist is the p
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 14 11:29:44 EDT 2005 | davef
Check government agencies for recommendations. For instance: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg248.pdf Flux flume: Follow the recommendations of your materials suppliers. For instance: http://www.frymetals.com/pdf_uploads/ organicacidcoredsolderwi
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 15 08:33:14 EDT 2005 | pjc
Is not a problem, I've done it. Be sure the insertion tooling and cut&clinch tooling are set to proper distances from the board. If proper, no deflection of PCBA should be observered during AI. Obviously, your AI Operator must be more careful with PC
