Electronics Forum | Thu May 02 10:27:18 EDT 2002 | BTaylor
I have used Quad/ Now Tyco since the early 90s starting with the 4c then on to the QSA-30s, APS-1, and now the Meridian 1010. We have six machines in a very small area and place over 10 million components per month. As others have said the service is
Electronics Forum | Tue May 28 13:46:27 EDT 2002 | Yannick
Hi, I know that this topic have been discuss before but I would like to know what kind of equipement do you use to check your BGA and to rework it? What should I look for before buying something. Some people said that is not a good thing to
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 18 21:00:57 EDT 2002 | davef
Platitudes about soldering are: * People ARE NOT good at soldering. * Machines ARE good at soldering. You can purchase a good used wave soldering machine for $20k. * Training helps people to be better at soldering. * Your solder connections should
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 22 00:21:43 EDT 2002 | lysik
If a OEM does the wrong thing tell the World. Tell every single person you know. But also do the right thing by them when they do the right thing. Tell the World. If it's right it's right. UIC seems to be doing the right thing right now. Their regist
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 21 11:49:20 EDT 2002 | sueph
Mike, We are currently wave soldering several assemblies with with a lot of ground plane. The soldering handbook we have in house suggests a preheat temp for metal core multilayer boards of 230 to 270 degrees F' (110 to 130 C'). It was scary at fir
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 25 20:24:13 EST 2002 | bcceng
Maxtim, Again I have implemented BGA rework in four CM's and the machine that I have selected is the Conceptronics. In contract manufacturing you will have to be prepare to rework from the smallest to the largest boards with lots of ground planes. Co
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 24 21:54:36 EST 2003 | jonfox
Good comment about the "passthrough" CAMALOT. I like that one. About the beer...when I was in field service, I was a microbrew nut, and still one of my favorites is Fat Tire from the Boulder, CO area. honorable mentions out West are (yes) Pyramid
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 30 11:55:55 EDT 2004 | Chris Lampron
Hello Fredrick, I have used several methods of TC attachment including quick set adheasives (not good at reflow temps as Dave suggests) long set two part epoxies (work well if you have the time to wait for a sufficiant cure) temprobes, tape (kapton
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 04 21:21:04 EDT 2004 | johnwnz
Hey folks, time to put the collective brain into motion. I need to source a conformal coating machine for some medium volume production of assorted PCBA's. I'm looking for something that's easy to program, accurate, good running costs and all that g
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 02 12:46:43 EST 2004 | jdumont
I agree Rob, I am only looking for a starting point to begin narrowing things down. For instance, I would never buy a new car solely on the salesmans word on how good it performs or warranty.... Word of mouth recomendations from experienced people ar
