Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 17 12:01:25 EST 2005 | Slow Ride
Or leave it stand alone. Granted, you may not be able to inspect 100%, but you can inspect before relow, after relow (if your AOI does solder joint inspection), inspect before wave and afterwards if needed. Now how did you justify a peice of equi
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 18 11:31:05 EST 2005 | carterhoward
I agree with stand-alone as well. We're a CM and have three AOI's, we keep them all stand-alone. We use them for paste inspection, first articles off SMT equipment, QC articles from SMT, hand assembly QC, TH first article and TH QC. We treat AOI as
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 10:01:00 EST 2005 | frankracine
Dave, Few questions concerning your Umiseal 1B73. To cure your Acrylic coating do you respect specification ( 2Hrs-170degree F) or you go faster than that? What do you use to cure it? Do you have to clean your nozzles each day or each monday beca
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 18 10:19:55 EST 2005 | aj
Hi, As stated by everyone ,you really should have a Profiler and be checking the oven at least once a week. As a quick fix to Identify if you are reaching reflow temp at all, I would recommend that you buy some Thermal Indicators (temp. stickers)th
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 18 23:13:46 EST 2005 | KEN
My current company used to manufacturer the electronics for coin star. That aside...if you have no intent to sell in Europe you are not affected. But imagine if you (Coin Star)are approached by Europe's largest retailer for 5,000 Kiosks. "Oh", the
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 19 09:26:19 EST 2005 | davef
Your customer asks a reasonable question. How do you know that your: * Paste has not dried? * Stencil aperatures have not become clogged? * On and on ... Some agrue that printing is the most critical process and that it drives all down-stream failu
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 01 11:11:50 EST 2005 | spot
We use SRT. We still have machines that are over 5 years old and are functioning very well in the BGA, QFP and yes CSP area. The critical part is getting the right Air nozzle for the part size. Also the software has a auto-profile feature that wor
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 22 12:42:53 EST 2005 | griinder
I was curious if anyone else has ever added water soluble flux to water soluble solder paste that is only a few days old, but is too dry to use in production. Also, are there any known bad side effects to this process. I have already searched the arc
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 22 17:45:45 EST 2005 | Austinj
Heller 1500 Convection Reflow Ovens are a five zone upper/lower reflow oven. Petlock currently has two listed with specs and pictures. Here's a link for more info. NOTE: I do not work or have any affiliation with PETLOCK http://www.petlock.com/used
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 09:33:03 EST 2005 | rlackey
Hi, Does anyone have any experience of using electrically conductive adhesives, including info on the following? 1) Autodispensing/screen printing 2) Curing temps/profiles 3) Quality/conductivity of joint 4) Product recommendations Our customer w