Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 22 10:05:00 EDT 2009 | roland_grenier
Does anyone know how to calculate solder paste volume required to run a PCBA on an SMT line? I'm looking for a solder paste volume model which include paste waste. Roland
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 15 10:05:26 EDT 2010 | davef
Why not use the same paste volume as you currently use? Alternately, although we haven't used it in a while, doesn't IPC have a very nice paste volume, aperture calculator that could be used for this? Or is it just a pad size calculator used for
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 25 16:38:56 EDT 2009 | esoderberg
empf issued an excellent study of calculated solder volume in the 90's. It used lotus 123 but is easily used in excel. I have used it for over 10 years. The only thing wrong is with leadless components. the amount of paste required generally is insuf
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 13 06:41:06 EDT 2008 | lonta96
thanks pete, i have requested information from their local rep in our place. However, from the response that i got, the volume data you get in their VM system is a calculated value, not a true volume measurement.
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 22 10:29:18 EDT 2009 | stepheniii
To how many decimal places? Do you want to have a factor for different screen printer operators? There is no such formula and I doubt there ever will be one with any real accuracy. The stencil house might be able to tell you the total area of the
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 14 14:51:10 EDT 2010 | jgalarza
After checking some of our stencil data for the correct aspect ratio I found that a few are wrong. I would like to change them from 5mil thk to 4mil thk but do not know how much paste volume I need to keep. We are using 0201,0402, and BGA with 0.80 p
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 08 07:05:12 EST 2008 | davef
Often, your solder paste supplier provides guideline on handling their solder paste. For instance: http://www.aimsolder.com/techarticles/tech%20sheet%20paste%20handling.pdf We have no relationship, nor receive benefit from the company referenced ab
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 07 23:40:41 EST 2008 | padawanlinuxero
I have been working on the SMT area for a while now, must of my experience is on programming and pick and place, now in my new job I have to control a complete SMT line and I have a little knowledge on working with solder paste but I like to read mor
Electronics Forum | Sun May 23 15:12:59 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| We are running a number of boards with 8-10 25 mil PQFPs on board. Our process is mature with at least 3 years experiance and statistically few opens on the QFPs. Our beloved purchasing department has chased the almighty $ and changed FAB vendor
Electronics Forum | Tue May 20 12:20:18 EDT 2008 | danimalz
Does anyone have an easy way to estimate how much solder paste is applied to a smt pcb? I understand it varies on squeegee pressure, stencil thickness, and pitch of the components but I was looking for an average. I would assume that somewhere out th
