Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 23:26:28 EDT 2006 | Shawn Vike
We are a small company, reletivly new to doing our own SMT (1 year) and we are having an issue, I think. We manufacture many board with no problems, but we have one that constently defeats us. This particular PCB has ENIG finish, and we have had th
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 16 11:42:35 EDT 2008 | slthomas
If support is a concern, don't forget that any support provided by equipment manufacturers will most likely (certainly with Juki and Universal) require registration of the machines at a cost to you of probably $2k-$5k per machine. Some used equipment
Electronics Forum | Thu May 26 08:52:42 EDT 2011 | davef
Phil Zarrow wrote a useful paper that could help in evaluating paste. Here read it ... Evaluating Solder Paste � Not An Option Contributed by Phil Zarrow of ITM an Independent SMT consulting firm With soldering being the dominant source of assembly
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 29 05:50:27 EDT 2001 | nifhail
Thank Dave, your information was really helpful. Now that I have another few thousands of old datecode PCBs which has an Entek and HASL finished. Entek PCBs are about 6 � 1.5 years old and HASL boards are at 1 - 2 years old. To make it worse, s
Electronics Forum | Tue May 21 17:16:51 EDT 2002 | davef
Larry, Yes, no matter how much you�d like to avoid using NC, you probably will have to start using the stuff, if the design [sales, in your case] types have their way. We can clean WS under 1mm and 1.25mm pitch BGA. For 0.8mm pitch BGA, we use NC.
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 24 10:57:18 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| Hi Folks: | | We've been having bridging problems on our fine-pitch QFP's, despite thorough inspection of paste height, volume, and placement accuracies....profiles look good also. | | The bridging is happening after coming out of reflow...one la
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 20 16:22:45 EST 2010 | rkondner
When you say Fine Pitch is this .5mm or is it smaller? I wonder what problems they experienced with HASL, the only problem I recall hearing was the surface was not flat. When applying paste with a stencil I can not see how the flatness is an issue.
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 02 11:57:08 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Well, I thing mowing his lawn will get your farther, but if you insist.... Fids - Fiducial registration seems to be a bear with most machines. Especially now that most boards are shipped form over seas, the quality is all over the map. Plus the fa
Electronics Forum | Thu May 26 16:41:00 EDT 2011 | scottp
Here's what I do: - Test Surface Insulation Resistance (we're in the high reliability market and use a test significantly harder than IPC's). I also test SIR in combination with other assembly materials like conformal coatings and wave solder flux
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 19 03:33:45 EDT 2009 | rocko
Pay attention that sometimes the ultrasonic energy may damage ICs.
