Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 29 19:01:51 EST 2009 | stevek
Allow me a contrary viewpoint. I've had these things on my floor and had customers get outsourced evaluations done with them. Most expensive boat anchors I've run across. First the good points: The automated scanning and pattern recognition is go
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 12 11:20:08 EST 2002 | BTaylor
I agree with davef on most subjects including this one , we have used a microscope and an experienced inspector for years and done just fine. Recently due to customer demands we an acquired an ASC 3-D inspection station, and it works great it told us
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 11 22:47:31 EST 2006 | davef
We didn't intend to light anyone's fur on fire [get anyone's underwear in a knot, roil the waters, have a cow man] about consultants. The Phil Zarrow wrote a useful paper that could help in evaluating paste. Here read it ... Evaluating Solder Paste
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 12 12:01:44 EST 2008 | realchunks
As the technology has changed towards surface mount, so has the applying adhesive. In the past clinching parts would have knocked off SMD parts, but no that has all changed. So applying the adhesive via screen print is common and any thru-hole part
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 12 04:35:13 EST 2009 | sachu_70
You can certainly venture out to the nearest lab for in-depth analyses. But since you mention 2-3% defectives in a batch, there is much you can do in-house as well. Measure the height of your solder paste deposit (in zero print gap condition)across a
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 12 16:42:33 EST 2015 | hegemon
I can only speak for Mirtec and Yestech AOI for SMT Solder Inspection. We do use Koh-Young AOI for Solder Paste Inspection. As usual ,you need to identify exactly what it is you are trying to achieve with your AOI, if you are just trying to fill a
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 14 12:00:34 EST 1999 | Kris Wiederhold
We recently reduced our standard aperture reduction to aid in the reduction of solder on gold defects. Since this reduction in aperture size, we have been experiencing exposed copper at the end of the component pads. The heel and toe joints are per
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 10 13:43:13 EDT 2001 | mparker
since you did not define what visual process you are inspecting with I will ask is this "grainy" appearance being detected with the naked eye only? Are you using magnification? if so, what power? Is this a SMT solder or through hole solder problem?
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 14 17:10:54 EDT 2004 | Jeff, jjg6@agere.com
USE JEDEC Specification EIA/JESD22-B102-C Procedure: 1. Stencil print BGA solder paste pattern onto ceramic substrates 2. Carefully and accurately P&P BGA devices onto the dispensed solder paste pattern to avoid smearing the solder paste. 3. R
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 20 19:34:13 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Congrats. You now control the source of almost 70% of the defects of your SMT operation. There is a neat series of presentations on printing, each year at SMI. One of the best of the SMI series was in 1997, because presenters used a common board
