Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 06 22:10:11 EDT 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi John I believe gave a good answer with cautions. The .001 or .1% is the main criteria that internationally means you are Lead-free per JEITA, the EU and NEMI. They sat around at a table and decided is how they got the .1% John did note that yo
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 27 09:19:52 EDT 2003 | davef
Hi John: We always theorized that if all the lurkers piped-up once in a while we'd have a better site. You help prove the point, John. Realistically, we know it takes alot of napping to be a manager, but we'd appreciate your giving you couple of
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 20 14:48:47 EST 1999 | John
Thanks guys, since I have no control as to who makes the board (probably the lowest bidder), I guess I'll keep the SOT's on top. Thanks for your help, John | John, | | SOT 23's on the bottom side is no real problem...as long as you get the orientai
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 08 21:08:47 EDT 1999 | John
An afterthought- if anyone knows of a good contract mfg house near SE WI/NE IL please let me know. Thanks Again, John | I recently had the opportunity to visit the vendor who is making my boards. On my trip I noticed that the guy who was in charge o
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 09 14:19:33 EDT 1999 | Doug Philbrick
| | We are currently quoting several vendors on the through hole portion of a new mixed technology production line. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find much information about NEA's cabaility, quality, or service. Any comments or references
Electronics Forum | Tue May 25 09:19:00 EDT 1999 | Ricardo Lopes
| | Has anyone had any experience or data using vibration during the reflow process. | | We introduced a vibration device attached to the fixed rail on a Vitronics reflow oven. The reason was to prevent skewing on large PLCC devices. The process work
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 16:14:39 EST 2000 | John S.
John, We have a Camalot 3800 that we have used to prototype double sided reflow boards. The flexibility a quick turn around work well for prototyping, but I wouldn't want to run production with it. The paste is 3 times the cost per unit volume of
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 13 06:20:56 EDT 2000 | Jacqueline
Sorry for wearing you out Dave, but you only had to tell me the once! Anyway thanks for the info. input but I'm now also away to pick at a collegue/friend's brain ie. JohnW. Just found out about his ongoing contribution to SMTnet (that he was the one
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 16:14:39 EST 2000 | John S.
John, We have a Camalot 3800 that we have used to prototype double sided reflow boards. The flexibility a quick turn around work well for prototyping, but I wouldn't want to run production with it. The paste is 3 times the cost per unit volume of
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 29 10:57:45 EDT 1999 | JohnJ
We considered direct marking already John. It's not very practical for us to do that. We need to put labels on components as well as boards. A laser or inkjet would cause us to have to change too many things in our processes. We'd still need to do la
