Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 13 15:25:37 EDT 2007 | scunneen
Hello All, I am working with a Mid Sized PCBA Manufacturer as a process Engineer. We have recently moved 1 of our customers to RoHS(Silver Immersion) boards. We are seeing a lagre number of issues Blowholes, allignment issues, board quality etc. We
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 20 12:21:23 EDT 2007 | patrickbruneel
MD, I totally agree with you A couple of years ago we had an ISO auditor in our company who was QC manager at Lockheed Martin. At lunch break we were discussing the erosion of American manufacturing and the effects outsourcing had on our economy. H
Electronics Forum | Thu May 10 13:13:35 EDT 2007 | bkgsmtnet
What softwares are you using for Quoting Electronics Contract Manufacturing services. Including Receiving, Kitting, SMT, Thru Hole Hand Solder, Thru Hole Wave solder, Hardware/boxbuild, QA, Shipping, Buying. Also scheduling jobs thru your floor. Plea
Electronics Forum | Mon May 21 19:32:36 EDT 2007 | jimpat
Jeremy, Just started looking into this equipment myself. I have not dealt with Madell Tech however, I know that they do not manufacture equipment . . . they are importers / resellers of equipment made in China. To me the stuff on their site does n
Electronics Forum | Tue May 22 11:03:11 EDT 2007 | Michelle
We now have an AOI in our process after printing and have noticed that all the small aperatures are getting clogged by solder paste. Mainly on all fine pitch parts. We are using Kester ws R562 SN63/PB37 mesh -325+500 90% metal. It was manufactu
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 18 10:35:41 EDT 2007 | hussman
This seems like an odd request from an auditor. I can see an auditor requiring proof that you meet the J-Std, but verify? This would require you purposely damage product on a "before and after" scenario. As long as your manufacturing guideline say
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 13 10:57:04 EDT 2007 | dboudreau
Dear all, we are using the lead-free SN100C solder alloy for wave soldering. We are experiencing wetting problems each time we have to solder a thick board or a board with a large ground plane.I think that maybe we are not using the right flux. I w
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 17 09:58:18 EDT 2007 | rgduval
I'd say it all depends on the CM, and how they cost out their production floor. I've seen everything from a flat cost per component placement (something like .05/machine placed smt part, .15/machine placed tht part, .25/hand placed tht part) to stra
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 23 17:49:04 EDT 2007 | davef
We know nothing of DeFelsko, but do understand how they distinguish between the solder mask and the conformal coat. DeFelsko manufactures hand-held, non-destructive coating thickness gages that are ideal for measuring the dry film thickness of confo
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 25 10:57:08 EDT 2007 | cecil
Our board layout folks are currently designing a PWB using a 132 QFN. The component is .5mm pitch with .35mm square pads. The component manufacturer recommends the following footprint: .4mm square land .3mm square solder resist 1.why do they spec