Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 20 13:46:24 EDT 2011 | ccouture
200 PCB over 3 shifts now on Rain-X. No signs of contamination from the stuff. Yes, Rain-X, the stuff you buy at auto shop to treat the windshield so that the rain just rolls off the glass. Cost: ~$6 for 200ml, enough for ~100 stencils... I'm not pr
Electronics Forum | Thu May 26 12:00:21 EDT 2016 | swag
Yes - the frame is built to nominal per print then the tape pieces are placed into areas in the frame as required. I had the stencil house cut #'s into the frames designating each different size. When I cut the tape pieces, I put them on a large, s
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 31 09:41:06 EST 2017 | emeto
If there is no specific quality reason, stay with paste. More processes you add, more points of failure. They don't need a lot of paste to get attached to the board. The ones I used were 8mil round apertures, so I did cut 1:1 on a 3 mil coated stenci
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 18 12:08:18 EDT 2022 | proceng1
So you run one side, and leave the boards sit in temperature controlled environment for 3 days before running the other side? Are they ENIG coated? If so, they are probably ok. You could always keep the boards in your hot room. I assume this is du
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 21:50:38 EST 2002 | dougk
Silly question, but, are TR blades 'exactly' the same size as MPM's and seat themselves in the holders just like MPM's? Also, different types of steel are harder (less flexable) than others. Are TR's the same? If harder (due to steel strength or coat
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 21 12:06:47 EST 2008 | sliebl
As others have said, Bliss racks are not cheap, but they sure are nice. We are a small single shift shop, but we have 4 of their carts. Two for stencils and two for feeders. Even fully loaded these roll very nicely if you need to get them out of the
Electronics Forum | Thu May 17 11:07:11 EDT 2012 | scottp
I don't have an opinion on nano coatings since I haven't tried them. Our suppliers keep pushing it so I'll eventually check it out. The reason I zeroed in on the FG foil is because I almost fell into that trap. Several years ago I wasn't aware the
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 24 13:43:30 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | Anyone ever attach gold bump flip chip to FR4 or Alumina substrates. Am trying to find a solder which is acceptable for use on gold. Am worried about gold imbrittlement since the gold bumps on the flip chip are .004"x.004"x.001" solid gold. T
Electronics Forum | Mon May 24 13:33:46 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| 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 | Wed Sep 06 18:19:37 EDT 2017 | slthomas
Hi All, We are being intermittently challenged by a .5mm pitch uBGA paste release issue. We don't build with many of these so don't have a lot of history here. We've gone through 3 different stencil designs and the most consistent performer was 4 m
