Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 18 04:30:52 EST 2001 | johnwatt
Ok so for me, spray fluxing is the way to go every time....for one you don't need to worry about colapsing your foam with pallet's that are hot or worrying about your pummace, your thinners, SG and so forth...man life in foam fluxer land was hard. N
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 14 20:04:36 EST 2000 | Dave F
Probably all of us are seeking more and better information to help us do our jobs better. But ... * Oftimes trade journals are so busy with adverts that the technical message gets somewhat lost. * It�s tough to get the information from trade journal
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 14 12:18:01 EST 2000 | genny
Hello all, Our company has always used HASL finish on our products. Recently however, we have a had a problem on a couple of boards that I have been told cannot be avoided with HASL, and we should switch to ENIG(electroless nickel immersion gold).
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 13 11:11:20 EST 2000 | CAL
CONFUSED???? The the "BIG-chip-in-the-middle" on my image is IC732. IC304 is the 52pin QFP to the right of the "BIG-chip-in-the-middle".If it worked when the "Thingy" was there and does not work when the "thingy" is not there good indications are you
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 23 14:32:42 EST 2003 | davef
Sources of sulphur in PCB fabrication are: * Some locales have high H2S concentrations in the air. * Metal etching steps that use sulfuric acid or a sulfonated buffering compound may result in sulfate residues. * Sulfates can come from contact with
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 14:12:50 EST 2000 | Jim M.
My company currently uses water soluble paste for our SMT process. We were having trouble retaining hot water in our in line, closed loop DI cleaner. The cleaner kept shutting down when the water temp. dropped below 125C. As a result, the conveyor
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 12:02:15 EST 2000 | blnorman
I have over 10 years experience in aerospace materials, part of which was involved with vacuum casting inert propellant formulations. These propellants are in the range of 80 - 90% solids loaded with viscosities of 15 kP. I'm not sure where I could
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 07 10:09:51 EST 2000 | Kevin
John, Depends on what you're cleaning (paste, adhesive, ink, etc..) and your process (do operators just dump a dirty stencil in and expect a clean one out, drying time, effect on the polyester). I could suggest a couple of name brand cleaners, but I
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 06 10:29:28 EST 2000 | Dean Stadem
All of the replies have merit. Here is another one. Because the cause of the tombstoning is wetting forces that are imbalanced, and one end wets faster or more readily than the other, the 0402 lifts up on that end easily because of its low mass. Incr
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 30 16:00:30 EST 2000 | Finepitch Services
Sal, I kind of assume you have paste there to start with... Because sometimes the edge components do not have paste applied caused by the bottom support in the screen printer etc. And if that is the case for one direction, the other direction applie