Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 21 00:01:46 EST 2002 | jbutile
Can anyone give me a good reason to stay in this industry. I really do not want to be the last one in this forum while I see all my friends move on to other jobs, reasonable pay and security. From all I can tell it is over, there is nothing left to
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 21 18:48:15 EST 2002 | djarvis
Ummmm, from my view, You get to play with some cool gear. You get the high of "giving birth" when a new job roles out of the oven. (OK Ladies, don't howl me down - I know it's a lot less physically painful). You get that lovely look of comprehensi
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 08 18:58:27 EST 2007 | Mike F
Normally someone would have replied to tell you to do a search of the archives. I've read at least 4 or 5 different threads dealing with baking out PWB's, but none were for this special material. First, have you contacted the manufacturer of the PW
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 04 08:56:38 EST 2008 | tonyamenson
I talked to a solder paste chemsist and found out a few things. From above (Dave F) states a test for solder paste involving reflow on a non-wettable surface. Commonly known as the solder ball test this test is performed all the time by paste manufa
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 13 16:05:31 EST 1998 | Dan Lambert
CircuitCAM is less customized than CIMBridge, however it was developed with the everyday tasks of a Manufacturing Engineer in mind, thus bringing the cost way down. Its automates virtually every step of board assembly from machine programming all the
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 05 16:29:56 EST 2008 | raincity1
You are playing with fire; you evaluate and specify paste for your products/SMT line, when you start adding tacky flux or whatever to your paste you don't really know what you are then dealing with - it osn't what you evaluated. We use solder paste f
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 05 17:03:36 EST 2008 | ratsalad
We had the misfortune of ending up with a batch of Kester EM907 that would start to "set up" well before it's shelf life was over. Since the lead time for a new batch was excessive, a Kester technical guru came to our facility to help us deal with t
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 25 21:25:28 EDT 2004 | davef
First as a nit, your �substrate� is probably NOT copper. It�s probably FR4 fiberglass/epoxy. Substrate. Base Material. A supporting insulating material upon which parts, components, and elements are attached. Second, enough of that, on to your i
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 29 08:12:56 EST 2008 | davef
Solder paste suppliers often make recommendations on solder paste handling after removing it from the container [eg, jar, cartridge, etc]. For instance, Multicore Solder Paste Handling Guidelines, September 2004 says: As a general rule, paste that h
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 10 18:17:09 EDT 2006 | empac
Any Fuji Techs out there?? Thanks