Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 28 07:27:32 EDT 2005 | Matt Kehoe
We are experiencing a situation that we would really appreciate some expert opinions on. Our process prints solder paste then reflows it without components. Normally the paste wicks into a very shiny rounded meniscus. Even over gold, the round pads a
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 05 03:33:28 EST 2005 | grantp
Hi, I might not have been clear in my previous post on this, and the problem we saw is the hot metal of the oven walls caused IR transmission of heat into the board, and thats why the point in time from the start of the profile to the point the PCB
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 04 17:41:38 EST 2006 | samir
Wavemaster Larry must be new to the forum. What a nut! Sounds like a dude who needs to get his internet access taken away. In Riyadh, Larry, you'd get your arms sawed off for those comments! Grant is right. Hardware-wise, all thermal profilers
Electronics Forum | Thu May 11 16:48:57 EDT 2006 | patrickbruneel
In all fairness no one has the answer for you, non of the lead-free alloys has been long enough in use or have supporting long-term reliability data. No matter what alloy you will use, your company will be at risk, that�s why so many exemptions are a
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 28 12:44:23 EDT 2006 | actech
WE have been running a leaded product for a few years and while the product is exempt from PB free regulations the components have been comming in lead free reciently and this caused little or no change in the process and or product, However! the Boa
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 04 21:22:31 EDT 2006 | slthomas
lol! Gonna have to call BS on your search engine complaint. I don't believe you remember all that so you MUST have searched it. Or would I be flattering myself to assume that you took the time to look it up? Nice to hear from you Mr. Fish. I guess
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 29 11:21:14 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
Verizon Supports Telcordia's Position on the RoHS Directive. New legislation known as "RoHS" (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) bans certain chemicals and metals from some electronic manufacturing. In order to maintain high and predictable network
Electronics Forum | Fri May 02 16:20:35 EDT 2008 | rwyman
We've never, to my knowledge, sent out Pb-free BGAs to be reballed for use on an SnPb assembly. In fact, we developed an in-house reballing process and we haven't felt the need to do that either (for salvaging an occasional reworked part, maybe).
Electronics Forum | Tue May 19 09:40:33 EDT 2009 | cyber_wolf
Subject: What placement platform/manufacturer will dominate the future of sub-contract? or OEM for that matter. I have worked multiple placement platforms over the last 20 years. I have worked with Dynapert,Celmacs,Fuji and contact systems to name a
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 06 14:08:56 EDT 2012 | dyoungquist
We run a MY12 and our largest layout has 9700 components of which about 8500 (88%) are placed by the Hydra head. Average run time for our layout is 75 minutes. Based on that and depending on what percentage of your components are Hydra mountable, y
