Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 04 15:45:27 EDT 2000 | John Thorup
Ditto to everything said. If everything in the process is correct you will have good success at 25 mil but it will take much care. I have done 20 mil on this type of printer but, as Steve says, I wouldn't want to on a daily basis. Those wipe-offs a
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 29 00:44:30 EDT 2000 | Jason
Thanks for all the ideas. I tried solder "thieves" by placing some desoldering wick behind the briging pins and it worked! I have yet to try Chrys' idea but I will first thing Monday. This is a new board that has had this problem from day one. I
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 19 17:58:45 EDT 2000 | Darby
Moving Heavy Machinery, We will be reconfiguring four smd lines after some building alterations are completed. What are the latest tricks/tools peolple are using for lining up their production lines. Lumps of 4" x 2" and trolley jacks work fine for t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 11 13:21:30 EDT 2000 | Deborah Troxell
We use the Slimkic for our oven porfiles and run a very high product mix too. My first question is do you use the same progam for all your boards or do you run different temptures profiles for each module? How are the gold boards getting destroyed? W
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 05 17:06:36 EDT 2000 | Michael Parker
Patrick- You have not given enought detail of the type of discoloration. Is it "white residue"? Can it be "rust" colored? Whatever it is, you fab supplier needs to be called in immediately and give you an exact reason for this failure. Just rubbing
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 28 16:42:49 EDT 2000 | JAX
Paul, Most of this naming mojo happens during Gerber to Cad translation. If the Gerber software does not have a pre-defined name for a particular foot-print, The user has to supply one. Getting the supplier of the Gerber, or your CAD/CAM group to eli
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 28 12:37:05 EDT 2000 | Brian W.
HASL plating, by its very nature, is inconsistent in terms of thickness and consistency. The plating varies from spot to spot on the pad, as well as pad to pad. This will wreak havoc on your screen printing process and your placement. From talking
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 27 17:26:03 EDT 2000 | John Thorup
Hello Christopher You should do just fine without vacuum evacuation of the bag. Just squeeze out any excess air. Just be sure that you use active desiccant (I.E. fresh or baked). This assumes normal environmentals. I suggest that you download the
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 22 12:06:10 EDT 2000 | Wolfgang Busko
Hi Sal, I assume your homeplates are designed with the peaks towards the componentcenter. I can imagine that due to placement inaccuracy not both sides sit in the same amount of paste and that wetting difficulties prevent same force factors for both
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 15 14:20:21 EDT 2000 | Kevin Simpson
Hi Peter, The Disk you are refering to can be outsourced from several different vendors. The thing to be careful with is getting a consistant colored disk. You don't want to have etc... some dull/bright..etc. We have found one local vendor we use.