Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 27 09:58:05 EDT 2011 | davef
Pressure printing systems Conventional stencil printing techniques have fundamental limitations as regards paste handling: The volume of paste available for printing is limited, so frequent replenishment is necessary Paste is difficult to c
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 27 13:42:44 EST 2005 | pmdeuel
So true, We had paste flux supplied to us from Alpha metals. It was the same as used in the solder paste. The major problem we noted was the in ability to control the ratio of paste to flux resulting in lots of voids. When we mixed enough to get the
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 14 05:44:36 EDT 2004 | hun
Hi All, Just have a share with you guy. We are using T4 solder paste and also E-Stencil. We ahd try out Alpha, Kester, AIM and Qualitek. The result show Alpha had a very very heavy stack flux and can't get it clean off even by chemical
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 08 07:27:43 EDT 2008 | lonta96
Hi, I'm from a semiconductor package assembly, and currently looking for an offline solder paste inspector capable of true volume measurement. Any recommendation for a machine that can measure paste volume on a leadframe (metal substrate)? I found
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 03 08:34:25 EST 2005 | Slaine
Hi We currently use a small amount of Alloy : 43Sn 43Pb 14Bi Flux: RMA-51AC, Metal : 88.5%. We use it for reworking a product and only consume about 100g per year, we are in the middle or ordering in some more paste but the MOQ is 500g. Is it possibl
Electronics Forum | Thu May 26 08:52:42 EDT 2011 | davef
Phil Zarrow wrote a useful paper that could help in evaluating paste. Here read it ... Evaluating Solder Paste � Not An Option Contributed by Phil Zarrow of ITM an Independent SMT consulting firm With soldering being the dominant source of assembly
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 | Thu Apr 11 04:03:28 EDT 2002 | mwoodall
The Alpha metals Hi Check 500 is used to measure paste deposit thickness. The paste height is found from a micrometer reading determined by focussing a beam of light on a track adjacent to a paste deposit and then onto the solder paste. I've measure
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 01 12:35:54 EDT 2003 | blnorman
Kester recommends that we store our 1400 gm tubes on the tip. Our documentation is based on their recommendation. The Alpha past we used was stored horizontally, but that was because the flux readily separated from the metal.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 04 14:16:32 EST 2012 | eniac
AIM can give a good result, I tried the solder paste from many manufacturer - AIM, Kester, Indium, Koki, Alpha Metals, Heraeus - but I stopped my choice at Kester. For example, right now I have EM907 with date of manufacture in february 2010 (it's ju
