Electronics Forum | Wed May 07 18:23:52 EDT 2008 | adamcrum
The reason my company was fined, was because they faile to file a one page document stating that they disposed of more than 100lbs of leaded solder in a year. The fine was not for creating toxic waste, as we diposed of the solder PROPERLY in accorda
Electronics Forum | Wed May 12 11:17:34 EDT 2004 | gregoryyork
Hi Solderdoctor! Days been great especially as it's nearly over. Don't see many of those machines over here anymore due to healthy competition from local supplier. Only been in industry myself nineteen years so spring chicken I suppose. Mind you sold
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 19 20:03:04 EDT 2006 | darby
I agree with Stephen there! Or maybe we just didn't care enough about looking into it in the COLD profile days! Back to df: I don't think any manufacturer is going to give you a tolerance level, they'll stick with what they've told you -225. If it's
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 12 20:17:59 EDT 2013 | action_101
Good ole contact cs-400. I worked at two different companies that had these machines, all I believe were E's except 1 C. One place had one and the other place had 4 of them. Dont take this personally, but thank god my current employer doesn't have a
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 11 10:00:05 EDT 2003 | davef
Component manufacturers recommend limits on the power and period of ultrasonic cleaning. Examples are: * PRECAUTIONS AND GUIDELINES MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITORS: (9) Ultrasonic cleaning time shall be ten minutes maximum. When the power of ultrasoni
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 08 09:32:09 EDT 2005 | bystrom123
We are using a low end Air vac system to place the BGA's. We have X ray we can use. Our CGA's as well use this system. They are one off parts that are above the 20K a piece range. So I have been tasked with making sure all of these procedures are the
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 17 11:55:08 EST 2007 | chef
I recently had the same problems, solder bridges on every thing I made, different customers boards, etc. I wave with no-clean flux. As I sorted out problems (pin holes, blow holes, splatter, etc.) I found a lot of variable factors. I changed flux,
Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 11:13:11 EDT 2013 | ericrr
Is there any good articles to read on solder paste? (just to see if I may of missed something) Sometimes I can not believe the people I have to work with. We had a panel with two “Quad Flat Package” (QFP) one in each of the two circuits, almost fr
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 03 14:51:22 EST 2001 | stefwitt
Hi Dave, I think 6 sigma is here to stay. Unlike any other programs like ISO, six sigma goes to the people�s mind. With drastic examples like � you would not fly a plane which reaches its destination in a three sigma probability � you start to think
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 12 10:46:32 EDT 1999 | Dean
| Our company is experiencing cracked caps at our pick and place operations. The caps are being placed onto epoxy dots for subsequent wave solder operations. At present, be have set the pressure of the head at 2 in/lbs. This being down from manufac
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