Electronics Forum | Thu May 27 14:35:32 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| One of our board fab houses is asking (again) to eliminate the reference designators and polarity markings from boards. This isn't feasible for thru-hole, but what is the industry trend on surface mount assemblies? | Who is working for who? I w
Electronics Forum | Thu May 02 17:35:15 EDT 2002 | davef
Dunno. Visioning markets beyond our factory walls may be a bit far afield for some of us. Consider contacting a market research firm. For instance Keith Robinson [Frost & Sullivan krobinson@frost.com 210-247-2402] wrote an article on the electron
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 15 15:51:21 EDT 2002 | dragonslayr
Brian - a recent thread (early September) instigated by yours truly postulated on the "deep fried twinkie" experience. It seems to be a trend at the local county and Sate fair circuit. I hear rumors it all got started in Texas. I have actually tasted
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 06 12:52:24 EST 2002 | Chris Lampron
Hello Everyone, I have been noticing a trend. Many tray packaged parts are now being supplied with velcro straps to secure the trays. Am I wrong in thinking that this is a major source of static electricity? All of these components are BGA, QFP, TSOP
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 04 09:24:18 EST 2003 | moncav
Because of my invovement with one of the companies mentioned, I will try to be as unbiased as posible. There is an incresing trend toward using this type of support tooling and there are a few players in the game. They each have their own niche in
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 16 10:58:03 EDT 2003 | swagner
I am currently having a discussion with a pcb supplier about inadequate hasl thickness, we are measuring below 40 microinches of hasl when our spec calls for 100 microinches as the minimum. Our supplier came back with the statement the entire indust
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 17 10:49:48 EDT 2003 | davef
We agree. Colin Lea showed that HASL less than 2 microns [80 uin] thick has limited shelf life and that shelf life gets worse as the HASL gets thinner. Unless you do not need shelf life, consider sticking with 100 to 500 uin. There is nothing wrong
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 20 06:25:54 EDT 2004 | resslerr
In addition you may want to research a product offered by Sony...www.timmsweb.com This product has recently exploded onto the market and it has enabled Sony to enjoy a competitive advantage in manufacturing over the last decade. This system has all
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 11 08:56:28 EDT 2008 | ethancw1sel
The technical support department at Hover-Davis has been very supportive in getting our issues cleared up. And they continue to be so. I was just trying to guage other operators trends with them. I believe we own some odd 600 feeders of various si
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 15 15:16:56 EST 2009 | jsherrow
We recently had our customer report a component failure trend of a few percent. Analysis indicates wire bond failure internal to a d-pak caused by what appears to be chlorine contamination. We're running a lead free process with aqueous wash. 700 co
