Electronics Forum | Wed May 07 14:19:58 EDT 2008 | adamcrum
Why not. He's an easy target, just look at him. Like a deer caught in the headlights. But what do you think about the other info? About the EPA. Did you know that when asked if we could inform other local companies of their policy, they told us no.
Electronics Forum | Wed May 07 14:43:45 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
This is strange EPA is not out to fine companies but to enforce regulations. We are in the solder and flux business and get audits at least twice a year. We are not perfect (yet) so there are times that we have non compliances. When that happens we g
Electronics Forum | Thu May 08 12:28:37 EDT 2008 | adamcrum
The rep from the EPA told our director of operations that it can not be faught. Apparently he was really rude and basically said (with his team of over paid lawyers there of course) that the one company that tried to fight one of these fines ended up
Electronics Forum | Thu May 08 12:53:41 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
This sounds really fishy. But of course we only hear one side of the story. Again the EPA is not out there to fine companies UNLESS everything else fails. You say �The rep also very sternly informed us that we are NOT allowed to form any campaign th
Electronics Forum | Sat May 17 09:50:44 EDT 2008 | realchunks
I believe this was a ultra wing attempt to open political arguments. I have had many dealings with the EPA, because the company I work(ed) for screwed up. The EPA allows you time to fix things, will fine you if needed and can shut you down if requi
Electronics Forum | Wed May 07 01:40:41 EDT 2008 | andrzej
What techniques do you use practically to reduce rearmament time of SMT line in high mix production ? There was such post on forum about it but I would like to gather all techniques in one post so everyone can add some ideas which are already applie
Electronics Forum | Wed May 14 09:36:54 EDT 2008 | d0min0
as most of our components are described in AML list, we can't play with that so much... so we focus on preparing the line tools/materials before the change (paste, spatulas, test pcb) - and Yes all the dressing for Juki is ready, for TCM most of the
Electronics Forum | Wed May 07 01:50:03 EDT 2008 | andrzej
We have received in one lot PCBs with defect of not wetting properly. Pads were finished with HASL but they were matte rather then shiny (attachment). For me looks like they are oxidized. Interesting is there was just top side with such defect. We h
Electronics Forum | Thu May 15 15:02:03 EDT 2008 | ccross
We have seen this problem before. We have ALWAYS found it to be a board vendor issue. Also, we tend to see it more during the summer months. Our solution has been to bake our PCBs @ 50 deg C for 1 hr prior to use. We use immersion white tin board fin
Electronics Forum | Fri May 23 23:47:46 EDT 2008 | dint46
Wayne; Several things. 1.check the vendors and see what black oxide they are using are they the same ? It might be that. 2.You should bake your pcbs before the thermal stress is applied. To remove moisture. At your shop. The proce
